The Great Hunt
Get your clue sheets from the Information Marquee and each entry gate and work your way around the park to find all the hidden clues. A great activity for kids.
Fun amusement rides
Take the kids up on the 35m giant ferris wheel, go for a spin in the Alice in Wonderland tea cups, take on the giant slide, or bounce on a jumping castle. Costs apply.
Matilda's Farmyard
Meet and pat your favourite farmyard baby animal. Pat calves, sheep, lambs, goats, kids, chickens, ducks and piglets. Kids can assist with the twice daily bottle feeding sessions. Feed bunnies, guineas, chicks and ducklings. Very hands on experience and supervised.
The Bally Circus Show
Watch The Bally Circus Show! It features some of the best Australian and international circus artists and performers. You can event join a parade where you get to be a circus star.
Questacon's tasty science show
Join Questacon's Excited Particles performers as they look into the science of taste. Are there more than five taste sensations? Do we all have a similar sense of taste or are you a supertaster?
The Circus Firemen
Check out this hilarious 40 minute show comprising acrobatics, fire juggling and precarious balancing on ladders, topped with great Aussie humour.
Roving Entertainment
Everything will seem miniature in comparison as Empress Stiltdance's larger than life Anabuloos and gigantic cherry blossom trees roam the park.
Empress Stiltdance
Everything will seem miniature in comparison as the larger than life Anabuloos and gigantic cherry blossom trees roam the garden beds and delight the crowds with their spectacular costumes.
Ell Bella Escape Show
Be entertained by the Ell Bella Escape Show, as seen around Australia and Europe. This original solo circus show features feats of escape and comedy, with a cheekiness that will make audiences of all ages roar with laughter.
Lotus lantern making
Make a lotus lantern and celebrate the birth of Buddha at the Lotus Lantern Festival. Now the traditional 1000 year old Korean festival is not only for Buddhists but for all wishing for peace and harmony.
Floriade Gnomes
Don't miss the brightly coloured gnomes living in Gnome Knoll. Yours could be on display too, simply purchase a gnome* onsite during weekends and school holidays, get painting and enter the 'best gnome' competition. Weekends and school holidays.
*Purchase Floriade gnomes for $12 from IGA, Eckersleys, Rodney's Plants Plus or onsite.
Drum Effect workshop
There's also no better time to feel the spirit of Africa and join the drumming workshops hosted by Drum Effect's Kate Grascoyne. You are invited to groove to traditional West African tribal rhythms as you feel the pulsating beat of the djembe and dundun drums and give it a go yourself.
Children's floral art
Create your own floral creation with members of the Horticultural Society of Canberra.
Reptiles Inc
Reptiles inc introduces you to some of Australia's amazing and bizarre non venomous reptiles and amphibian species. See some of Australia's amazing and bizarre non venomous reptiles and amphibian species in glass walk around habitat enclosures.
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