April School Holiday Fun at Centennial Park

  • Mon Apr 16 - Fri Apr 27 2018
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There are NEW exciting programs for the autumn school holidays at Centennial Parklands this April.

Disconnect from devices and reconnect with nature with Centennial Park’s WILD PLAY holiday programs.  Kids can get hands on in the great outdoors learning survival skills, experiencing bush school or exploring our Aboriginal history and culture. There are also plenty of indoor options to keep them entertained while learning about physics.

Shark in the Bus: Shark in a bus is a travelling museum in a 1957 Leyland Bus, featuring a 5 metres Great White Shark, whale skull, sea dragon, fossils and even pieces of US space station Skylab! Learn about plastic pollution and the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
Where:   Next to The Ian Potter Children's WILD PLAY Garden, off Grand Drive, Centennial Park
When:    16-18 April 2018; 10am-5pm
Cost:      $5

Bush Food Hunt: Play the bush tucker campfire game and see if you can find the right plants for the right survival situation.
Where:   The WILD PLAY Discovery Centre, off Dickens Drive, Centennial Park
When:    16 April 2018; 10am-12pm
Cost:      $30

Bush Life: Explore Aboriginal architecture and learn how to construct a shelter with our Aboriginal educators from Shared Knowledge using natural materials from the local environment.
Where:   The WILD PLAY Discovery Centre, off Dickens Drive, Centennial Park
When:    16 April 2018; 1-3pm
Cost:      $30

Make A Bag and Save The Ocean: Join Two Hands Project in this hands-on educational session on ocean pollution, recycling and reusing. Tackle the problem head on by making your own re-usable bag out of an old t-shirt!
Where:   The WILD PLAY Discovery Centre, off Dickens Drive, Centennial Park
When:    17 April 2018; 10am-12pm
Cost:      $20

Kids Big Fish: If you love water and fish, come to our all-time favourite Kids Big Fish where our fishing expert Tony will show you how to use a hook, line, and sinker. You will be fishing for carp in our ponds, which are large fish that are exciting to catch.
Where:   Meet at the start of Busby's Pond, Dickens Drive; look for the tall pillar with a statue on the top adjacent to the Rose Garden.
When:    20 & 27 April 2018; 9am-12pm
Cost:      $30

WILD PLAY Bush Rangers Shelter: Join us for a day in the wild and learn all about shelters and survival –make a shelter from all natural materials and then face the water test – will your shelter survive a downpour?
Where:   Meet at the start of Busby's Pond, Dickens Drive; look for the tall pillar with a statue on the top adjacent to the Rose Garden.
When:    18 & 26 April 2018; 9am-4pm
Cost:      $85

WILD PLAY Taste of Bush School: Want to see what Bush School is all about? Join in the Bush School fun and explore Centennial Park’s world of water, with activities like dip netting, mini raft building and water games.
Where:   Fearnley Grounds, off Grand Drive, Centennial Park. Meet outside the café.
When:    19 & 23 April 2018; 9.30am-11.30am
Cost:      $30

WILD PLAY Kids vs Wild - Super Shelter: Join us for 2hrs and learn how to survive the Wild and build the ultimate shelter. Have a look how the animals are doing it and of course make your own!
Where:   The WILD PLAY Discovery Centre, off Dickens Drive, Centennial Park
When:    19 & 23 April 2018; 1-3pm
Cost:      $22

WILD PLAY For Families: For all parents and carers who wish to get their children outside but aren’t quite sure how to navigate and make the most of a nature play experience, this is the workshop for you.
Where:   The WILD PLAY Discovery Centre, off Dickens Drive, Centennial Park
When:    14 April 2018; 10am-12pm
Cost:      Adults - $25; Family (2 adults, 2 kids) - $40

The Great CP BAT Count: Help our Rangers find out the size of the flying-fox population. You will be in groups leaded by an expert volunteer who will show you how the bats are counted.
Where:   Spruce Goose Food Truck at Duck Pond, off Dickens Drive, Centennial Park
When:    18 April 2018; 4.30-5.30pm
Cost:      FREE

The Big BAT Fest: Wildlife carers will share their knowledge and show you how they look after injured and orphaned bats. We will go on a Spotlight Prowl to find more fascinating nocturnal wildlife and have some bat- tastic fun activities for the smaller bat-fans.
Where:   The WILD PLAY Discovery Centre, off Dickens Drive, Centennial Park
When:    19 April 2018; 4.30-6.30pm
Cost:      Adults - $19; Kids (under 16yrs) - $12; Family (1 adult, 1 kid) - $26

Lego Robotics 1: Learn how to teach a robot to do what you wish using motors, sensors and more!
Where:   The WILD PLAY Discovery Centre, off Dickens Drive, Centennial Park
When:    20 April 2018; 9am-12pm
Cost:      $45

Lego Robotics 2: Put your EV3 skills to the test as we delve deeper into the programming that can make these robots do your bidding!
Where:   The WILD PLAY Discovery Centre, off Dickens Drive, Centennial Park
When:    20 April 2018; 1-4pm
Cost:      $45

Extreme Engineering: Test your creativity and problem-solving skills. Learn about real-life applications of scientific theories and laws as you crash test contraptions, construct towers, build bridges, make rockets and more!
Where:   The WILD PLAY Discovery Centre, off Dickens Drive, Centennial Park
When:    23 April 2018; 1-4pm
Cost:      $45

Obstacle Challenge: An exciting outdoor activity for young Australians to discover the importance of teamwork and mateship. In a combined effort and with the help of Education Rangers, kids will have the time of their lives building an obstacle course for other teams to scout out and venture through. They will experience an alliance with their own teammates by running, jumping and problem solving as they undergo the challenges of the other obstacle courses constructed too.
Where:   The WILD PLAY Discovery Centre, off Dickens Drive, Centennial Park
When:    24 April 2018; 10am-12pm
Cost:      $29

Rockets and Space with Fizzics: Make water rockets fly, hold meteorites, find out about technologies needed to survive in space and where the future may lie.
Where:   The WILD PLAY Discovery Centre, off Dickens Drive, Centennial Park
When:    24 April 2018; 9am-12pm
Cost:      $45

Fantastic Flight with Fizzics: See flying toilet paper, vortex smoke rings and exploding balloon dogs as we go through what our atmosphere made of, what conditions are needed to cause tornadoes, how a paper plane flies and more!
Where:   The WILD PLAY Discovery Centre, off Dickens Drive, Centennial Park
When:    24 April 2018; 1-4pm
Cost:      $45

Chemical Concoctions: All kids love to mix strange things together for surprising results. Join this program and be part of the fun!
Where:   The WILD PLAY Discovery Centre, off Dickens Drive, Centennial Park
When:    23 April 2018; 9am-12pm
Cost:      $45

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