Joanna James
If you plan to head to Melbourne for your next family holiday, you will be heartened to know that there are plenty of places that you can take your children so they will be extremely entertained. Melbourne is a popular destination for travelling families so here are our top 5 activities for kids.
Begin your holiday in Melbourne at the Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium where your kids will see a whole hoard of marine animals that they can learn more about. Your children will find themselves utterly dazzled by the underground tanks full of all kinds of fish including seahorses, sharks and stingrays. You will also get to meet some saltwater crocodiles, the Gentoo penguins and so much more.
When your kids go to the Melbourne Museum, they can pretend to be explorers or archaeologists of a golden age. There are many artefacts on display at the museum with a new wondrous discovery in every nook and cranny. The Dinosaur Walk has seventeen skeletons on display and if that doesn't excite your younger children, nothing will! For younger children, there is a Children's Gallery where they can learn using an interactive experience and play-based learning. There's even a camouflage disco.
Take your children out of your Melbourne hotel and up the road to the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. There you will find a separate Ian Potter Foundation Children's Garden which is an interactive educational garden for children to learn more about plant life. They can get their hands dirty, play around as much as they desire and, in the meantime, learn how to care about the environment. The website offers a checklist of 50 things that kids can do when in the garden so download that at your hotel the likes of Pan Pacific Melbourne before you head out.
Luna Park St. Kilda is another place you can take your kids for an all-round good time. It is an iconic and vintage-looking park that are bound to excite your younger children and charm your older children. It has the kind of atmosphere that harkens back to the amusement parks of the 80s and 90s. Don't forget to add a walk along St. Kilda's pier before you head off to the park.
But don't just end it there, if your kids want more fun, take them to Wonderland Junior Docklands which is located in the inner city with many exciting and colourful rides such as Rockin' Tug, Circus Train and Carousel. Since the amusement park is located in the District Docklands on Waterfront Way and within proximity to the Melbourne Observation Wheel, you can take the children along the waterfront and to the Melbourne Star if they still have some energy remaining after a day at the park.
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