Here are my top 10 school holiday activities for Easter. If you click on the name of the attraction, it will link to my review of it, a map, website and pricing details. Activities 1-6 are outdoor activities as the weather is predicted to be mostly sunny this week. However, just in case there are [...]
With a week of school holidays left, and a week of rain forecast, here are my top 10 school holiday activities for Winter. If you click on the name of the attraction, it will link to my review of it, a map, website and pricing details. 1. Melbourne Museum – free entry for kids, [...]
Descend into the bowels of the Melbourne Museum and enter the world of the Pharaohs. This was Tutankhamun’s world. He ruled over ancient Egypt around 3000 years ago. Tutankhamun was only a boy when he became the ruler, and he inherited a kingdom in religious turmoil. His father had tried to force his subjects to [...]
Led up the gangway, welcomed aboard and assigned roles, we found ourselves to be crew on the wooden deck of Melbourne’s favourite ship – Polly Woodside. We looked up, up and up, at the mast with the sails flapping in the wind. And imagined how the real crew must have experienced ship life on a [...]
Within several seconds of entering the permanent exhibition, I was moved to tears and absorbed by the individual stories. The Immigration Museum captures the emotions and experiences of refugees and immigrants to Australia in a moving and empathetic way. There are interactive exhibits, including an interview with an on screen immigration officer. I enjoyed the [...]
I remember being dragged around a stuffy museum on a school excursion, and being bored stiff looking at bones and stuffed horses. The good news is that Melbourne Museum is not stuffy or boring! Firstly, it is now housed in a modern, light and airy building. Secondly, it is very interactive, and caters to curious [...]
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