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10 Children’s Activities For June / July School Holidays In Melbourne

June 8, 2010

Anyone else counting down the days until school holidays???? In Victoria the last day of school for term 2 is Friday 25th June, about three weeks away and I for one am very much looking forward to it. As always there is so much on offer in Melbourne that you can do with the kids [...]

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10 Children’s Activities For June 2010 In Melbourne

May 25, 2010

Almost winter! Readers of the blog are probably aware that winter is my least favourite season, I am not a fan of cold weather. But at least there is still lots of fun things to do in Melbourne even if it is cold! NB. All images are from their respective sources. 1. Winter Solstice Bonfire [...]

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10 Children’s Activities In Melbourne For February 2010

January 26, 2010

There are a number of community based activities in Melbourne during February, which provide plenty of excellent quality and free entertainment for the kids! 1. Remembering Sir Edward “Weary” Dunlop I didn’t know that The Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne ran children’s activities! On Sunday 7 February at 2pm, they are having a free Children’s [...]

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10 Children’s Christmas Activities For December 2009 In Melbourne

November 24, 2009

There is just so much to do in Melbourne with the kids and December takes it to a new level, with a fantastic range of Christmas activities. 1. Myer Windows This year’s theme for the Myer Windows is Olivia Helps Out. You can check out some photos of the unveiling here if you would like [...]

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10 Children’s Activities For September In Melbourne

August 25, 2009

How exciting that spring is near!!!! I always find August dreary in Melbourne and start to pine for sunshine. So with a sense of optimism of sunshiny days to come, I have focused on active / outdoor type activities for my September list of children’s activities. Also note that I haven’t included any school holiday [...]

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10 Children’s Activities In Melbourne For June

May 26, 2009

The activities listed below are for June 2009. You will find a current list of activities on my post 10 Children’s Activities For June 2010 In Melbourne. 1. The Light In Winter Festival The Light In Winter Festival is an annual event held at Federation Square and is a celebration of community life in Melbourne [...]

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10 Children’s Activities In Melbourne For May

April 28, 2009

Out of the ten children’s activities listed last month, we only managed to fit in one, which was rock climbing at Hard Rock. We actually took our two eldest sons and four friends for our second son’s 8th birthday. They had a fantastic time and it really was great value for money as you could [...]

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10 Children’s Activities In Melbourne For January

December 31, 2008

EDIT: School Holiday Activities for JANUARY 2010 can be found here. The post below lists activities from 2009. Melbourne is just bursting with children’s activities during January, it was difficult to narrow it down to just ten this month. Most sites that I link to are offering more than one event over the school holidays, [...]

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Free E-book – Planning With Kids Top 100 Tips, Volume 1

May 9, 2008

EDIT: The Free E-Book is no longer available from this page. If you would like to receive a copy of Planning With Kids Top 100 Tips, simple subscribe to the blog via email (link to do so on the right hand side) and then email me at planningqueen [at] bigpond [dot] com to say that [...]

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The Fix, The Mix and The Free

April 26, 2008

THE FIX Those of you who have subscribed to my email updates would be aware that they have been broken for over a week now. Those of you who have subscribed to my RSS feeds may have seen a few weird things occurring in your Inbox as I have tried to fix the problem. (And [...]