South Australia
NAIDOC Week at SA Museum
This July, the Museum’s NAIDOC Week School Holiday Program celebrates Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture. The program provides an opportunity to showcase the Museum’s historical and contemporary objects and stories to younger audiences.
Find out about basket weaving, discover indigenous song and dance, and enjoy storytelling. Take the self-guided trail and discover the unique treasures of the Australian Aboriginal Cultures Gallery.
For more information on activities in the SA Museum School Holiday Program click here
Unfold holiday fun at Rundle Mall!
Enjoy the great range of FREE activities at Rundle Mall throughout the holidays.
From Monday 6 July – Friday 17 July the Mall will be taken over by a variety of activities that are fun for the whole family!
There will be arts and crafts, a petting zoo, dance sessions by Steven Kelly Dance Studios, Lorna Jane fitness classes, parkour workshops, performances by the Amazing Drumming Monkeys and lots of footy fun, too.
Do our animals blend or bling?
Adelaide Zoo offers fun, educational activities and animal experiences daily from Monday 4 to Sunday 19 July.
Animals can blend in and be camouflaged or standout and ‘bling’ in their natural environments. Have fun at the zoo looking at the patterns and colours of our animals and decide for yourself if our animals blend or bling!
Enjoy the special school holiday activities, including meet the keeper presentations and crafts.
For details and bookings visit zoossa.com.au
Get your (ice) skates on at Glenelg!
Moseley Square in Glenelg is being transformed into a Winter Wonderland this July with an ice rink ready for some serious and fun ice-skating!
From Saturday 4 July to Sunday 16 August, you can skate – rain, hail or snow … morning, noon or night – on a massive, undercover, 450m2 ice rink right on the Glenelg beachfront!
Click for more information
It’s like Hollywood in Adelaide!
The Kids Camera Action! School Holiday Workshop program is back this winter!
This series of interactive workshops are ideal for children interested in filmmaking and they’re held in three locations (Mitcham, Goodwood and Aldgate). A team of working film and television professionals leads these fun and engaging workshops.
The workshops are split by age group and involve games, character development, story building exercises and film production.
Visit kidscameraaction.com
Keeper presentations at Monarto Zoo
Keeper presentations are a great opportunity to see the animals enjoy a favourite treat or toy, possibly view a feed or simply learn more about them from the people who care from them. The animals are always extra excited when they see their favourite keepers, so it’s always the best way to make sure you get a great view of them.
Click for the special school holidays schedule of keeper presentations.
Get the kids jumping at Bounce!
Bounce is a massive indoor trampoline park that provides an adrenaline rush for all ages, with more than 50 interconnected trampolines and giant air bags with slam-dunk arenas, wall-running and dodgeball courts. It’s all about jumping high and landing soft and safe.
Visit Bounce for more information.
Western Australia
Perth City Snow Slide
These winter holidays, let the kids to enjoy the novelty of sliding down an icy slope in the heart of Perth city. Smaller kids can ride the 4m slide, while bigger kids (over 120cm tall) can enjoy a 12m slide.
Free tickets for all children attending must be secured online in advance.
For further information, details of pass collections and session times head to visitperthcity.com.au
Kids Wonderland is back!
Kids Wonderland returns for four days during July, with great kids rides and live shows, unique and creative youth activities, fun educational exhibits and popular roving performers.
Build a modular city with Bricks4Kidz, verse Mum & Dad in GameVault (the only travelling mobile game theatre), meet a T-Rex face to face, milk a cow at the Brownes Milking Station or discover what it feels like -192 degrees below zero with the SCITECH Live Experiments Show.
Visit Kids Wonderland for details.
New planetarium show: SPACE JUNK
Fifty years after launching rockets into space, there’s a troubling legacy: a growing ring of orbiting debris. Scitech’s newest planetarium show Space Junk is a visually explosive journey of discovery about restoring our planet’s orbits. Showing in the planetarium from 4 July. 4+ years.
Visit Scitech for more information.
Fun workshops in the CSIRO Lab
There is a host of science fun happening in the CSIRO Lab, with a variety of affordable workshops on offer for children aged 4 to 16. These workshops cover topics such as food science, slime and rock pool habitats, and are grouped by age so content is relevant and understandable. Booking is essential through scitech.org.au. Prices start from $10.
Fun and games at AGWA
The Art Gallery of Western Australia (AGWA) hosts a program of interactive and educational art experiences for children of all ages and their great school holiday art workshops are on again, from Wed 8, Thurs 9 & Fri 10 July and Wed 15, Thurs 16 & Fri 17 July from 11am-3pm.
The State Art Collection display Your Collection 1920 – 1960 features a drawing table for both children and adults. Draw a colourful still life using the objects in the exhibition as inspiration and you can then take your work home or display it within the space for everyone to admire.
For all school holidays activities at AGWA click here.
Perth’s fabulous FREE City Playground Pass & Guide
Enjoy great family discounts, activities and events from 4 July to 19 July with Perth’s City Playground Pass and Guide.
Perth City offers its fantastic City Playground Pass & Guide to families every school holidays – a great way to get around the city and take part in a wide range of activities, events and attractions, with special savings too!
The Pass and wristbands are available free from participating outlets as well as the iCity information booth and the Perth City Playground Pass marquee, both in the Murray Street Mall.
Download the City Playground Pass Guide here.
School holiday fun at Museums WA
WA’s museums are a great place for families to explore each and every school holidays. Across Perth, Geraldton, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Albany and other museums, exhibitions and activities to delight, excite and educate small fry are on offer!
From a dino dig to fossil fever, visit museum.wa.gov.au and see the full program available at a museum near you these July school holidays.
Kids holidays courses @ Fremantle Arts Centre
Get creative this school break with a huge range of Kids Holidays Courses!
Awesome and arty activities are on offer including Cut, Paste & Animate, Mosaic design, Screenprinting and Pottery. There are school holiday courses available for 5-8 year olds and for 9 to 12 year olds plus Art For Teens (13-18 years old).
Bookings are essential so visit fac.org.au for more information.