7 Things to do Good for Kids in Healesville That You Shouldn't Miss

November 4, 2021 Mikaela Didonna

Discover the best top things to do in Healesville, Australia including Yarra Valley Rides, Healesville Sanctuary, Fernshaw Picnic ground, Maroondah Reservoir Park, The Big Bouquet, Hedgend Maze, Yarra Valley Railway.
Restaurants in Healesville

1. Yarra Valley Rides

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5.0 based on 65 reviews

Yarra Valley Rides

We are a Wine touring and transfer company that specialises in boutique tours in the Yarra Valley, Victoria. We also offer wedding transfers and airport transfers. We are based in the Yarra Valley and have excellent knowledge with passionate guides to take you on a tour to remember. Our cool climate wines are some of the best in the world, so let us share them with you. We offer U pick tours which allows U to pick the wineries or we can make suggestions. Full day tours are the best way to see the area with a maximum of 11 people, or if you have a group of friends for an occasion we can look after you too, any size. We also have offer private tours on an hourly rate for 2 - 6 passengers. We are based in Healesville, but we offer a door 2 door pickup and drop off service in all suburbs including the CBD. We own a brand new B&B in the heart of Healesville where can offer guests in house wine tours and transfers

2. Healesville Sanctuary

Badger Creek Road Healsville, Healesville, Victoria 3777 Australia +61 1300 966 784 [email protected] http://www.zoo.org.au/healesville
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4.5 based on 2,063 reviews

Healesville Sanctuary

Healesville Sanctuary, in the heart of the Yarra Valley, is world-renowned as the best place to see Australian wildlife in their natural habitat. Set in a beautiful natural environment, the Sanctuary offers a place for people and animals to reconnect with nature from creek to canopy, and plays a critical role in saving some of the world's most endangered animals. Explore the 70 acre bushland haven to experience close-up encounters with some of Australia's unique and endearing wildlife, including koalas, kangaroos, wombats, emus, dingoes, birds of prey and platypus. Visitors are also free to explore the Australian Wildlife Health Centre, a working vetinary hospital treating over 1500 orphaned, ill or injured wildlife every year. The expert team shares the journey of animal rescue, rehabilitation and release with the Sanctuary's visitors. Don't miss: Spirits of the Sky: A free flight presentation featuring Australian raptors such as the Wedge Tailed Eagle, and colourful parrot species. Tales from Platypus Creek: Come face-to-face with Healesville Sanctuary's most iconic species in a world-first interactive Platypus show. Observe Platypus as they interact with keepers, play in the water and even enjoy having their tummies tickled! Wade with the Platypus: In this world-first, hands-on experience it will be your turn to be the Platypus keeper. You will have the opportunity to step into the shallow water of the 'Platypus play pool' where it's normally the keeper's job to play, frolic, tickle and feed our little furry friends.

Reviewed By MackMelbourne

The sanctuary is outstanding and brilliant, staff are lovely and passionate, they have an animal hospital there too, saw a koala being cared for, they have dinosaur exhibition until April 2021, fantastic!!

3. Fernshaw Picnic ground

Maroondah hwy Fernshaw, Healesville, Victoria 3778 Australia
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4.5 based on 12 reviews

Fernshaw Picnic ground

Reviewed By 3925

A pristine piece of Australiana nestled in the Blackspur ranges. Amazing to realise this was a Cobb and Co stopover and a vibrant little town, once upon a time. There are the most beautiful European trees towering among the eucalyptus, even an ancient cork tree!

4. Maroondah Reservoir Park

Maroondah Highway, Healesville, Victoria 3777 Australia +61 13 19 63 [email protected] http://www.parks.vic.gov.au/places-to-see/parks/maroondah-reservoir-park?utm_source=tripadvisor.com.au&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=GMB-2020
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4.0 based on 176 reviews

Maroondah Reservoir Park

Reviewed By 3925

Very spacious grounds, beautiful trees and many facilities for a days outing for the family. The children’s play area is excellent.

5. The Big Bouquet

Barak Lane, Healesville, Victoria 3777 Australia +61 3 5962 2283 [email protected] http://www.bigbouquet.com.au
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4.0 based on 33 reviews

The Big Bouquet

Modern, working gerbera farm and alpaca stud. Experience 60,000 gerberas in full bloom every day of the year. Glasshouse and alpaca farm tours daily, fee applies. Cafe serving light lunches, Devonshire Teas and local foods. Gerbera plants and flowers for sale. Picnic facilities, playground. Alpaca shop with extensive range of alpaca products. Full wheelchair access. Coaches welcome by appointment.

6. Hedgend Maze

163 Albert Rd, Healesville, Victoria 3777 Australia +61 3 5962 3636 [email protected] http://www.hedgend.com.au
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3.5 based on 111 reviews

Hedgend Maze

Explore a beautiful 20 acres of stimulating, fun filled ACTIVITIES for all ages. Hedgend offers a creative environment that stimulates a fun personal journey for everybody. If you enjoy being active, run through our mazes and play unlimited Minigolf and Frisbee Golf. Enjoy a GAME of trust as a partner blindfolds you and navigates you through the Native Maze. Unearth dinosaur bones in the Fossil Dig. The Tangled Web will test your agility. If you enjoy visual brainteasers, you'll love the Rainbow Maze and Giant Eyespys. Analyse and solve the cryptic secret message inside the Famous Hedge Maze, or perhaps you prefer to surround yourself in nature, you'll ENJOY our magnificent panoramic views of the gorgeous Yarra Valley. Bring all your family and friends and celebrate togetherness or find an intimate spot to picnic with someone special. Experience Hedgend how you wish to spend a memorable day. We also have Laser Sport available! Laser Sport is an experience a LIVE adrenaline fuelled version of Call Of Duty, in an outdoor battlefield. Laser Sport can be described as a combination of modern computer games and military training scenarios, where players work with a strong emphasis on tactics, stealth and strategy in order to WIN missions.

Reviewed By Tchickdp - Melbourne, Australia

don't read the bad reviews. Seriously people, what is wrong with you? if you want more than $18 worth of joy go somewhere that charges more than $18. I can count at LEAST 18 things that gave me a dollar worth of joy at this place. 1) fat healthy chickens. One of them bit my kid. Life lessons. right there. 2) a really loud sheep that baa'd so loud it made the kid giggle and forget that a chicken bit her. 3) lawn jenga. Bring a bike helmet if your kid is younger than four. 4) trust maze. Blindfold the dad and make the kids guide him through. That's at least three dollars of giggles. 5) big mother maze. It's big, it's old it's tired. It had hipsters filming something with an old telephone and a candle in it. there are quotes from wise people and lots of puddles. Take gumboots. 6) you can climb a tower at the end and pretend you are royalty. 7) the rainbow maze. Math nerds go nuts. that thing gets hard. easy bits to entertain the kid while dad runs patterns in his head 7) a tangled rope course. I'll pay a dollar any day to watch my kid concentrate for 20 minutes. 8) a mural with hidden things in it. Not just any mural, a photo of a mural. It has Australiana? are you a tourist? look for the hills hoist. We couldn't find the scissors. 9) i beat my super competitive parter and mini golf. 10) number 12 has a loop the loop tire and you get to bash it really hard. 11) frisbee golf. Numbers on poles in a paddock. 12) there were kangaroos in the paddock too. 13) amazing background of mountains behind the numbers on sticks and kangaroos in the paddock. 14) toasted sandwiches and jelly in the cafe. 15) a donation box for a kid with no explanation. It had football cards. 16) fossil digging in the sand. My kid thinks all those fossils are real and that dinosaurs roamed the maze. 17) stables and a marquee. You can get married there and then play frisbee golf at your reception and get drunk and lost in the maze with the dinosaurs 18) edible bush tucker garden. Go here. find your inner kid. it is fun.

7. Yarra Valley Railway

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4.5 based on 38 reviews

Yarra Valley Railway

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