The Boathouse Tavern at Coomera is family friendly dining in a tropical setting! Surrounded by beautiful water features, fire torches and cabana huts, it's the perfect place for a meal with the family. The kids will love the jumping castle and the games room!
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Runaway Bay Sports Precinct – East playground and bike park
You'll find this shady bike park with playground tucked in beside the Runaway Bay Library and Community Centre. Here the kids can ride around a large, flat, concrete bike path with learn to ride features, have a go on the small skate bowl, and stop by a fun playground too!
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Latte Lounge, Southport
Kids love playgrounds, parents love coffee – it’s a simple fact. The people behind Latte Lounge at Southport know this, and have created the perfect space that is drawing parents and children in from across the Gold Coast!
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Dig It, Tamborine Mountain
Dig It Tamborine Mountain is Queensland's first mini excavator park for kids big and small! Here, you will sit in the drivers seat of real excavator machinery and participate in construction-inspired activities. It's fully instructed fun for kids and their parents too! You don't need any experience, just a willingness to give it a go.
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Burleigh Op Shop & Coffee Kiosk
The Burleigh Op Shop is a great little spot to stop for a coffee and catch up with friends. While there are no bells and whistles here, you can get a great coffee, the playground is fenced, and it's a nice shady spot to sit and chat while the kids play!
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Family friendly ways to commemorate ANZAC Day
With ANZAC Day on 25 April, RSL Australia has shared some great ways to commemorate ANZAC Day as a family, regardless of the age of your children. These are all easy, affordable and kid-friendly ideas to help you pay your respects to our veterans.
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An afternoon tea with Peppa Pig
A fun little afternoon tea with Peppa Pig to celebrate my youngest child's 3rd birthday!
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Daisy Cookies
I love simple recipes to make with the kids - bonus points if they look cute too! These Daisy Cookies are the best combination: only a few ingredients that you'll definitely have on hand, and easy enough to make that the kids will love joining in.
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Tallowwood Park, Upper Coomera
What a great park Tallowwood Park is for the little kids! With a large open green space dotted with shady trees, a beautiful lake with ducks, a small but adrenalin-packed bike track and a fenced playground - there really isn't more that you could ask for here!
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Easter Egg Rocky Road
If your kids are anything like mine, they don't actually like to eat their Easter eggs. Gathering and counting, yep. Eating, nope. Last year I turned to the old trick of using up Easter eggs to make rocky road, and boy oh boy was it a good decision! The monotony of egg after egg is broken up by bites of flavoursome goodness.
