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11 Apr

Nature Play Week

  • Free
  • Family and kids

Join in a magical morning in nature at the launch of Nature Play Week 2026 and 10 amazing years of Eco Explorers.

Bring your family, friends and a sense of adventure for a day of nature play, learning and community celebration.

Event Highlights:
- Smoking ceremony with a Wurundjeri Elder – honouring Country
- Teepee Nature Play Village
- Eco arts and crafts
- Bug, bone and scat investigations
- Building, creating and games
- Ecological storytelling, songs

Hours

Date Times
Sat 11 Apr
  • 10am - 12pm 10:00am - 12:00pm

Location

Flemington Road & Gatehouse Street
Parkville
3052

Open in maps location for Flemington Road & Gatehouse Street

Price and bookings

This is a free event

Book online for Nature Play Week

Contact details

  • telephone number: 0488 016 897
  • email address: melinda@ecoexplorers.com.au
  • Visit website for Nature Play Week
Facebook page for Nature Play Week Instagram page for Nature Play Week

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  • Mobility access
  • Relaxed/low sensory
  • Service animals

All accessibility information is self-reported by the listing owner. It has not been verified by the City of Melbourne.

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The best pop-up and outdoor cinemas in Melbourne

Find the best outdoor cinema, pop-up theatres and free movies.

  • Free
  • Family and kids
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Melbourne's essential night-time events

From hidden laneway markets to epic pop-ups, Melbourne gets lit once the lights go out.

  • Comedy
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Until 5 Apr

Moonlight Cinema

Kick back with a film under the stars at Melbourne’s most spectacular open-air cinema.

  • Film
  • Entertainment

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Until 8 Dec

Preschool Storytime

Sing songs and read stories with your young child at North Melbourne Library.

  • Free
  • Family and kids
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Until 11 Dec

Stompers

Join in the Stompers fun with your toddler at narrm ngarrgu Library every Friday.

  • Free
  • Family and kids
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Until 10 Dec

Stompers

Join in the Stompers fun with your toddler at North Melbourne Library every Thursday.

  • Free
  • Family and kids
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Until 10 Dec

Stompers

Head to Southbank Library on Thursdays to enjoy stories, songs, rhymes and fun.

  • Free
  • Family and kids
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The City of Melbourne respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land we govern, the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung and Bunurong / Boon Wurrung peoples of the Kulin and pays respect to their Elders past and present. We acknowledge and honour the unbroken spiritual, cultural and political connection they have maintained to this unique place for more than 2000 generations.

We accept the invitation in the Uluru Statement from the Heart and are committed to walking together to build a better future. For more information, visit Aboriginal Melbourne.

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