When the weather is woeful it’s easy to snuggle down and watch a movie, but there is a lot on in Victoria these holidays for those willing to rug up and head out.
Kids News have put together a selection of the some of the best break attractions.
SKATE FEST
Skate Fest is coming to Geelong! Westfield Geelong is inviting kids to come by and skate in the centre’s very own indoor skate ramp. For five days, ex-professional skater Trevor Ward, will be stopping by to coach kids of all levels to develop their tricks and techniques.
There will also be walk-in free skate sessions that run at 11am each day and are hosted by a team of professional coaches.PENGUINS AT THE BALLARAT WILDLIFE PARK
A troupe of Little Penguins have arrived at Ballarat Wildlife Park this week. There’s marshmallow roasting and campfire boasting too. The penguins are all part of the Ballarat Winter Festival and other highlights include Winter Wonderlights Christmas in July at Sovereign Hill, CBD Ice Skating Rink, Knights of Fire at Kryal Castleand Ballarat Potato Festival.
BUGS ALIVE
Behold the marvels of the invertebrate* world in Bugs Alive at the Melbourne Museum! Inspired by the intriguing life of bugs and their genius ways, Bug Lab: Little Bugs, Super Powers immerses audiences of all ages in a journey to deep dive in on the world beneath our feet.
See living specimens, meet a Bombardier Beetle then hop off to see Bugs: Mighty Micro Monsters 3D in IMAX. In the cool 3D adventure, everyone shrinks down and steps into the hidden world of super-powered bugs. You’ll never look at insects, spiders, snails and other invertebrates the same way again.
LASER MAZE
Mission impossible? Not for you. Try the intense new Winter Holidays Laser Maze at Scienceworks. Kids and families will enter stealth mode to duck and weave through a large maze of laser beams to race the clock to the finish! Developed by Mosster Studio, visitors will manoeuvre through the maze in an interactive way as they learn about laser physics and strategic thinking.
SQUISHY CIRCUITS
The City Library is thinking outside the container and using conductive and nonconductive PlayDoh to make circuits you can sculpt. Kids are invited to play with PlayDoh and circuits at
City Library in the Melbourne CBD on July 12 from 10.30am-noon.
SNOW SLINGERS
If you can’t make it to the mountains then Snow Slingers Virtual Reality Experience at Woodgrove Shopping Centre could be perfect. The wintry multiplayer experience sees players sling snowballs at each other in a virtual environment. There’s also Winter Interactive animatronics* displays and life-size animals. The game will be set among a fascinating animatronic prehistoric ice-age animals including a long-in-the-tooth 3.8-metre-tall woolly mammoth and Sabre Tooth Tiger.
GLOSSARY
invertebrate: lacking a backbone
animatronics: robots made to look and act like animals
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