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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

    gardens

    indoor play spaces

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

    • 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

  • See our great list of playgrounds here

    • programs

  • ArtPlay (our reviews)
  • Come and Try Gymnastics (our review)
  • Craftercise (our review)
  • Habitots (our review)
  • Kiddyrock (our review)
  • Little Art Big Art (our review)
  • Little Bookroom Story Time (our review)
  • Ma.Me Play'scool (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)
  • Healesville Sanctuary (our review)
  • Melbourne Zoo
  • 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)
  • Royal Melbourne Show (our reviews)
  • 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)