winter holiday inspiration in the north

Check out this handy one pager to work your way through some great events, holiday programs and fun happenings throughout the holidays. If you need more inspiration just choose your own Northside adventure on Mamma Knows North’s full website - where you will find hundreds of places to go, markets, cafes, playgrounds and more

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events and fun

• Dino Park @ Melbourne Zoo, Parkville

• Melbourne Magic Festival, Collingwood

• Shadow Puppets Workshop and Performaces @ The Clocktower, Moonee Ponds

• Arts for Kids @ LaManna Supermarkets, Essendon

• The Play Pool @ Watergardens - Taylors Lakes 

• Winter Fest, Moonee Ponds

• Light Pickers by Polyglot Theatre @ Abbotsford Convent

• Tuki Trout Farm, Smeaton

• Winter Night Market, Queen Victoria Market

• Darebin Falcons AFL Academy, Preston

• Workshops @ The Little Bookroom, Carlton

eats and treats

• Fairfield Park Boathouse, Fairfield

• Flovie Florist Cafe, Carlton

• Cosmopolitan Hotel, Trentham

• Misty’s Diner, Reservoir

• Son in Law, Collingwood

• Hungry Fox, Essendon Fields

• C H James Cafe, Fairfield

• Grub, Fitzroy

• School Holiday Fun at Preston Market, Preston

  For more great places to eat CLICK HERE

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indoor fun

• Play Nook, Northcote

• The Rookeepers, Plenty Ranges Arts and Convention Centre, South Morang 

• Archie Brothers Cirque Electirq, Docklands

• Archery Attack, Reservoir

• Playshed Cafe, Thomastown

• VJunior, Mill Park

• Discovery, Science and Technology Centre, Bendigo

• Pauline Gandel Children’s Gallery, Carlton

  CLICK HERE for more fun indoor adventures

let’s head outside

• Ford Park, Bellfield

• Gardner Reserve, North Melbourne

• VR Michael Reserve, Lalor

• Traffic Park @ Aston, Craigieburn

• Civic Drive Playspace, Greensborough

• Fitzroy Gardens, East Melbourne

• Brimbank Park, Keilor East

• Eltham North Adventure Playground, Eltham

• Heide Sculpture Gardens, Bulleen

• Golden Sun Moth Playground, Craigieburn

• St Georges Lake, Creswick

• Woodend Children’s Playground, Woodend

  CLICK HERE for more great Parks and Playgrounds and for more great outdoor adventures CLICK HERE

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city explorers

• Winter School Holidays at Royal Botanic Gardens

• Birrarung Marr Playground, City

• Ice Slide @ The District Docklands

• Terracotta Warriors & Cai Guo-Quiang @ NGV

• Arts Centre, Melbourne

• Fern Gully @ Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria

• School Holidays @ The Melbourne Museum, Carlton

• ArtPlay, City

• Igloo Wonderland @ Wharf Hotel

• Firelight Festival, Docklands

• Winter Village @ Fed Square

• GoBoat, Docklands

  FOR MORE CITY FUN CLICK HERE

inspiration from all over

• LEGOland City Fire @ LEGOLAND Discovery Centre - Chadstone

• Winter Wonderlights @ Sovereign Hill, Ballarat

• Dinosaurs and Megabeasts in Melbourne at Zoos Victoria Venues

• Lake Mountain Alpine Resort, Lake Mountain

• Walhalla Goldfields Railway, Walhalla

• Phillip Island with the family

• Australian National Aviation Museum, Moorabbin

• Cornerstone’s Safari Park, Werribee

• You Yangs, Little River

• Winter School Holidays at Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria's - Cranbourne

PLUS of course … Byron Bay!

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