Something on for everyone these holidays
FROM stinky fungus and learning animation, to art exhibitions, bee workshops and botanic garden races, Sunshine Coast Council is serving up something for everyone these school holidays.
Must see: Wild HeART exhibition
Visit the exhibition of Wild HeART finalists and be in awe of the amazing talent of 40 Queensland school students, ages 5 to 18 years.
When: 10am- 2pm daily, until Sunday October 1 at The Maroochy Regional Bushland Botanic Garden, 51 Palm Creek Road, Tanawha. Visit their website for more details.
Have some FUN-GI at Mary Cairncross
Explore the larger-than-life fungi models, discover which fungus wins the stinky award, create your own fungi forest or borrow a junior ranger kit to observe fungi on the track.
When: 9.30am-3.30pm daily at the Rainforest Discovery Centre, Mary Cairncross Scenic Reserve, 148 Mountain View Rd, Maleny. More details at the Mary Cairncross website.The great botanic race
Head to the Maroochy Regional Bushland Botanic Garden to try the great botanic race ages 10 years+
When: 7am-5pm daily. Children’s watercolour Landsborough Museum
Landsborough Museum is now FREE to visit! . Enjoy an exciting and varied range of monthly events, workshops, and kids’ activities.
When: Wednesday to Sunday, 10am – 3pm, 4 Maleny Street, Landsborough.
Visit Council’s Heritage website for details.
Try the ClimateWatch Trail at the Maroochy Wetlands Sanctuary
Become a citizen scientist and contribute to understanding how climate change is affecting our environment. Visit the ClimateWatch website for details.
Try fun sporting activities
Motiv8Sports run camps during the school holidays for Prep – Grade 6.
Visit the Motiv8Sports website for details.
Make a day of it at Bankfoot House
When: Bankfoot is open Wednesday to Sunday from 10am – 3pm.
Where: 1998 Old Gympie Road, Glass House Mountains.
Visit Council’s Heritage website for details.
Connect with nature and celebrate the seasons
Maroochy Regional Bushland Botanic Garden are offering workshops for children aged 3 to 15-years, celebrating flowers, sunnier days, biodiversity and imagination. Visit their website for details.
Visit a Sunshine Coast Library these school holidays. There are heaps of fun activity options on offer, just visit the Sunshine Coast Libraries website for more details.
Scavenger Hunt
Search the library for hidden characters and check them off as you find them. Cost: Free, all ages.
Adventure into bees
Join the team from Beezotted and learn everything about Native Stingless Bees during an interactive performance-based workshop. Cost: Free, ages 5–8 years.
Bug hotels
Decorate this little bug hotel with natural materials and hang it at home.
Cost: Free, ages 5 years+.
Create station
Choose from an assorted bunch of collage materials to create your own masterpiece. Cost: Free, suitability for ages 5 years+.
Interactive play
Join an open-ended play experience with tabletop light boxes, sensory resources, megagong tiles and more!
Cost: Free, suitability for ages 5 years+.
Stop-Go animation
Unleash your inner film maker and learn simple animation techniques that use photography, back drops and props to create magnificent stories and characters.
Cost: Free, suitability for ages 7 years+.
Tinkering labs
Calling all teen-ventors! There’s no limit to what you can invent in this tinkering labs workshop. From spinning wheels to rubber band challenges, ignite your imagination and tinker with real motors, wood and hardware. Are you up for the challenge?
Where: Available at all Sunshine Coast Libraries during the school holidays.
Cost: Free, suitability for ages 12 – 16 years.
Details: Visit the Sunshine Coast Libraries website to view session times.
Wild woodland crowns
Make your own wild woodland crown out of natural materials and channel your inner royal highness for whimsical, magical play.
Where: Available at all Sunshine Coast Libraries during the school holidays.
Cost: Free, suitability for ages 7 years+.
Kids holiday pack
Create a blooming masterpiece with our Pop-Up Planting Pot Kit – the perfect way to add a touch of nature to any space!
Kit includes:
• Pop-Up Pot
• Soil pellets
• Seeds
• 4-Pack Washable Markers
• Instructions
Where: Collection available from all Sunshine Coast Library locations from Saturday, 16 September from 9am.
Bookings essential.
Cost: Free, suitability: Ages 6 years+.
For all Sunshine Coast Council school holiday activity details – visit the Sunshine Coast Libraries website for more information.
Museum mystery madness
CRACKING codes, hunting for clues and solving mysteries … the school holidays have never been this much fun!
If you are looking for something a little different to entertain the kids or grandkids during the Spring break, then put ‘visit Sunshine Coast Museums’ on the to-do list.
September is Museum Mystery Madness month at nine Sunshine Coast Museums. Simply visit a participating museum to test your powers of observation and complete a fun-filled quiz for a chance to win.
Your investigative skills will be put to the test as you try to crack the code to stop the robbers, search through the planes in Hangar 1, search for hats or solve cheesy clues – each museum’s quiz is different.
Locally we have Bankfoot House Heritage Precinct, Kenilworth Museum, Landsborough Museum and Peachester Heritage Centre who are all part of the Museum Mystery Madness program Discovery Guide
Check out the Discovery Guide on Council’s Heritage website, your comprehensive heritage guide to the Sunshine Coast region. Plus, when you pay for your next entry to a Sunshine Coast museum, or give a donation, you will receive a Museum VIP card that will give you a discount at other museums. Only available at participating museums.
All entrants will be in the running for a lucky prize as well as the chance to win one of four $50 back-to-school or work vouchers.
Visitors can enter one or all nine museum quizzes.
To find out about Sunshine Coast heritage sites, download the Discovery Guide or grab a copy from Sunshine Coast Council Libraries or Customer Contact Centres. visit https://heritage.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/ and search for ‘murder mystery madness’.