A AU$35m (£140m, 164 euro, US$202m) waterpark in Smithfield, Cairns, Australia, has been given the green light.

The 7-hectare Adventure Waters park was originally given planning consent by Cairns Regional Council in October last year, but work was halted after an appeal by Mulgrave Central Mill - a sugar mill that opened in the late 1800s.

However, an agreement was reached in court last Monday (17 May) between Adventure Waters' chief executive Paul Freebody and the mill.

Construction will shortly begin, and the first phase of the park is scheduled to open in July 2011. Work on the second phase will begin once the park has opened.

Once completed, the park will boast a lazy river, a Tornado 45, a Mammoth River slide, a six-lane Octopus Racer, a simulated surfing area, Dual Twister slides, Plummet Freefall and Turbo Tunnel slides.