[ January 26, 2017; 8:00 am; ]
Australia Day Celebrations
Celebrate Australia Day 2017 with the City of Playford at Fremont Park, Elizabeth on Thursday 26 January from 8am-12pm. This free, community event will feature live entertainment for all ages, rides, kids activities and the ever popular FREE BBQ breakfast.
The Australia Day event will also feature the announcement of the winners of the 2017 Australia […]
[ January 15, 2017; 12:00 pm; February 19, 2017; 12:00 pm; March 19, 2017; 12:00 pm; ]
Enjoy a wonderful summer’s day in a beautiful garden with your family and friends.
Experience Summer Sundays at Beaumont House. Enjoy live music, food, entertainment and wine on the shady lawns of Beaumont House, treat yourself to a Devonshire tea on the veranda and browse the exclusive market and vintage stalls. This event is running on […]
[ January 26, 2017; 5:30 pm; ]
Celebrate Australia Day at the City of Onkaparinga’s Australia Day Bush Fair.
Families will love the Bush Fair with free family-focused activities and a huge entertainment line-up including roving children’s acts, live music, Aussie displays and special guest MC, TV and radio personality, Cosi.
The Australia Day Awards, held in conjunction with the bush fair, recognises local […]
[ October 21, 2016 to February 5, 2017. ]
Looking for things to do these school holidays? The South Australian Museum are offering FREE entry for kids (under 5 years old) to their current exhibition Curious Beasts: Animal Prints from Dürer to Goya during the January holidays.
This is your last chance to see the beautiful and bizarre collection before it’s packed up and sent […]
[ January 19, 2017; ]
Join in the magic of a fun-filled day in seaside Victor Harbor for the Tour Down Under Loop de Loop.
There will be something for everyone, with the magnificent Rotary Art Show on Warland Reserve, the Artisan Markets on Railway Terrace, family fun activities on Soldiers Memorial Gardens and the Main Street Precinct will be a […]
[ January 19, 2017; 7:00 pm; ]
How Outdoor Play Makes for Strong, Confident & Capable Children
Angela Hanscom – A Session for parents to inspire and empower
Thanks to Inspired EC, Nature Play SA are delighted to offer a unique opportunity to hear from an internationally renowned speaker, Angela Hanscom, a US-based paediatric Occupational Therapist, mum and author of the book, Balanced & […]
St Louis – the family friendly home of fine desserts in Adelaide
If you’re looking to indulge in a sweet dessert or even if you prefer something savoury, St Louis is a family friendly cafe with seven locations around Adelaide you can visit.
Our local St Louis on The Parade in Norwood offers indoor and outdoor dining […]
[ January 7, 2017; 7:00 pm; ]
Grab a movie and go for a dip in the pool at Waterworld, Saturday 7 January, 2017.
The weather is going to be hot, so why not cool down at Waterworld to see The Good Dinosaur and to have lots of fun on the waterslides. Waterworld is offering both the movie and unlimited water slides for […]
[ January 16, 2017; 5:30 pm to 9:00 pm. ]
Wheels on the Green
Spend a balmy evening with bikes, food and fun at “Wheels on the Green” at the Lyndoch Village Green Gourmet Village.
Wheels on the Green is a community social event, with a family and youth focus, celebrating the 2017 Santos Tour Down Under. Visit the Gourmet Village on the Lyndoch Village Green, experience […]
[ January 14, 2017 to January 22, 2017. ]
Santos Tour Down Under 2017
The Santos Tour Down Under is Australia’s premier international cycling race. It will be staged in and around Adelaide this year during our summer holidays from 14 to 22 January 2017.
With an event calendar full of race stages plus plenty of concerts, street parties and family fun make sure you get along […]
[ January 20, 2017; ]
Get the family together for Gear Up @ Campbelltown
The Campbelltown City Council is proud to be hosting the Bupa Stage 4 Finish of the Santos Tour Down Under on Foxfield Oval, Maryvale Road, Athelstone on Friday 20 January 2017. Everyone is welcome at this free community event.
Gear Up @ Campbelltown is a day with free rides, […]
[ January 18, 2017; 5:00 pm to 11:00 pm. ]
The Glenelg Tour Street Party returns in 2017
The best place to be in summer is by the beach.
What better way to cool down after a day of racing than at the Glenelg Tour Street Party. Catch the tram to the bay with friends and family for an evening of beachside fun, food, fashion and live […]
It’s not your usual Maccas
See what’s special about McDonald’s Green Fields in our review (Jan 2017)
The brand new McDonald’s Green Fields (opposite Mawson Lakes) has just opened in December 2016 and it’s not your usual Maccas. It’s all grown up, with a modern and fresh new look. A little bit upmarket Nordic and a little […]
[ January 12, 2017; January 13, 2017; ]
Innes National Park Reef Rambles – Immerse yourself in Marine Parks
Are you heading to the Yorke Peninsula these school holidays? Join a ranger on January 12 or 13 at the Innes National Park Reef Rambles. Innes Reef Rambles are an interpretative ramble on the reef at Innes National Park. You’ll learn about the critters along […]
Morialta Conservation Park will undergo an exciting upgrade to include a unique new nature playspace.
Editor’s Note 1 September 2017: It’s Now Open for Play. See our first pictures of the new playspace here.
Concept plans have been released by the State Environment Department for a stunning new playground in Morialta Conservation Park that is sure to […]
[ January 3, 2017 to January 4, 2017. ]
The rotting flesh-smelling Titan arum, Ganteng (Amorphophallus titanum), better known as the Corpse Flower – has begun flowering at Adelaide Botanic Garden’s Bicentennial Conservatory!
If you missed it when one bloomed at Mt Lofty Botanic Garden here’s your chance to see it in the city, but you only have around 48 hours to see it.
The Conservatory’s […]
[ January 17, 2017; ]
Hostworks Stage 1 of the Santos Tour Down Under features three laps of the Southern Barossa, known as ‘the cool end of the Valley.’
Discover great spectator vantage points in the townships of Williamstown, Lyndoch, Sandy Creek and Cockatoo Valley with a race to the finish in Lyndoch.
Lyndoch will come alive with the Southern Barossa Gourmet […]
[ January 18, 2017; ]
A day in the Adelaide Hills well worth the revolutions: The Tour Down Under Stirling Spin.
The Santos Tour Down Under returns to Stirling in 2017 with a grand, five lap stage finish, guaranteed to deliver the excitement, thrills and enthusiastic crowds that the Stirling finishes are renowned for. Bustling with live music, street performers, local […]
Dinosaurs Alive! at Adelaide Zoo
Read our Play & Go Review of Dinosaurs Alive! here
Go and see them before they go extinct… again!
Back by popular demand, the dinosaurs are roaring into the zoo. Dinosaurs Alive will give budding paleontologists the opportunity to walk alongside seven life-size and life-like roaring, snarling and moving animatronic dinosaurs.
For more information on […]
[ January 15, 2017; January 22, 2017; 2:30 pm to 8:00 pm. ]
Thanks to the huge success of the event in 2015 and 2016, Family Day will take place over two days in 2017!
Family Day will be on the first and final Sundays of the Santos Tour Down Under, during the People’s Choice Classic and Be Safe Be Seen MAC Stage 6. This FREE event has previously hosted […]
[ December 26, 2016 to February 5, 2017. ]
Editor’s Note: Due to popular demand Dinosaurs Alive! was extended until 5 February 2017.
These summer holidays you can travel back in time to see dinosaurs roaming around Adelaide Zoo. If like us you saw the dinosaurs last time they visited three years ago, you might be interested in whether they are the same or not. While […]
[ January 16, 2017 to January 18, 2017. ]
A little more advanced than Brainstorm SA’s normal Minecraft workshop, “Mod Mayhem” takes advantage of the vast array of weird and wonderful mods that Minecraft has to offer.
Students are able to use incredibly advanced tools and gadgets to design complicated machines and create intricate structures. Mods such as buildcraft, pixlemon and computercraft unlock a whole […]
[ January 13, 2017; January 19, 2017; January 21, 2017; ]
For some school holiday fun, try Cathy Gray’s children’s art classes.
Cathy Gray is an Adelaide artist whose work is all hand drawn in archival ink. The delicacy is reminiscent of an embroiderer’s needlework and in particular, lace. Her intricate and finely detailed works demonstrate a radial balance, drawing our gaze from the centre point.
Cathy is offering some […]
Wild Imagination is a new alternative to vacation care. Get kids outside, and allow them to spend their school holidays in nature!
These school holiday events are based almost entirely outdoors. Kids will hang out in tents instead of classrooms, play with sticks and bugs instead of pens and paper, use nature in craft activities, build […]
[ January 17, 2017; 6:00 pm; ]
Still the place to party! Tourrific Prospect 2017 is coming!
On Tuesday 17 January, Prospect Road is once again the place to be for live music and food lovers, artists, cultural celebrations and cycling enthusiasts, as the City of Prospect presents its sixth annual Tourrific Prospect street party from 6pm to 11pm.
One of Adelaide’s most enduring, […]
[ January 26, 2017; 6:00 pm; ]
Australia Day in the City – Parade, Concert & Fireworks is South Australia’s largest Australia Day celebration held in the heart of Adelaide at Elder Park.
Join more than 40,000 people celebrating Australia’s national day!
Australia Day in the City-Parade, Concert & Fireworks is an event where everyone can come together and celebrate what it means to […]
Wild Imagination is a new alternative to vacation care. Get kids outside, and allow them to spend their school holidays in nature!
These school holiday events are based almost entirely outdoors. Kids will hang out in tents instead of classrooms, play with sticks and bugs instead of pens and paper, use nature in craft activities, build […]
Disney Moana | Movie Review
A heartwarming movie, with great storytelling, a wonderful female hero and is not only a visually stunning experience, but a cultural one too.
Knowing it is from the creators of Zootopia and Frozen it was expected to be pretty good, but to be honest, the trailers for this movie did not inspire […]
[ January 12, 2017; ]
MONSTER TRUCKS Movie | In Cinemas 12 January 2017
Looking for any way to get away from the life and town he was born into, Tripp (Lucas Till), a high school senior, builds a Monster Truck from bits and pieces of scrapped cars. After an accident at a nearby oil-drilling site displaces a strange and subterranean […]
[ January 12, 2017; ]
Ballerina is a delightful movie for the whole family.
Felicie (voiced by Elle Fanning) is a young orphan with only one passion: dance.
With her best friend Victor (voiced by Dane DeHaan), who wants to become a great inventor, they devise a madcap plan to escape the orphanage for Paris, the City of Lights where the Eiffel […]
