Joining the wet set at Funfields adventure park

Surviving a Melbourne heatwave needed serious lateral thinking in 40-degree-plus scorchers last week, especially if you lived miles from a beach or shady river bank.

When hundreds stormed beaches across Melbourne, seeking respite from searing temperatures, Elia George, of Broadmeadows, found just the spot for family member Jiovani, aged 18 months, right under a water fountain at Whittlesea’s Funfields adventure park.

PICTURE GALLERY: Beating the heat at Funfields