Finding the kind of day trips that move your family from simply vegging at home on the couch or hanging out at the beach is possible. Australia offers a huge variety of activities for the whole family, especially those who love day tripping. Families can find awesome active pursuits in the city, the suburbs, the outback, and by the beach.
Why not try out something a little different, like going to an indoor trampoline park that caters not only to children but people of all ages. Have you ever actually tried to surf? If you think outside the box a little, you can find a different day trip for every weekend.
Let’s take a closer look at some of the fun-filled, active day trips you can take with your family.
Visit Numerous Nature Reserves
Because of Australia’s rich varied landscape, families who want to get away for a change of scenery should head out to any of the country’s protected nature reserves. Children can see Australia’s unique, indigenous animals, sometimes even being able to get up close and personal with them.
As opposed to just learning about koalas, kangaroos, and penguins in books or online, they can actually see these animals in their natural habitat. If you’re making a day of it, consider bringing a picnic so that the whole family can get the most out of the day trip. Some reserves even have basic camping facilities if you want to make a whole weekend out of it.
Take A Surf Lesson
It goes without saying that Australia is home to some of the best beaches in the world for surfing. As opposed to lying out on the beach all day, if you’ve never tried it before,why not take a surf lesson with the whole family. With the number of surf schools around that have courses for beginners, the whole family can try out a new hobby or just chalk it down to trying out a typical Aussie experience.
Interact WIth Art
Another way to spend the day is visiting any one of Australia’s many museums or galleries. The latest gallery to check out in Melbourne is ArtVo, which is a new immersive art gallery or ‘trick art’ gallery and is the first of its kind in Australia. Unlike traditional galleries, visitors are encouraged to interact with and touch the displays as well as photograph themselves as part of the art. If your teenagers love to take selfies, they’ll love this!
Bounce Around
Indoor trampoline parks are fast becoming the rage in Australia’s major cities like Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth. These parks, while mostly popular with young people, are catching the attention of adults too, and with good reason. Jumping around on a trampoline weightless and carefree gives you the chance to embrace your inner child.
If you really enjoy your freestyle bouncing, you can take it up a notch with performance level courses where you can learn to backflip and cartwheel. Premium indoor trampoline parks also have things like indoor climbing and high ropes courses and kids play areas on offer too – so the whole family can enjoy!
Get On The Water
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If your family is one that enjoys water sports and activities, consider testing your mettle with some white water rafting. The excitement of traversing over rough waters up and down, over and around rocks is a thrill the whole family will enjoy and an experience that will definitely get the blood pumping. If all that adrenaline isn’t enough, why not head to a local cable park for some more time on the water to try your hand at wakeboarding? Go on – give it a go!
Get Out And About
With so much on offer, families can easily spend a fun-filled day out in Australia. Many of these trips can be done on a budget and if you can go during off-peak times, you might even find that there are discounts on offer. The point is fun, excitement and entertainment can be found in every corner of the country, all you have to do is look.
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