All holidays
Botanic Gardens - Activity Booklets
Garden Kids School Holiday Activity Booklet – Play I Spy, look for rhyming words, complete match ups, count, spot the difference, search for objects and fill in the blanks in your own funny Gardens story, then stay on and enjoy fully fenced nature themed playground.
Date: All holidays
Time: Open 5.30 am - 6.45 pm
Age: 6+ years
Cost: Free
Location: Collect from Café 1928 at the Bundaberg Botanic Gardens or download from the Discover Bundaberg website.
I Spy Activity Sheets
I Spy is a fun activity sheet you can play in the Gardens, in the car or even at home! There are 28 fun items to spy on the activity sheet including a pelican, seed pod, train and more!
Date: All holidays
Time: Open daily 9.00 am - 4.00 pm during holidays
Age: 2+ years
Cost: Free
Location: Collect from Café 1928 at the Bundaberg Botanic Gardens on Mt Perry Road, North Bundaberg or download from the Discover Bundaberg website.
Mary Kinross Park
Do your kids need bike and scooter practice these holidays? Mary Kinross Park has wide concrete paths perfect for wobbly learners.
Burn off energy along the 500m coastal pathway and at the shaded playground.
Big kids can enjoy the real coffee van on site and don’t forget to bring your furry friend to the dog park.
Coffee van 7am – 11.30am daily pending weather.
For more coastal rides download the "10 popular rides map".
Date: All holidays
Time: Open all day
Age: All ages
Cost: Free
Location: Mary Kinross Park is at Bargara on Woongarra Scenic Drive near Shoreline Crescent
Bushwalks for Kids
Riverview Environmental Reserve has you covered! Let the kids pick from 3 trails perfect for little legs, you can even bring your fur baby on a leash.
Will you do the Mangrove Circuit, Bloodwood Circuit, the River Walk or all 3?
Pack a barbecue and after your adventure enjoy the picnic facilities, playground and toilet right next door at Doblo Park.
Date: All holidays
Time: Open all day
Cost: Free
Location: Riverview Environmental Reserve, Hall Street, Riverview
Alexandra Park Zoo
Alexandra Park Zookeepers look forward to welcoming your family to the zoo next holidays!
Head back to nature and spot the lounging lace monitors, listen to the Cotton-top Tamarins chattering, count the spots on the Quoll and say hi to the Dingoes.
Don’t forget to pick up your free turtle colouring in sheet! For information on free keeper talks and times head to the Discover Bundaberg website.
Date: All holidays
Time: 9.30am - 4.30pm
Age: All ages
Cost: Free
Location: Alexandra Park Zoo, 29 Quay Street (corner Quay and Burrum Streets), Bundaberg
Escape Room Fun!
Drop into one of our library branches to experience an Escape Room with a difference. Each library location will have a box containing the Escape Room experience, allowing you and your friends to set up the Escape Room anywhere in the library.
These Escape Rooms ‘in a Box’ are only available during school holidays.
Date: Monday 5 December - Monday 23 January
Time: Open during library hours
Age: All ages
Cost: Free
Location: All Bundaberg Regional Libraries
Orcas of the Ocean Jigsaw Puzzle
Help us complete this 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle before the end of the December/January 2023 school holidays.
The person who places the last piece of the puzzle receives a prize.
Date: Monday 12 December - Friday 20 January
Time: Business hours
Age: All ages
Cost: Free
Location: Childers Library
Board Games & More!
Feeling bored? Why not drop in and borrow, or stay and play, one of our board games?
You could also borrow DVDs, magazines, graphic novels, or a book full of activity ideas.
Or simply drop in and enjoy the air conditioning.
Date: Monday 5 December - Monday 23 January 2023
Time: Open during library hours
Age: All ages
Cost: Free
Location: All Bundaberg Regional Libraries
Summer Reading Club - fun and prizes
Your adventure awaits in every challenge of the Summer Reading Club.
This is a free club that encourages children and youth to have fun reading and learning over the long summer holidays.
This flexible program allows kids to complete challenges, take part in the fun at their own pace and have the chance to win some prizes along the way.
Free sign up at any of our libraries.
Date: Thursday 1 December - Monday 23 January
Time: Open during library hours
Age: All ages
Cost: Free
Location: All Bundaberg Regional Libraries
Unique Sentences from Little Queenslanders
Do you have a unique sentence to describe where you live? Examples: ‘Brolgas bugling in Bundaberg’, ‘Geckos grinning in Gin Gin’, ‘Chickens cheering in Childers’. Drop into any of our libraries and add your unique sentence to the display and have a chance to win a special prize! This will also complete Challenge 20 of the Summer Reading Club.
Date: Monday 5 December - Monday 23 January
Time: Open during library hours
Age: All ages
Cost: Free
Location: All Bundaberg Regional Libraries
Reading Hunt Gin Gin
Have fun exploring Gin Gin. Find 6 little signs at 9 different locations and enjoy simple activities to improve early literacy skills.
Make sure you visit the Yarnin Place and find the sign with the Taribelang words to complete Challenge 8 of the Summer Reading Club.
Date: Everyday
Time: Open 24 hours at most locations
Age: All ages
Cost: Free
Location: Gin Gin
December
Encore Dance Studio Concert
Encore Concert 2022 will take you on a journey into Disney’s Beauty & The Beast, from all your favourite characters to the cutest little Teacups dancing around the stage! Meet the Flintstones, Ghostbusters and the most adorable Mini Mouse dancers! The high-energy hip hop collaboration will have you moving in your seats along with a little toe tapping from the Devil Went Down to Georgia. Enjoy some of the best from Queen and our contemporary creations are always a crowd favourite. Don’t miss this wonderful production, guaranteed to entertain.
Date: Sat 3 December
Time: 12.30pm + 6pm
Age: All ages/family entertainment
Cost: Adult $40, Concession $34, Child U/14 $27
Location: Moncrieff Entertainment Centre, 177 Bourbong St, Bundaberg
Christmas Story Play
Stories, songs and play with a Christmas theme
Date: Monday 5 December
Time: 9.30am
Age: 0-5 years
Cost: Free
Location: Gin Gin Community Hub
Kid's Book Club
Use a photo of a place you would like to or often explore in your town and write a story.
You can bring your own photo or use one of ours.
This will complete Challenge 14 of the Summer Reading Club.
Date: Thursday 8 December
Time: 3.15pm
Age: 5+
Cost: Free
Location: Gin Gin Community Hub
Bert Hinkler's Birthday
2022 marks the 130th Anniversary of Bert Hinkler's Birthday.
Come and celebrate the life and achievements of Bundaberg's favourite son.
All ticketed admissions on 8th December will receive a piece of the Hinkler cake to help us celebrate this special occasion.
Take advantage of the special discounted Local resident rates.
Date: Thursday 8 December
Time: 9am to 3pm
Age: All ages
Cost: View local resident rates here
Location: Hinkler Hall of Aviation, Bundaberg North
WHITE CHRISTMAS (movie)
Join us this Christmas! Singers Bob Wallace (Bing Crosby) and Phil Davis (Danny Kaye) join sister act Betty (Rosemary Clooney) and Judy Haynes (Vera-Ellen) to perform a Christmas show in rural Vermont. There, they run into General Waverly (Dean Jagger), the boys' commander in World War II, who, they learn, is having financial difficulties; his quaint country inn is failing. So what's the foursome to do but plan a yuletide miracle: a fun-filled musical extravaganza that's sure to put Waverly and his business in the black! During the performance, Betty and Bob become engaged, and Judy and Phil decide to go through with their own engagement. As everyone sings "White Christmas", a thick snowfall at last blankets Vermont.
Date: Fri 9 December
Time: 10.30am + 6.30pm
Age: G rated
Cost: All Tickets $12
Location: Moncrieff Entertainment Centre, 177 Bourbong St, Bundaberg
A Christmas Gift from Bob
(movie fundraiser)
Following on from our successful fundraiser film screening of A Street Cat Named Bob as part of Homelessness Week in August, we are presenting the sequel - A Christmas Gift from Bob.
This 2020 British Christmas biographical drama film is once again based on the non-fiction books A Gift from Bob and The Little Book of Bob by James Bowen, and stars Luke Treadaway, reprising his role as Bowen, a struggling street musician who finds himself the target of an animal welfare investigation that threatens to take away his beloved cat at Christmas.
All proceeds from ticket sales will go towards purchasing a Sleepbus for Bundaberg which will provide a safe place for those who may not have anywhere else to go.
Patrons attending the movie will also be encouraged to bring along non-perishable items to donate to the various Bundaberg charities to distribute to the homeless.
Date: Saturday 10 December
Time: VIP Ticketholders - 3pm; Movie screening - 4pm
Age: G
Cost: VIP: $100, General Admission: $12
Location: Moncrieff Entertainment Centre, 177 Bourbong St, Bundaberg
Wooden Reindeer
Come and decorate a cute wooden reindeer ornament.
Date: Tuesday 13 December
Time: 10am
Age: 2-5 years
Cost: Free
Location: Bundaberg Library
Writing is a medium of communication that represents language through the inscription of signs and symbols.
Christmas Tree Ornament Activity
Have fun decorating your Christmas Tree Ornament.
Date: Tuesday 13 December
Time: 10 am
Age: All ages
Cost: Free
Location: Childers Library
Create a Newspaper Costume
Design, make and wear a newspaper costume based on a character from your favourite book.
Wear old clothes and feel free to bring a picture of your favourite character for inspiration.
This will complete Challenge 12 of the Summer Reading Club.
Date: Wednesday 14 December
Time: 10 am
Age: All ages
Cost: Free
Location: Gin Gin Community Hub
ENCANTO (movie)
Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Encanto tells the tale of an extraordinary family, the Madrigals, who live hidden in the mountains of Colombia, in a magical house, in a vibrant town, in a wondrous, charmed place called an Encanto.
The magic of the Encanto has blessed every child in the family with a unique gift from super strength to the power to heal - every child that is, except one, Mirabel.
But when she discovers that the magic surrounding the Encanto is in danger, Mirabel decides that she, the only ordinary Madrigal, might just be her exceptional family’s last hope.
Date: Wednesday 14 December
Time: 10.30am
Age: Rated PG
Cost: Free
Location: Moncrieff Entertainment Centre, 177 Bourbong St, Bundaberg
Christmas Bauble
Add colourful and fun Christmas themed items into a clear bauble
Date: Wednesday 14 December
Time: 10 am
Age: All ages
Cost: Free
Location: Bundaberg Library
Christmas Sun Catcher
Using special paint and a Christmas template you will create a sun catcher that will brighten any space.
Date: Thursday 15 December
Time: 10 am
Age: 6+
Cost: Free
Location: Bundaberg Library
Bookings Essential
NOEL: A Christmas Concert
Celebrate the festive season with an incredibly talented cast performing a collection of Christmas favourites – including traditional carols, as well as classic and contemporary showstoppers.
This showcase of homegrown singers, musicians and performers will be an occasion for our Bundaberg community to enjoy uplifting songs as we embrace the Christmas season. Join us for festive evening and matinee performances featuring Suellen Cusack-Greensill, Toni Jordan, Jessica Savage, Ruby Mills, Stella Hutchins, Logan Tinney, Nate Stevenson and Natalie Sweetapple..
The matinee will be accompanied by AUSLAN interpreters to support an inclusive show experience. A $5.00 program will be available for each show which will include the lyrics for the carols singalong. The proceeds from the sales will be donated to the Mayor's Christmas Cheer Appeal.
Date: Saturday 17 December
Time: 2pm + 7pm
Age: All ages/family entertainment – Auslan interpretation at 2pm performance
Cost: Premium $55, Adults $45, Concession $35, Child U/16 $25
Location: Moncrieff Entertainment Centre, 177 Bourbong St, Bundaberg
Christmas Card Fun
Be creative and design your very own Christmas Card.
Bookings essential.
Date: Monday 19 December
Time: 10 am
Age: All ages
Cost:
Location: Childers Library
Gingerbread House Ornament
Create your own cute Gingerbread House Christmas ornament.
Bookings essential.
Date: Monday 19 December
Time: 10 am
Age: 5+
Cost: Free
Location: Gin Gin Community Hub
Christmas Stockings
Personalise your own Christmas stocking, all materials supplied.
Bookings essential.
Date: Tuesday, 20 December
Time: 10 am
Age: 6+
Cost: Free
Location: Bundaberg Library
Christmas Cards
Decorate a cute tree shaped card using the materials provided.
Bookings essential.
Date: Wednesday 21 December
Time: 10 am
Age: 2 – 5 years
Cost: Free
Location: Bundaberg Library
Christmas Placemats
Colour your own A3 Christmas design to create a laminated placement you can take home and enjoy.
Bookings essential.
Date: Thursday 22 December
Time: 10 am
Age: All ages
Cost: Free
Location: Bundaberg Library
Merry Christmas!
January
Bertie’s Turtle Craft for Kids
Join the fun at Hinkler Hall of Aviation these school holidays and design your very own paper craft turtle...It will be turtley awesome!!!
Fun Fact
At just 19 years of age, Bert Hinkler flew his hand made glider over Mon Repos beach where turtles still nest today!
Date: Wednesday 4 January
Time: 9.30 – 11.30 am
Age: 5 – 12 YEARS
Cost: Free activity
Location: Hinkler Hall of Aviation, Bundaberg North
Boat Building Craft
Make your own boat from a carboard box. This will complete Challenge 9 of the Summer Reading Club.
Bookings essential.
Date: Monday 9 January
Time: 10 am
Age: All ages
Cost: Free
Location: Gin Gin Community Hub
Australian Map Craft
Weave colourful yarn through a wooden template to create your own Australian map. All materials are provided so you can just have fun. Bookings essential.
This will complete Challenge 4 of the Summer Reading Club.
Date: Tuesday 10 January
Time: 10 am
Age: 6+
Cost: Free
Location: Bundaberg Library
Bright Musical Maracas
Unleash your imagination and design your very own colourful Maracas from our Storytime Alpacas with Maracas. Bookings essential.
This will complete Challenge 6 of the Summer Reading Club.
Date: Tuesday 10 January
Time: 10 am
Age: All ages
Cost: Free
Location: Childers Library
Board Games and Lego
Join us for board games and Lego fun.
No need to book, just drop in and enjoy!
Date: Thursday 12 January
Time: 9.30 am to 11.30 am
Age: All ages
Cost: Free
Location: Bundaberg Library
VR Gaming Session in Gin Gin
Discover the world of Virtual Reality. Bookings essential.
This will complete Challenge 3 of the Summer Reading Club.
Date: Thursday 12 January
Time: 10 am
Age: 12+
Cost: Free
Location: Gin Gin Community Hub
Sticker by Number Craft
Add stickers to paper to make an image of an animal. All materials are provided so you can just have fun! Bookings essential.
This will complete Challenge 7 of the Summer Reading Club.
Date: Monday 16 January
Time: 10 am
Age: 4+
Cost: Free
Location: Bundaberg Library
Bush Tucker
Join Ray Johnston to learn about our local bush tucker.
Please bring your own water, sunscreen and hat. Bookings essential.
This will complete Challenge 15 of the Summer Reading Club.
Date: Tuesday 17 January
Time: 9 – 10 am
Age: 8+
Cost: Free
Location: Gin Gin Landcare Nursery and Bush Food Garden, 10 Tableland Rd, Tirroan
Board Games and Lego
Join us for board games and Lego fun.
No need to book, just drop in and enjoy!
Date: Wednesday 18 January
Time: 9.30 am to 11.30 am
Age: All ages
Cost: Free
Location: Bundaberg Library
Aussie Bunyip Activity
Join us for a campfire story and then let your mind run wild by creating an imaginary bunyip. Bookings essential.
This will complete Challenge 18 of the Summer Reading Club.
Date: Wednesday 18 January
Time: 10 am
Age: All ages
Cost: Free
Location: Childers Library
VR and Gaming Session in Childers
Have you ever wondered about Virtual Reality?
Are you prepared to partake in the experience of being in a virtual environment?
Bookings essential.
Date: Thursday 19 January
Time: 10 am
Age: 12+
Cost: Free
Location: Childers Library
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