School Holidays Guide | Melbourne Winter 2025

Keep the kids entertained during the school holidays with Melbourne's best guide.
It's not only the biggest list of things on for kids, it's Melbourne's favourite list for mums and dads.
Saturday, 5 July 2025 - Sunday, 20 July 2025
Check back regularly as new events are added daily including children's activities and care programs, festivals, exhibitions, shows and attractions.
Holiday Guides



Melbourne Zoo's - Kids Free Entry
Children under 16 receive FREE entry during school holidays and public holidays.
Visitors of all ages need to have a pre-booked zoo ticket, even kids that can visit for free.
Melbourne Zoo
Werribee Open Range Zoo
Healesville Sanctuary
Kyabram Fauna Park
Featured Events
❊ When ❊
Date/s: Saturday 5th July 2025 - Sunday 20th July 2025
Monopoly Dreams: Open Hours & Entry Tickets
Melbourne Magic Festival 2025
Lightscape 2025 - Royal Botanic Gardens
Animal Crossing: New Horizons at SEA LIFE Melbourne Aquarium
123Boom! Immersive Team Challenge
FEVER School holidays in Melbourne
SENSAS - Multi-Sensory Journey
Harry Potter: The Exhibition
AFL Kids Go Free | Rounds 16-19
Elephant and Waterhole Trails @ Werribee Zoo
Fitzroy Gardens: I-Spy adventure
Fitzroy Gardens: Mid-Winter Medieval Medicines
Grazeland's Winter Wonderland
Imaginator: Walk Through Experience
Kids Movies Guide: School Holidays
Kids' All-Day Adventures | Melbourne
LEGOLAND Discovery Centre | Open & Tickets
Olaf Breuning For Kids: Plans for the Planet
Saboteurs: Play in Real Life
Soccerfest25: Where Sports Meets Fun
Tinkertown @ Scienceworks
Train Rides For (Big & Little) Kids
What's Showing @ IMAX Melbourne Museum
Family Fiesta: School Holiday Program - The Ian Potter Centre for Performing Arts
The 3 Little Pigs @ National Theatre
ArtVo Trick Art | Docklands - School Holidays
DinoFest to roar into Melbourne for winter school holidays
Playbound Festival 2025
South East Winter Festival
The Gruffalo's Child - Live
The Jungle Book - The Next Chapter
Elmo's Circus | Dream Under the Big Top @ Caulfield Racecourse
Riviera Winter Wonderland | Fun for big and little kids
Adventure Park's Winter Glow 2025
Little Builders: Your Neighborhood's Largest Indoor Sandbox
Malibu Barbie Cafe
When: Monday 14th July 2025
Venue: Monopoly Dreams: Theme Park
MONOPOLY DREAMS is open 7 days at Melbourne Central.
MONOPOLY DREAMS Melbourne is a fully immersive and interactive MONOPOLY experience featuring games challenges and the chance..
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Melbourne Magic Festival 2025
When: Monday 7th July 2025 to Saturday 19th July 2025
"PERFECT SCHOOL HOLIDAY ENTERTAINMENT!"
The Melbourne Magic Festival is now officially recognised as the largest festival of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere and attracts m..
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Lightscape 2025 - Royal Botanic Gardens
When: Friday 20th June 2025 to Sunday 10th August 2025
Step into a world of wonder as the all-new Lightscape returns to Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne this winter.
New sights. New sounds. A whole new journey. Whether it's your fir..
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Animal Crossing: New Horizons at SEA LIFE Melbourne Aquarium
When: Tuesday 24th June 2025 to Sunday 17th August 2025
Venue: SEA LIFE Melbourne Aquarium
Dive into Immersive Adventure with Nintendo's Animal Crossing: New Horizons at SEA LIFE Melbourne!
SEA LIFE Melbourne Aquarium is bringing the enchanting world of Animal Crossin..
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123Boom! Immersive Team Challenge
When: Monday 14th July 2025
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 ad..
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FEVER School holidays in Melbourne
When: Monday 14th July 2025
FEVER brings the best activities, experiences and events to do during the School Holidays in Melbourne
Check out thee fabulous experiences on during the spring school holidays.
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SENSAS - Multi-Sensory Journey
When: Monday 14th July 2025
SENSAS has landed in Australia, offering a thrilling two-hour adventure that tests all five senses.
For two hours, switch between pitch-black challenges and vibrant sensory wor..
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Harry Potter: The Exhibition
When: Friday 4th April 2025 to Sunday 5th October 2025
Harry Potter: The Exhibition celebrates all things Harry Potter by bringing to life some of your favorite moments, characters, locations, and beasts from the film series, as well a..
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AFL Kids Go Free | Rounds 16-19
When: Thursday 10th July 2025
Rounds 16 to 19, all kids aged 14 years old and under will get free access to 2025 Toyota AFL Premiership matches across Australia.
Just in time for school holidays kids are ta..
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Elephant and Waterhole Trails @ Werribee Zoo
When: Monday 14th July 2025
Venue: Werribee Open Range Zoo
The Werribee Open Range Zoo has opened its fabulous Elephant Trail: a stunning 21-hectare, world-class habitat for the zoo's nine Asian elephants.
Spanning the size of the entir..
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Fitzroy Gardens: I-Spy adventure
When: Monday 14th July 2025
Venue: Fitzroy Gardens
Entertain the kids by taking the outdoor adventure challenge in the heritage-listed Fitzroy Gardens.
Starting off at the Fitzroy Gardens Visitor Centre*, kids will collect their..
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Fitzroy Gardens: Mid-Winter Medieval Medicines
When: Monday 14th July 2025
Venue: Fitzroy Gardens
This winter come to Fitzroy Gardens to explore herbal remedies and learn about medieval medicines.
Starting off at the Fitzroy Gardens Visitor Centre*, kids will wander through ..
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Grazeland's Winter Wonderland
When: Friday 11th July 2025
Venue: Grazeland - Festival of Food
Grazeland's much-loved Winter Wonderland is back for the school holidays - serving up a sizzling mix of food fiery entertainment and festive displays to warm the winter nights!
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Imaginator: Walk Through Experience
When: Monday 14th July 2025
Venue: The District Docklands
The District Docklands
IMAGINATOR is a walk-through play experience that uses light, sound, sculpture and scent to create a totally unique immersive play experience for people ..
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Kids Movies Guide: School Holidays
Best movies for the kids the school holidays
It's action, comedy and excitement central these school holidays, with a supersonically awesome program of family-friendly films.
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Kids' All-Day Adventures | Melbourne
When: Monday 14th July 2025
It's one thing finding activities for the kids, but it is another thing to find activities that will keep the kids busy for more than a couple of hours.
Luckily, in Melbourne we..
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LEGOLAND Discovery Centre | Open & Tickets
When: Monday 14th July 2025
LEGOLAND Discovery Centre Melbourne is open 7 days a week.
Opening and closing times change during each month.
Monday - Wednesday 9am/10am - 5pm/7pm
Thursday 9am/9.30am - 6p..
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Olaf Breuning For Kids: Plans for the Planet
When: Monday 14th July 2025
Plans For The Planet
Olaf Breuning For Kids
NGV International
Ground Level
Thursday 6th June 2024 - Sunday 5th October 2025
Plans for The Planet: Olaf Breuning for Kids ..
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Saboteurs: Play in Real Life
When: Wednesday 9th July 2025
Venue: The District Docklands
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, a..
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Soccerfest25: Where Sports Meets Fun
When: Thursday 10th July 2025
Soccerfest25 is your go-to winter / school holiday event in Dandenong for full-throttle fun and non-stop action!
Built for kids teens and families who love to move this high-ene..
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Tinkertown @ Scienceworks
When: Monday 14th July 2025
Venue: Scienceworks
Make cubbies, solve design puzzles, invent a contraption... Let's build this town together.
Welcome to Tinkertown, a world of marvellous invention, daring builds and mindful tin..
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Train Rides For (Big & Little) Kids
When: Monday 14th July 2025
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.
Hol..
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What's Showing @ IMAX Melbourne Museum
When: Monday 14th July 2025
Venue: IMAX Cinema
Welcome back to the best biggest screen in the business!
IMAX gives you with the ultimate movie going experience on the world's 2nd largest screen and state of the art IMAX Las..
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Family Fiesta: School Holiday Program - The Ian Potter Centre for Performing Arts
When: Wednesday 9th July 2025 to Saturday 12th July 2025
Venue: Monash University Venues
Join the penguin parade as we take over The Ian Potter Centre for Performing Arts with an Antarctic festival that's flowing with ice play glacier music theatre inspired by krill an..
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The 3 Little Pigs @ National Theatre
When: Wednesday 9th July 2025 to Sunday 13th July 2025
Venue: National Theatre
Melbourne based theatre company AG Theatre is thrilled to announce that they are returning with a brand-new season of the classic fable The 3 Little Pigs this July school holidays ..
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ArtVo Trick Art | Docklands - School Holidays
When: Saturday 5th July 2025 to Sunday 20th July 2025
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 M..
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DinoFest to roar into Melbourne for winter school holidays
When: Saturday 28th June 2025 to Sunday 20th July 2025
Venue: Norton Park
28th June 2025 - 20th July 2025 @ Norton Park - Wantirna South
It was a huge hit when it made its Victorian debut in 2023 selling-out every show to rave reviews but this winter..
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Playbound Festival 2025
When: Saturday 5th July 2025 to Sunday 20th July 2025
Where play, nature, science and imagination ignite
Playbound is a 16-day family festival taking over the City of Melbourne during the winter school holidays, from Saturday 5 Ju..
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South East Winter Festival
When: Saturday 28th June 2025 to Sunday 20th July 2025
Get ready for the ultimate winter festival right here in Melbourne's South East.
Just in time for the school holidays, running from 28 June to 20 July 2025.
Expect a massiv..
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The Gruffalo's Child - Live
When: Saturday 19th July 2025 to Sunday 20th July 2025
Venue: Athenaeum Theatre
CDP presents Tall Stories magical musical adaptation of
The Gruffalo's Child
Based on the award-winning picture book by Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler
Published by Macmill..
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The Jungle Book - The Next Chapter
When: Wednesday 9th July 2025 to Sunday 20th July 2025
Australian Shakespeare Company
9th July 2025 - 20th July 2025 @ The Capitol
Join Baloo and Mowgli as they reunite years after Mowgli has left the jungle in this heart warmin..
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Elmo's Circus | Dream Under the Big Top @ Caulfield Racecourse
When: Friday 27th June 2025 to Sunday 3rd August 2025
Venue: Caulfield Racecourse
Step right up to Elmo's Circus Dream LIVE - Under the Big Top, a dazzling circus spectacular starring Elmo and all your favourite Sesame Street friends!
When Elmo drifts off to..
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Riviera Winter Wonderland | Fun for big and little kids
When: Sunday 1st June 2025 to Sunday 3rd August 2025
Venue: Riviera Beach Club
This June and July, Riviera Beach Club will be transforming into a Winter Wonderland, an immersive event with something for all ages.
Think ice skating, mulled wine, hot chocola..
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Adventure Park's Winter Glow 2025
When: Saturday 28th June 2025 to Saturday 9th August 2025
Venue: Adventure Park | Geelong
Saturday 28th June 2025 - Saturday 9th August 2025
Adventure Park Geelong
SNOW | LIGHTS | FIRE | ICE
Discover a glowing winter wonderland at Adventure Park these June-July..
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Little Builders: Your Neighborhood's Largest Indoor Sandbox
When: Saturday 5th July 2025 to Sunday 31st August 2025
Venue: The District Docklands
Saturday 5th July 2025 - Sunday 31st August 2025 @ The District Docklands
Little Builders: Where Play Meets Imagination!
At Little Builders we turn play into an immersive e..
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Malibu Barbie Cafe
When: Friday 27th June 2025 to Monday 14th December 2026
Only at Chadstone for a limited time, this two-storey pink paradise brings Barbie's world to life - with retro glam. all-day dining. dreamy desserts. signature cocktails at the Ken..
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123Boom! Immersive Team Challenge
A Maze'N Things | Open
Adventure Fun Park Gippsland | Open Hours
Adventure Park's Winter Glow 2025
AFL Kids Go Free | Rounds 16-19
Altona Miniature Railway | Run Day
Animal Crossing: New Horizons at SEA LIFE Melbourne Aquarium
Animal Land | Open Hours
ArtVo Trick Art | Docklands - School Holidays
Ashcombe Maze And Lavender Gardens | Open
Avenel Maze | Open Hours & Tickets
Become a Certified Turtle Rescuer
Boneo Discovery Park | Open & Tickets
Cats & Dogs - NGV Collection
Charlie's Arthur's Seat Auto Museum | Open
Children's International Film Festival
Circus in Melbourne
Coal Creek Community Park and Museum | Open
DinoFest to roar into Melbourne for winter school holidays
Dinosaur World | Open
Edendale Farm | Open
Elephant and Waterhole Trails @ Werribee Zoo
Emerald Bank Leisure Land | Open
Enchanted Adventure Garden | Open
Entermission: VR Escape Room Experience
Family Fiesta: School Holiday Program - The Ian Potter Centre for Performing Arts
FEVER School holidays in Melbourne
Fitzroy Gardens: Mid-Winter Medieval Medicines
Flowerdale Estate: Illumina - Light & Sound Experience
Geelong Gaol Museum - Open Times & Tickets
Gippsland Vehicle Collection Motor Museum | Open
Grazeland's Winter Wonderland
Gumbuya World - School Holidays
Gumbuya World | Open Hours & Tickets
Halls Gap Zoo | Open Hours & Tickets
Healesville Sanctuary | Under 16 Free Entry
Hijinx Hotel - 18+ Interactive Game Experience
Ice Skating O'Brien - Docklands: School Holidays
Ice Skating | Melbourne
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
Kryal Castle | Open Hours & Tickets
Kyabram Fauna Park | Under 16 Free Entry
Lightscape 2025 - Royal Botanic Gardens
Little Builders: Your Neighborhood's Largest Indoor Sandbox
Luna Park | Open Hours & Tickets
Magic School with Tim Credible
Malibu Barbie Cafe
Mansfield Zoo | Open & Entry Tickets
Maru Koala Park and Pirate Pete's Mini Golf | Open & Tickets
Maze House | Open Hours & Tickets
Melbourne Magic Festival 2025
Melbourne Zoo | Under 16 Free Entry
Melbourne Zoo's | Under 16 Free Entry
Metartworld - Open Hours & Tickets
Moira Miniature Railway @ Emerald Bank | Run Day
Monopoly Dreams: Open Hours & Entry Tickets
Museum of Play and Art - Open
National Trust: Pentridge Prison Tours
Newport Railway Museum | Open Hours & Tickets
Night on the Reef - SEA LIFE Melbourne Aquarium
Night Wildlife Tours | Moonlit Sanctuary
Olaf Breuning For Kids: Plans for the Planet
Penguin Passport Experience At Sea Life Melbourne
Playbound Festival 2025
Portarlington Miniature Railway | Ride Day
Pottery Painting - School Holiday Activities
Princess Party High Tea at Overnewton Castle
Puffing Billy's Train of Lights - Winter 2025
RAAF Museum | Open Hours & Free Tickets
Rain Hayne & Shine Farmyard | Open Hours & Tickets
Riviera Winter Wonderland | Fun for big and little kids
Saboteurs: Play in Real Life
School Holiday Activities at Boneo Maze
School Holiday Fun on the Yarra - Cruises Departing Daily!
School Holiday Program - Scienceworks
School Holidays @ ACMI
School Holidays @ Heide - Museum of Modern Art
School Holidays @ Moorabbin Air Museum
School Holidays @ The District Docklands
SENSAS - Multi-Sensory Journey
Skyline Melbourne Ferris Wheel @ South Wharf
Small Ideas | Winter School Holiday Activities
Soccerfest25: Where Sports Meets Fun
South East Winter Festival
Sovereign Hill | School Holiday Activities - Hours & Tickets
The 3 Little Pigs @ National Theatre
The Big Goose | Open
The District Docklands: Entertainment Hub
The Gruffalo's Child - Live
The Jungle Book - The Next Chapter
The Mik Maks | Live in Traralgon
Tim Credible's Family Magic Show
Tinkertown @ Scienceworks
Trail of Lights in Mildura
Train Rides For (Big & Little) Kids
TreeTops Challenge: Yeodene Park - Open & Tickets
Triceratops: Fate of the Dinosaurs
Tycho Goes to Mars @ Melbourne Planetarium
Werribee Open Range Zoo | Under 16 Free Entry
What's On Program @ ArtPlay
What's Showing @ IMAX Melbourne Museum
Yarra Valley Railway | Runs
Aqua Fun Park @ Melbourne Cable Park
Elmo's Circus | Dream Under the Big Top @ Caulfield Racecourse
Eroni's Circus | Sunbury
Euroa Miniature Railway
Fort Queenscliff - Open Hours & Tours
Hamilton Miniature Railway | Runs
Heritage Train Rides | Daylesford
LEGOLAND Discovery Centre | Open & Tickets
Mornington Railway | Timetable
Once Upon a Rhyme
Otway Fly Treetop Walk - Tickets
Springvale Live Steamers | Miniature Railway
Swan Bay Express: Heritage Steam Train Rides
The Quizzical Mr Jeff
Victorian School Holiday's 2025
Term 1 Holidays | AutumnSaturday, 5 April 2025 - Monday, 21 April 2025
Term 2 Holidays | Winter
Saturday, 5 July 2025 - Sunday, 20 July 2025
Term 3 Holidays | Spring
Saturday, 20 September 2025 - Sunday, 5 October 2025
Term 4 Holidays | Summer
Saturday, 20 December 2025 - Tuesday, 26 January 2026
Victorian School Holiday's 2026
Term 1 Holidays | AutumnFriday 3 April 2026 - Sunday 19 April 2026
Term 2 Holidays | Winter
Saturday 27 June 2026 - Sunday 12 July 2026
Term 3 Holidays | Spring
Saturday 19 September 2026 - Sunday 4 October 2026
Term 4 Holidays | Summer
Saturday 19 December 2026 - Tuesday 26 January 2027
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