Metartworld is a scrap metal art gallery in Port Melbourne, and it holds the Guinness World Record for the largest indoor scrap metal art gallery. We went on a rainy day with the kids. It was a lot more fun than I expected. Downstairs – The Metal Sculptures The whole ground floor is sculptures made […]
Flip Out Lidcombe Review
We did two hours at Flip Out in Lidcombe and my kid went to bed that night and was out before I’d finished turning the light off! Flip Out Lidcombe Review There’s a climbing wall, trampolines, and a few things that feel like a tree-top course, which is the best way I can describe the […]
William Ricketts Sanctuary (Reopened) Reviews
William Ricketts Sanctuary in the Dandenong Ranges is open again. A severe storm in June 2021 closed it, and it stayed shut for five years, until the first stage reopened on 3 August 2026. I went for a wander, hardly anyone was there, and I could look at each sculpture slowly and quietly. What it […]
Climb N’ Play Maidstone Reviews
The school holidays are long, and every single day I’m trying to work out how to wear my kid out. Today I want to recommend a real treasure of a climbing gym, Climb N’ Play in Maidstone. Personally, I think this is one of the best in all of Melbourne. There are very few people […]
Game Over Gold Coast Reviews
Finally got a day off during the school holidays and took my kid to Game Over Gold Coast. They had a limited-time $99 all-in pass that covered every activity in the centre, so I bought that rather than pick and choose. Off the highway and you’re there, with lots of parking right by the door. […]
Shepparton Moooving Art – Hunting Painted Cows Sculptures
We got in a trip before the school holidays ended, a few days in a country town at a slow pace. The first stop was Shepparton, which is billed as the cow town, and the plan was a cow treasure hunt. Cow sculptures hunting Colourful painted cows are all over the town. Our kid treated […]
Mittagong Mushroom Tunnel Tour Reviews
Picked mushrooms inside an old railway tunnel in the Southern Highlands, about an hour and a half’s drive from Sydney. Came home with a box full, including lion’s mane, and it turned into one of the better day trips I’ve done this year. It’s a Victorian-era railway tunnel on Mount Gibraltar at Mittagong, about 650 […]
Banksia Park Cherry Blossoms – Melbourne’s Free Spot to See Cherry Blossoms
Took a Monday off to go and see the cherry blossoms at Banksia Park in Bulleen. Packed a picnic mat and some snacks, about twenty minutes from the city, free to walk in. Spring wind in Melbourne is hard to beat when it’s like this. When to go Late September is the sweet spot. The […]
Wild Things Sydney International Kids Festival 2026
Saw a photo of what looked like Stonehenge sitting out the front of the Sydney Opera House and had to find out what was going on, turns out it’s an inflatable rock installation, part of a brand new kids festival called Wild Things, running right through the spring school holidays, 26 September to 11 October. […]
TRICKD Gold Coast Reviews
I walked into TRICKD in Surfers Paradise looking down on it a little. Sorry, TRICKD. I’d assumed optical-illusion photo tricks and a light show. I’d also searched Facebook beforehand and found nobody recommending it, which made me think it was a place built for staged photos and not much else. It wasn’t. I was inside […]