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School Holidays Guide | Melbourne Spring 2026
Our guide to keep the kids entertained during the Spring School Holidays.
Check back regularly as new events are added daily including children's activities and care programs, festivals, exhibitions, shows and attractions.
Check back regularly as new events are added daily including children's activities and care programs, festivals, exhibitions, shows and attractions.
Saturday 19 September 2026 - Sunday 4 October 2026
Melbourne Playgrounds is a website full of playgrounds and fun activities.
200 Things To Do is jam-packed full of great idea's.
Day Long Activity Guide for activities that last the entire day. 10/10****
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Check back regularly as new events are added daily including children's activities and care programs, festivals, exhibitions, shows and attractions.
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Melbourne Playgrounds is a website full of playgrounds and fun activities. 200 Things To Do is jam-packed full of great idea's. Day Long Activity Guide for activities that last the entire day. 10/10****Recommended School Holiday Events
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Check back regularly as new events are added daily including children's activities and care programs, festivals, exhibitions, shows and attractions.
Luna Park is open every weekend, every day of the school holidays and Public Holiday's (except for Christmas Day).
Open Hours & Tickets
Everything is Just for fun!
Hands up who's ready to hav..
When: Every Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
Melbourne's most exciting immersive gaming experience!
Grab your friends and tackle a series of adrenaline-pumping challenges in 6 game rooms.
Dive into an action-packed adventure where teamwo..
LEGOLAND Discovery Centre Melbourne is open 7 days a week.
Open & Tickets
Opening and closing times change during each month.
Monday - Wednesday 9am/10am - 5pm/7pm
Thursday 9am/9.30am - 6pm7pm..
When: 7 Days (Monday - Sunday)
Enter the world of Saboteurs in Docklands, a live AmongUs-style game where Crew members complete tasks while Impostors secretly eliminate them.
Work together, form alliances, and use deductive ski..
When: Saturday 19th September 2026 to Sunday 4th October 2026
Visit us during school holiday hours
General entry is FREE
Daily (Mon-Sun) 10am-6pm
Welcome to your museum of film, TV, videogames and art.
Our new centrepiece exhibition: The Story of th..
When: Saturday 19th September 2026 to Sunday 4th October 2026
Kids of all ages are going to be blown away these school holidays of Australia's first immersive Trick Art Museum, ArtVo.
Located permanently in Harbour Town, Docklands, ArtVo Melbourne is a new im..
Bubble Planet is an immersive experience in which you'll surround yourself with bubbles like never before!
Step into a planet beyond your imagination with VR technology themed rooms fantastical la..
When: Saturday 19th September 2026 to Sunday 4th October 2026
Turn the Chill into Thrill these Winter School Holidays with 5 Free Activities
With the winter school holidays right around the corner, here are five free and fully undercover activities to turn th..
It's one thing finding activities for the kids, but it is another thing finding activities that will keep the kids busy for more than a couple of hours.
Luckily, in Melbourne we have parks, playgro..
Whether it's a miniature railway or a real railway, kids love a train ride (so do big kids!).
Every weekend trains are running plus every day during the school holidays.
Holiday fun for the kid..
When: 7 Days (Monday - Sunday)
7 Days @ Virtual Room Melbourne - 75 Peel Street West Melbourne
One of the world's best team-based virtual reality experiences has finally come to Melbourne!
Blending the escape room concept w..
Adventure Park Geelong brings its winter offering back with more snow, rides, lights and fun for the family
With snow, theme park rides, dazzling light installations, fire twirling and ice sculptin..
Journey beyond the stars with Smithsonian Starstruck: An Immersive Experience, a groundbreaking virtual reality adventure that transports visitors from Earth to the furthest reaches of the cosmos.
..
IMAGINATOR is a walk-through play experience that uses light, sound, sculpture and scent to create a totally unique immersive play experience for people of all ages.
IMAGINATOR is a pioneering imm..
When: Saturday 19th September 2026 to Sunday 4th October 2026
School holidays are here - and we've packed this guide with the very best activities, attractions, play centres, and drop-off programs across Melbourne and beyond.
If you are a Small Ideas member '..
IMAX gives you with the ultimate movie going experience on the world's 2nd largest screen and state of the art IMAX Laser Projection.
Now Showing
THE ODYSSEY - IMAX 70MM film presentation
THE OD..
When: 7 Days (Monday - Sunday)
Discover a world four billion years in the making. In Our Wondrous Planet, you'll come face to face with animals from around the world.
Step into their vibrant ecosystems and experience the incredi..
Step into a world where imagination takes centre stage as acclaimed Icelandic artist Ragnar Kjartansson transforms the NGV Children's Gallery into an interactive theatrical playground filled with stor..
On this tour, a guide will take you through the Pumping Station that turned 'Smellbourne' back into Melbourne.
Learn where POO goes (when it leaves your toilet)
Poo Story
You'll walk through th..
@ Metartworld Port Melbourne
Step into the light..
Explore Metartworld's enchanting Starry Sky Exhibition, featuring immersive art exhibitions like the Mirror Maze, Enchanted Forest, and 360 T..
When: Saturday 19th September 2026 to Sunday 4th October 2026
First time to SuperPark? Get all-inclusive access to 15+ activities with a 1 hour trial pass offer, including SuperPark grip socks.
Warning: you may not want to leave!
SuperPark at Highpoint is..
Step back in time and experience dinosaurs on Melbourne Zoo's brand-new Dino Trail!
This exciting adventure brings prehistoric giants to life with over 30 incredible animatronic dinosaurs waiting ..
Step back in time and experience dinosaurs on Melbourne Zoo's brand-new Dino Trail!
This exciting adventure brings prehistoric giants to life with over 30 incredible animatronic dinosaurs waiting ..
Step back in time and experience dinosaurs on Melbourne Zoo's brand-new Dino Trail!
This exciting adventure brings prehistoric giants to life with over 30 incredible animatronic dinosaurs waiting ..
When: 7 Days (Monday - Sunday)
A One-of-a-kind Art Space
ART that you can touch and interact with
Metal Art Exhibition
Covering an area of 400 square meters, over 12+ themed exhibitions, a 360 degree immersive experience..
❊ Key Information ❊
When
Saturday 19 September 2026 - Sunday 4 October 2026
Where
Melbourne Victoria 3001 Map
Official Links
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A Maze'N Things | Open Hours & Tickets
ACMI: School Holidays
Adventure Fun Park Gippsland | Open Hours
Animal Land | Open Hours
Aqua Fun Park @ Melbourne Cable Park
ArtVo Trick Art | Docklands - School Holidays
Ashcombe Maze And Lavender Gardens | Open Hours & Tickets
Avenel Maze | Open Hours & Tickets
Boneo Discovery Park | Open & Tickets
Charlie's Arthur's Seat Auto Museum | Open
Coal Creek Community Park and Museum | Open
Dinos at the Zoo @ Healesville Sanctuary
Dinos at the Zoo @ Melbourne Zoo
Dinos at the Zoo @ Werribee Open Range Zoo
Dinosaur World | Open Hours
Edendale Farm | Open
Elephant and Waterhole Trails @ Werribee Zoo
Emerald Bank Leisure Land | Open
Enchanted Adventure Garden | Open Hours & Tickets
Games Lab @ ACMI
Gippsland Vehicle Collection Motor Museum | Open
Gumbuya World - School Holidays
Gumbuya World | Open Hours & Tickets
Halls Gap Zoo | Open Hours & Tickets
Hamilton Miniature Railway | Runs
Healesville Sanctuary | Under 16 Free Entry
Heritage Train Rides | Daylesford
Hidden: Seven Children Saved
Holey Moley Mini-Golf - Melbourne City | Open Hours & Tickets
Ice Skating | Melbourne
Ice Skating O'Brien - Docklands: School Holidays
iceHQ | Indoor Ice Skating - Open Times
Imaginator: Walk Through Experience
Junior Rangers School Holiday Program
Keeper Talks at Werribee Open Range Zoo
Kerrisdale Mountain Railway | Sunday Family Fun Day
Kids' All-Day Adventures | Melbourne
KidsTown Adventure Playground - Goulburn Valley | Open & Tickets
Kryal Castle | Open Hours & Tickets
Kyabram Fauna Park | Open Hours & Tickets
Kyabram Fauna Park | Under 16 Free Entry
LEGOLAND Discovery Centre | Open & Tickets
Lightscape 2026 - Royal Botanic Gardens
Luna Park | Open Hours & Tickets
Mansfield Zoo | Open & Entry Tickets
Maru Koala Park and Pirate Pete's Mini Golf | Open & Tickets
Maze House | Open Hours & Tickets
Melbourne Adventure / Theme Parks
Melbourne Cable Park | Open Hours & Tickets
Melbourne Royal Show 2026
Melbourne Zoo | Under 16 Free Entry
Melbourne Zoo's | Under 16 Free Entry
Metartworld - Open Hours & Tickets
Moira Miniature Railway @ Emerald Bank | Run Day
Mornington Railway | Timetable
Newport Railway Museum | Open Hours & Tickets
Night Wildlife Tours | Moonlit Sanctuary
Old Gippstown | Open
Oz: The Cirque Experience
Pottery Painting - School Holiday Activities
Puffing Billy Steam Train | Timetable & Tickets
Ragnar Kjartansson Creates Playful Children's Gallery | Free at NGV
Rain Hayne & Shine Farmyard | Open Hours & Tickets
Saboteurs: Play in Real Life
School Holiday Activities at Boneo Maze
School Holidays @ Heide - Museum of Modern Art
School Holidays @ Moorabbin Air Museum
School Holidays @ The District Docklands
Scienceworks: School Holiday Program
Skyline Melbourne Ferris Wheel @ South Wharf
Small Ideas | Winter School Holiday Activities
Sovereign Hill | School Holiday Activities - Hours & Tickets
Spotswood Pumping Station Tours: Poo Story
Starry Sky Exhibition
Super Starter Combo at SuperPark Highpoint These School Holidays
The Big Goose | Open
The District Docklands: Melbourne's Ultimate School Holiday Destination
Train Rides For (Big & Little) Kids
Treasures of the Viking Age: The Galloway Hoard
Triceratops: Fate of the Dinosaurs
VR Game Experience: Virtual Room Melbourne
Werribee Open Range Zoo | Under 16 Free Entry
What's On Program @ ArtPlay
What's Showing @ IMAX Melbourne Museum
Yarra Valley Railway | Runs
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