mamma's summer school holidays inspiration 2025/26

Welcome to SUMMER SCHOOL HOLIDAYS! Are you looking for school holiday fun? You and the family can use this handy one pager to plan a little fun with some options for places to cool down, outdoor adventures and fun happenings throughout the school holidays. If you need more school holiday inspiration just choose your own adventure on Mamma Knows South’s website!

events and fun

Arts Centre Summer Events

Summer @ Scienceworks

Yakult Christmas Lab

Pickle Play, Dingley

Squiggle Club Workshop

Summer @ Melbourne Museum

Social Fair Cranbourne

Bunjil School Holidays

Stage School - Matilda

Little Sherwood Petting Farm, Drouin

Phillip Island Must Do's

The Fairy Maker classes

places to beat the heat

Imaginationation, Chadstone

Diggerland, Braeside

Timezone & Zone Bowling, Southland

All Fired Up

Royle Pickle Club, Carrum Downs

We Rock The Spectrum, Somerville

MoPA Sandringham

Twisted Science

Le Mans Entertainment, Dandenong

Archie Brothers Cirque Electriq

places to cool down

Carnegie Memorial Pool

Mothers Beach, Mornington

Ballam Water Park, Frankston

Noble Park Aquatic Centre

Chicken Beach, Cowes

Gumbuya World, Tynong

Black Rock Beach

Balnarring Beach

Sorrento Rockpools

Aqua Park, Cable Park Melbourne

special family adventures

Highland Cattle Wagon Experience

French Island 4WD tour

Maru Koala and Animal Park

Raymond Island, Gippsland Lakes

Enchanted Adventure, Arthurs Seat

Zayak Sea Sled, Mornington

The Funky Farm

Fort Nepean, Portsea

Rocky Creek Strawberry Farm

Mornington Tourist Railway

eats & treats

Vanilla Dessert Bar

Tool Shed, Noojee

Mock Red Hill, Red Hill

Sweet n Sassy, Cowes

Banks Brewery,Carrum Downs

Devilbend Brewery, Tuerong

Moon Dog Beach Club, Frankston

Beachcomber, St Kilda

The Heritage, Balnarring

Little by Little, Berwick

playground inspiration

Royal Mile Avenue Playground, Berwick

Hillview Reserve Playground, Dromana

Officer District Playground, Officer

Berwick Waters Tree Walk Park

North Road Foreshore, Brighton

Princess Park, Caulfield

Keysborough Community Hub Playground

Peter Scullin Reserve, Mordialloc

Carrum Downs Reserve

Ross Reserve, Noble Park

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