NSW Autumn School Holiday Guide Sydney & NSW

 

Kids Discovery Tours Sydney Opera House

Stuck for ideas of how to entertain the kids these school holidays? Read on for boredom-busting suggestions and a round up of what's on this summer to keep kids amused in Sydney and New South Wales. For more information log on to the School Holidays website www.nsw.gov.au/school-holidays or for ideas on the go, download the practical GoPlay! app on your iPhone http://goplay.nsw.gov.au/

What’s on in Sydney

Uncover what’s beneath the famous sails with Kids Discovery Tours at Sydney Opera House. Watch clips from favourite Kids at the House shows and discover how the magic and fun is created by weaving in and out of theatres and uncovering the history of this cultural epicentre.

Taronga Zoo Aboriginal Wildlife Tour

Go walkabout in the grounds of Taronga Zoo with the newAboriginal wildlife tour. Learn about the strong link between aboriginal people, their culture and native wildlife with Aboriginal Guide, Nura Diya. See first-hand the traditional uses of native plants for food, tools and medicine and get cameras ready for some intimate encounters with native birds, kangaroos, wallabies and emus.

Discover one of Sydney’s newest live music and theatre venues,The Concourse Chatswood. Get the kids dancing to The Wiggles or for the older ones, why not take them along to Jekyll and Hyde The Musical.

Take to the seas with Captain Cook Cruises as kids sail free over the Easter School Holidays. Wake to a weekend breakfast cruise, or jump on board for a Seafood Buffet Lunch cruise or meander the waterways on a leisurely Sydney Harbour Coffee cruise.

Pine Street Creative Arts Centre

Visit the Smart Arts Youth Festival at Pine Street Creative Arts Centre and enjoy live music, art exhibitions, films and art tours created by talented young people. You can also get hands on with thecreative workshops like sustainable bead making, lino printing and badge making.

Dress up like a pirate and set sail on the Sydney Harbour Tall Ships Southern Swan for a Family Pirate Lunch BBQ on Sydney Harbour. Hoist the sails, climb the mast and be a pirate on-board for the day. 

Discover what life would be like on Mars and what lies within our solar system at Sydney Observatory on the Solar System Exploration: Mars in 3-D daily tours.

Take part in a Discovery Ranger tour in a National Park this April. There are many different tours to choose from, Convict Kids at Goat Island to Kite Flys By and Workshop at Middle Head andSnorkelling with Giant Jelly Fish at Bournda National Park.

What’s on in Regional NSW

The Illawarra Fly

Treat the kids to an egg-cellent adventure with one of the many Easter eggs hunts taking place in regional NSW. The Illawarra Fly will host two Easter egg hunts in the Visitor Information Centre on Easter Saturday and Easter Sunday while Jamberoo Action Park, will swing open its gates early at 9:00am on Easter Sunday to maximise the fun of their giant egg hunt. Kids aged 4-12 can fossick the grounds to dig up thousands of Darrel Lea Easter Eggs hidden around the Park.

 Get active at this year’s Mudgee Bike Muster. Held over the Easter long weekend, this family-friendly event incorporates camping, organised bike rides and the delicious food and wine for which this region is renowned. Collect local produce at the markets with “This Little Rider went to Market” or unveil the past with the “Gone to Gulgong” ride, a must for history buffs.

 Teens can learn about the art of film-making these holidays during a three day workshop at Trainworks in Thirlmere. Let’s Make A Movie recreates the magic of silent film with teens creating the soundtrack and performing to family and friends.

Maitland Goal

 Keep the kids on the straight and narrow with an ex-inmates tour at Maitland Goal. Be intrigued by the stories of the famous characters from yesteryear while discovering what life was like behind the thick stone walls for both the inmates and the wardens.

 At Jenolan Caves this school holidays take a children’s adventure and join the Junior Explorer tour in the River Cave on the Stones & Bones tour. By torch light and wearing caving helmets, kids will follow treasure maps to discover fossils, bones and crystals deep in the caves.

 Step aboard the Wizards Express at Zigzag Railway and take a magical train trip to places you only read about in story books. After prospective house members are put under the sorting hat for carriage selection, the Wizard Express will depart from platform 9 ¾ as Hagrid sees you away on this magical journey through the Blue Mountains.

 Sign up for CircusKool in Berry and learn how to juggle, clown around and develop acrobatic skills at this week long camp for kids 7-12 years.

 Mission Adrenalin Camp

 Pack your bags and head for the hills, or in this case the Snowy Mountains. The Jindabyne Sport and Recreation centre are hosting a Mission Adrenalin week long camp. Archery, abseiling, canoeing, orienteering, kayaking, challenge ropes course, swimming, sailing and rock climbing are all on this action packed agenda.

 Venture into the deep outback with a tag along 4WD tour in Sturt National Park. With the help of Discovery Rangers, follow in the footsteps of explorer, Captain Charles Sturt and re-enact their search for an inland sea from Tibooburra to Depot Glen and Mount Poole.

 For more information go to http://www.sydney.com/