Where to go on a day of 40°?

It was such a hot day yesterday. You can feel the heat everywhere even inside the room. We decided to go to somewhere with big indoor pools. After searching on internet, we found our target --- Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre. I printed out the driving directory from the web too.

Soon we arrived at the Centre. There were four hours free parking time if you get your parking ticket stamped at the entrance of the Centre.
It was 3 am at the time. To our surprise, there was a long queue outside the entrance. Apparently, lots of people had the same idea we've got and chose the pool as an quick escape from the heat.

After about 10 minutes' waiting, we finally entered the centre. The charge for one adult is $6.40, $5.10 for kids over 4 and free for kids under 4.
As soon as we went into the centre, we found it might be a wrong decision to go there as it was totally packed! There were people everywhere. Queues could be seen here and there, outside the change rooms and toilets, and of course, for the lockers as well. I couldn't help recalling the pools in Shanghai.
Luckily we hadn't waited for long to get a spare locker. It cost $2 each time to lock a locker. If we hadn't got a locker, one of us had to be the clothing keeper and had to hunter for a spare seat.

Despite of the surprising number of people there, we still had a good time. There are several different pools, eveyone can find a pool suitable for his/her needs. You can try swimming as a professional in the pool used to be used for formal competition during Olympic 2004. You can also be relaxed by lying into a spa - as long as you were patient enough to wainting in another queue. Of course, there are pools for kids to splash, kick and ride on the artificial waves.

If you felt tired, there was 2007 Australian Youth Olympic Festival held on spot. Everyone could just walk into the audience and watch.

Should there be less people, and should I know how to swim, I belive, I would have had a even better day in a day of 40°C.