If you're planning a trip into the CBD - checkout our top 5 FREE places to explore.  

If your little ones love dinosaurs - checkout our 4 great Melbourne spots for dinosaur lovers.

art galleries & libraries

  • Heide Museum of Modern Art
  • Little Free Libraries (our review)
  • NGV Fed Square (our reviews)
  • NGV International (our reviews)
  • State Library of Victoria (our reviews)
  • The Incinerator Gallery

    • attractions

  • Melbourne Star Observation Wheel (our review)

    • gardens

    indoor play spaces

  • Funtopia Maribyrnong (our reviews)
  • Ground Up: Building Big Ideas, Together (our review)
  • Latitude Melbourne (our review)
  • Legoland Discovery Centre (our reviews)
  • Little Creatures Play Centre (our review)
  • Lollipop's Playland and Café (our review)
  • Melbourne Zoo Keeper Kids Area
  • Pauline Gandel Children's Gallery (our review)
  • Rabbit Hole Play Centre (our review)
  • State Library of Victoria Play Pod (our reviews - closed till 2019)
  • Toot Toot Toys Shop and Play (our review)
  • Werribee Zoo Ranger Kids Area (our reviews)

    • kid friendly cafés & restaurants

  • Cubbyhouse Canteen (our review)
  • The Little Village Play Café (our review)

    • markets

  • Hank Marvin Weekly Market (our review)

    • museums

    parents rooms

  • See our great list of parents rooms here

    • performing arts

  • ACMI (our reviews)
  • Arts Centre Melbourne (our reviews)
  • Hamer Hall
  • Melbourne Recital Centre (our reviews)
  • Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (our reviews)
  • Regent Theatre Melbourne
  • The Clocktower Centre (our reviews)

    • playgrounds & cool spots

  • Kew Traffic School (our review)
  • See our great list of playgrounds here

    • programs

  • ArtPlay (our reviews)
  • Come and Try Gymnastics (our review)
  • Craftercise (our review)
  • Funtopia - Fit & Fun for Mums, Dads & Bubs (our review)
  • Habitots (our review)
  • Kiddyrock (our review)
  • Little Art Big Art (our review)
  • Little Bookroom Story Time (our review)
  • Mess Matters (our reviews)
  • Messy Me (our reviews)
  • MSO Jams for Juniors (our review)
  • NGV Under 4's (our reviews)
  • Pirate Sunday (our review)
  • SciencePlay Kids Science Class (our review)
  • Weekly Fire Safety Display (our review)

    • zoos - aquariums - farms

  • Collingwood Children's Farm (our review)
  • Collingwood Children's Farm Family Day (our review)
  • Healesville Sanctuary (our review)
  • Melbourne Zoo
  • Melbourne Zoo's Carnivores' Trail (our review)
  • Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium (our reviews)
  • Werribee Zoo (our review)

    • yearly events

  • Good Food Month - Night Noodle Markets (our reviews)
  • Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show (our reviews)
  • Roola Boola Children's Arts Festival (our review)
  • Royal Melbourne Show (our reviews)
  • Skating At Festival (our review)
  • Sovereign Hill Winter Wonderlights (our reviews)
  • Tesselaar Tulip Festival (our review)
  • Tesselaar KaBloom Festival (our review)
  • The Big Freeze (our reviews)

    • yearly christmas events

  • Gingerbread Village by Epicure (our reviews)
  • Myer Christmas Windows (our reviews)
  • Myer Santaland (our reviews)
  • Santa's Sand Land and Sand Sculpting Australia (our reviews)
  • Santa's Magical Kingdom (our reviews)