School holiday activities for young animal lovers

Are you stuck for idea for what to do this school holiday, we’ve found some activities for you and your little ones if they love animals!

VIC

Dolphin Swims – After years of designing, refining and negotiating swim and safety procedures with regulatory bodies, our Wild Dolphin Swim, the first of its kind worldwide, was created in 2010. This is a unique activity in which the dolphins choose to swim with humans, which brings no harm to either species!

Before you go, make sure your check the VIC school holidays and term dates and plan ahead.

NSW

Dolphin Marine Magic – Dolphin Marine Conservation Park has been rescuing, rehabilitating, releasing and caring for marine animals since 1970. Discover their conservation and education programs and how you can help to protect the precious marine wildlife and their ocean habitats.

Before you go, make sure your check the NSW school holidays and term dates and plan ahead.

QLD

Mon Repos Turtle Sanctuary – Mon Repos is special! It supports the largest concentration of nesting marine turtles on the eastern Australian mainland and has the most significant loggerhead turtle nesting population in the South Pacific region. The success of nesting and hatching turtles at Mon Repos is critical for the survival of the endangered loggerhead turtle.

Before you go, make sure your check the QLD school holidays and term dates and plan ahead.

WA

Sunflowers Animal Farm – Sunflowers Farm and Farmstay is a 315 acre cattle farm just out of Margaret River, in the South West of Western Australia. At Sunflowers Animal Farm, we have over 350 farm animals on display to pat, feed and interact with. Our animals love people and are the friendliest animals you will ever meet!

​You can bottle feed the orphan babies twice daily (10am and 4pm) and you can also buy a bucket of animal food. There are always lots of babies in the hands-on baby animal nursery. You can even go into the lamb and guinea pig cages and have a cuddle!

Before you go, make sure your check the WA school holidays and term dates and plan ahead.

SA

The Hahndorf Farm Barn – Looking for some fun activities to enjoy with the kids in the beautiful Adelaide Hills? The Hahndorf Farm Barn is a unique blend of a children’s farmyard and wildlife park. You can hold, touch and feed most of our animals in complete safety and at your own comfort level. And we pride ourselves in providing the best one of the best experiences for families in Adelaide. There are many activities for kids at the farm and you can easily spend hours here enjoying quality time with your family.

Before you go, make sure your check the SA school holidays and term dates and plan ahead.