School Holidays Australia

We learned this one the hard way at Bondi. It was the October long weekend crossing into the spring school holidays, we’d promised the kids the “famous pool by the beach,” and by the time we found parking (twenty minutes, ten dollars, still annoyed about it) the Icebergs pool was more elbow than water. We lasted about ten minutes before someone stood on my daughter’s towel an...

There’s a message that does the rounds in every parent group about a week before the holidays start. “So what are you doing with the kids this time, camp or vacation care?” Someone always replies with a laughing emoji, because nobody actually knows the difference until they’ve booked the wrong one. I found this out myself a few holidays back, when I assumed a “holiday camp” w...

We had heard a few other Sydney parents talking about Power Play before we booked, so we went in with fairly high expectations. It still managed to surprise us. Nine rooms, two kids, one very sweaty hour later, we walked out already talking about when we’d go back.

If you’re after something for the school holidays that isn’t a trampoline park or another indoor pool ...

Australian schools break up for around six weeks over Christmas and summer, though the exact number of weeks depends on the state or territory. It’s the longest holiday period of the school year, running from mid-December through to late January or early February.

Each Australian state and territory sets its own school calendar, so the dates aren’t the same nationwi...

Rugby union doesn’t get the airtime that NRL or AFL get around most Australian dinner tables, but scrat...