Get ready for family-friendly fun this week across the regions. Photo: What’s On Eurobodalla.
The school holidays are in full swing, which means there’s plenty of family-friendly events in the next week. We’ve found all the best school holiday programs, city festivals, travelling inflatable extravaganzas, live music events, Oktoberfest celebrations, exhibitions and much more.
Goulburn holds the Lilac City Festival this week, with so much to see and do across town, including carnival rides, festival markets, music and busking, art on display at the Goulburn Club, flower displays, fireworks, dress-up competitions, youth art shows and more.
And Batemans Bay enjoys a visit from Tuff Nutterz this week, bringing Australia’s largest inflatable obstacle course, with slides, climbing walls, carnival games and food trucks.
All this and everything in between across a busy week in the regions.
Multiple Days
Keep the kids active these school holidays. Photo: PCYC NSW.
PCYC Goulburn School Holiday Program
When: 2 to 8 October
Where: Corner Avoca and Derwent streets, Goulburn
Cost: Tickets $50 a day | Book three days and get the fourth free | Book online.
PCYC is running a great variety of fun, creative and active school holiday events in the next few weeks, giving kids with plenty of time on their hands a great schedule of things to do.
There will be plenty of sport, gymnastics, boxing, painting, dance, crafts, graffiti, coding classes, skateboarding and more. No matter what your child is into, there’s something for them to participate in at the Wagga PCYC.
An Aussie pioneer’s story told at the Batemans Bay Museum. Photo: Batemans Bay Heritage Museum.
Valerie Taylor – An Underwater Life at the Batemans Bay Heritage Museum
When: 2 to 10 October, from 10 am to 3 pm
Where: 3 Museum Place, Batemans Bay, NSW
Cost: Adults $10 | Concession $7 | Children (under 12) free | Tickets available on entry at Batemans Bay Heritage Museum.
Dive into the remarkable world of an Australian marine pioneer.
Valerie Taylor is a legendary Australian marine pioneer, underwater photographer, and shark conservationist who transformed public perception of the ocean.
Celebrated globally, Valerie has become one of the most iconic underwater storytellers, shark researchers and conservationists and paved the way for future generations of divers, filmmakers and environmentalists.
This exhibition tells the extraordinary story of the life of Ms Taylor. Through objects and images from the museum’s collection, Valerie Taylor: An Underwater Life showcases the work of Valerie and her husband Ron and their significant contributions to marine conservation, diving and underwater filming.
Get wild for the school holidays. Photo: Mogo Wildlife Park.
School Holidays at Mogo Wildlife Park
When: 2 to 8 October
Where: Mogo Wildlife Park, 222 Tomakin Road, Mogo
Cost: Tickets from $40 to $49 | Book online.
Treat the kids to something wild these school holidays at Mogo Wildlife Park.
Kids looking for some excitement will love getting up close and personal with some iconic animals. Meet and even feed some of the park’s giraffes, meet with some gorillas, feed some deer or even become a zookeeper for a day – a great option packed with guided keeper activities, animal encounters and hands-on experiences.
Celebrate 75 years of Goulburn’s Lilac City Festival. Photo: Goulburn Lilac City Festival.
75th Annual Goulburn Lilac City Festival
When: 2 to 5 October
Where: Various locations around Goulburn
Cost: Free.
The Goulburn Lilac City Festival is in its 75th year and it’s celebrating the occasion with four full days of excitement.
There will be plenty of carnival rides, festival markets, music and busking, art on display at the Goulburn Club, flower displays, fireworks, dress-up competitions, youth art shows, bonsai clubs and so much more.
Check out the official festival website for more info on when and where events will be.
Artists from around Australia contribute to the River of Art Prize. Photo: Visit NSW.
River of Art Prize 2026
When: 2 to 5 October, from 10 am to 4 pm
Where: Mechanics Institute, 13 Page St, Moruya
Cost: Free.
Head to the historic Mechanics Institute in Moruya for the River of Art Festival, a celebration of Australian artistic talent, pulling in artists from around the country to contribute works spanning painting, drawing, mixed media, printmaking, photography, sculpture and more.
There’s no set theme, so there’s some real diversity in the works on display with each artist letting their creativity run wild. Many of the works are even up for purchase.
Get the kids ready for Australia’s biggest inflatable obstacle course. Photo: What’s On Eurobodalla.
Tuff Nutterz Batemans Bay
When: 2 to 4 October, 9 am to 5 pm
Where: Corrigans Beach Reserve, Beach Road, Batehaven
Cost: Tickets from $25 | Book online.
Tuff Nutterz is an exciting, family-friendly event centred around the biggest inflatable obstacle course in the country, with plenty of climbing walls, slides, tunnels and other challenges to hurdle.
Running for three days this week, Tuff Nutterz includes a miniature obstacle course for the younger kids, carnival-style games, an event mascot, treats and sweets from food trucks.
Don’t miss out on this perfect school holiday activity.
Saturday
Celebrate Oktoberfest at the Wildbrumby Distillery. Image: Wildbrumby Distillery.
Oktoberfest at Wildbrumby Distillery
When: 3 October, noon to 4 pm
Where: Wildbrumby Distillery, 36 Wollondibby Road, Crackenback
Cost: Free | More information about booking online.
Enjoy Oktoberfest at the Wildbrumby Distillery’s annual celebration of German culture. There will be plenty of excitement to look forward to, with beer from the world’s oldest brewery, live German music, schnapps, schnitzels and more.
So get dressed up in your best German kit and come say guten Tag!
Sharpen your artistic talents with live drawing at the Basil Sellers Exhibition Centre. Photo: eventbrite.
Life Drawing Group at the Basil Sellers Exhibition Centre
When: 3 October, 1 pm
Where: Basil Sellers Exhibition Centre, Vulcan Street, Moruya
Cost: Tickets $40 | Book online.
The Basil Sellers Exhibition Centre hosts life drawing this weekend, giving artists a chance to hone their skills.
Take your sketchbook, some charcoal, pencils or ink and try your hand at drawing one of the most elusive and difficult subjects in art, with both nude and clothed models.
Sunday
Western Classical and Iranian music combine. Photo: Visit NSW.
Jazmourian Ensemble ‘Bach in Shiraz’
When: 4 October, 3 to 4:15 pm
Where: St Andrew’s Anglican Church, Braidwood
Cost: Tickets from $30 to $35 | Under-18s free | Book online.
Jazmourian Ensemble brings together two musical traditions, Western classical and Iranian, into one creative musical dialogue. This new project from the ensemble, Bach in Shiraz, is performed by Anna McDonald on violin and Malek Mohammadi Nejad on Iranian setar.
It is a musical response to the Chaconne and other movements of Bach’s Partita No. 2 for solo violin.
Don’t miss out on this extraordinary display of musical creativity at St. Andrew’s Anglican Church.
