Top Activities for Families at Barwon Heads

Barwon Heads is one of my favourite places in the world. No question.

It has the best of all worlds: opportunity to reconnect with nature, simple pleasures like a beach walk, great coffee and beautiful natural surrounds. It has everything you could possibly want from a coastal holiday, but without the heightened frenzy of its peninsula neighbours.

Best of all Barwon Heads has something for everyone to savour, whether it be sporting pursuits (think golf, swimming, surfing, cycling, bowls, tennis for starters), pampering, solitude, a vibrant market culture, natural attractions or culinary treats.

My review of this seaside town, with an eye on the most diverse of family groups, is now published by Weekend Notes. You can read it here.

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Dandenong Creek Trail (activity review)

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Autumn 'Road Trip' - By Foot

We are so obsessed with wheels these days that we risk missing the everyday wonders in the world around us. There are so many great things that can't be seen in a drive-by, or if you're pounding the footpath in your sneakers.

So why not consider a different kind of 'road trip'. The kind that lets you dawdle and take time to (literally and figuratively) smell the roses.

My suggestions for a late Autumn walk, accompanied by original photos, are now published by Weekend Notes. Continue reading here.


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I, Animal at Melbourne Zoo: Don't bring the kids!

Don’t bring the children to this adults-only experience at Melbourne Zoo. Seriously, don’t. I, Animal is an irresistible piece of interactive performance art, utilising patrons and zoo creatures as cast, and the environs of Melbourne Zoo as stage and set. 

Following the success of I Am Not An Animal (Ruby Award for Innovation 2012), Adelaide company, ‘The Border Project’, were commissioned by Zoos Victoria to create what is a unique interactive experience.

Here’s how it works. On arrival patrons are armed with a personal device, the ‘Zoe’ designed by Arts Processors, the team behind the ‘O’ device at the MONA Gallery in Hobart. After a series of introductory questions outside the main entrance, you are divided into four groups are led on a separate themed experiences.

I was allocated to the group exploring notions of life, death, survival and extinction. Its confrontation is surprising, warm and sensitive, and I was told later that it is the most affecting of the groups, particularly for those who’ve recently experienced the death of a loved one. Even so, there are laughs. 
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Philanthropic Dairy Farmer Builds Gallery and Theatre (and then gives it away)

If you were to travel 11km beyond Colac, in a north-westerly direction you would happen upon a most unlikely establishment. Surrounded by pretty undulating pastureland, Red Rock Regional Theatre and Gallery is the first building to welcome the traveller to the little town ship of Cororooke.

Since opening in December 2011, Red Rock Regional Theatre and Gallery is proving to be a great success, and a community hub for a variety of arts groups, performances, exhibitions and activities.

Philanthropist dairy farmer Andrew Beale, was the driving force and financial benefactor for Red Rock Arts, and has named the Carolyn Theatre after his baby daughter who died in a car accident. The entire extension and renovation was completed in just six months. Continue reading

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Ringwood Lake Park

Weekend Notes is an online site which reviews leisure activities across Australia and in other parts of the world including New York, Singapore and London. My review of Ringwood Lake Park is now published.

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Bluff Circuit Walk, Barwon Heads

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