I remember a few years ago, once the kids were sound asleep, I sat down with a wine in hand & put a Christmas movie on to wrap their Christmas presents. When I saw the sheer amount of gifts I had bought for them over the year (to “put away for Christmas”) I was disgusted with myself. There was an endless amount of STUFF that they didn’t really need, that I knew deep down would get played with for five minutes before being discarded & that I knew would end up in landfill before long.
From that Christmas on, I promised myself I would never just buy STUFF again. Sure, I always make sure there are a few fun gifts for the kids to unwrap, along with anything they might actually need, but EXPERIENCE GIFTS have become the number one Christmas present in our house. We have had some fantastic family days out at places like Bounce Inc, going to a the movies or having a day out at Woodhouse Adventure Park which the kids still talk amount. Unlike the poor Barbie who had its head pulled off before we had even sat down for Christmas lunch.
So instead of buying more STUFF this year, give an EXPERIENCE or voucher that will create memories to last a lifetime. Check out our Adelaide Experiences Gift Guide below!
Gift Vouchers for Woodhouse Adventure Park
Give the ultimate gift of screen-free fun together in the great outdoors! Choose from a range of day or overnight experiences, or create your own gift package.
Gift Voucher Options (pricing includes shipping and processing):
DAY ACTIVITY PASS (valid for three years)
Child 5+ | Student | Adult – $20
Family/Group of 4 – $68
CAMPING & ACTIVITY PASS (valid for three years)
Child 5+ | Student | Adult – $28
Family (two adults and two children OR one adult and three children) – $99
CLUB WOODHOUSE – ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP
$190 for UNLIMITED DAY ENTRY for up to four people for a whole year!
Give the Gift of Flight this Christmas with BOUNCE!
Give the gift that everyone will love this year with the gift of fun, freedom & freestyle flight.
Choose from 1, 3 or 5 session digital vouchers and have it sent straight to your inbox – it’s the easiest gift this Christmas!
A Gift of Flight voucher is the ultimate adventure gift that is guaranteed to be loved.
Available online only.
DoughBalls Gift Cards
Yum, yum, yum, we cannot think of a more delicious gift!
Warm the bellies and hearts of those you love this Christmas with a DoughBalls Gift Card.
Redeemable at their Glenelg or Mawson Lakes restaurants, it’s the most satisfying pressie this year!
Tickets to LIV Golf
Looking for the perfect Christmas gift for Dad or the golf lovers in your family?
Consider tickets to the LIV Golf event in Adelaide, taking place from February 14 to 16, 2025, at The Grange Golf Club. With a variety of packages available to suit different preferences and budgets, plus exciting new players and the lively “Watering Hole” viewing area, this experience promises to be unforgettable.
Treat them to a thrilling weekend of golf!
GIVE THE GIFT OF EXPERIENCE WITH ONE OF AFL MAX’S CHRISTMAS BUNDLES!
They have some amazing Christmas Bundles to make gifting easy for you this year!
They have got everyone covered from $30! Score a 1-hour pass and mini Sherrin replica key ring for just $30 or turn up the fun to a 2-hour pass with a key ring and colour in pencil case for $50. Siblings? They have you covered, for $90 score a 2-hour double pass, key ring, pencil case and card game to keep the fun going all summer!
With 6 different zones to experience, their state-of-the-art facility will ensure the kids are entertained for hours! Footy-mad or not, there’s fun for everyone at Max.
Soar to new heights on the trampolines of the Aerial Zone, or bounce around on the inflatables in the Bump Zone. Test your climbing skills as you reach the top of the rock climbing walls in the Climb Zone and even sharpen up on your kicking, passing and tackling skills and the Test and Tackle Zone. If video games are more your thing then come and get your game on in the Interactive Zone!
Fun for the whole family, Gift Cards are the perfect Christmas gift – Valid for 3 years, click and collect or delivery available shop bundles below.
Earth Adventure Gift Cards
Want a gift like no other? Then an Earth Adventure gift card is for you!
From amazing half-day, local experiences like rock climbing at local natural cliffs and the always popular Adelaide City Kayak Tour to full day private tours, there is always an exciting new adventure to be had with Earth Adventure.
Follow Earth Adventure on Facebook or Instagram for more info!
@Lenswood Pick Your Own Apples – Gift Vouchers
Why not give the gift of a unique and fun experience this year with an @Lenswood gift voucher? Their vouchers are packages designed to give a memorable day experience on their orchard including apple picking, take home gifts and on orchard experiences. Not only will they get to enjoy a fun day out apple picking, but they’ll also be supporting a local business.
So why not treat your friends or family to something different this year and pick up one of their gift vouchers today!
Grab an @Lenswood Gift Voucher at: https://www.atlenswood.com.au/lenswood-gift-vouchers
Treeclimb Gift Vouchers
This summer, they are bringing you TRIPLE the amount of FUN across THREE venues.
What could be better than that?!
Give the gift of adventure, with Gift Cards redeemable at Adelaide, Kuitpo and Salisbury (Opening December 2024)!
And to top it off, they’re valid for THREE years!
TreeClimb Gift Cards can be purchased at both Adelaide or Kuitpo OR you can order directly from their website.
Adventure Kayaking
Family adventure awaits!
Adventure Kayaking SA’s 90 minute or 3-hour tours are ideal for the whole family. Spend 90 minutes paddling and exploring the Dolphin Sanctuary and mangroves. Feeling a little bit more adventurous, then try the 3-hour tour which incorporates the Dolphin Sanctuary, mangroves and ships graveyard.
Bring the whole family and spend a chilled morning or arvo trying to spot the Port River Dolphins and various marine and bird life.
T: 08 – 8472 0922
Give an Adelaide Oval Stadium Tour
A gift card for your colleague, friend, loved one or even the whole family! Give them the opportunity to experience areas of Adelaide Oval usually only accessible to sporting legends and superstars.
Imagine running onto Adelaide Oval to the roar of a 50,000-strong crowd, climbing the stairs to the 100-year-old heritage-listed scoreboard or gaining an insight into match-day preparations inside the players’ change-rooms – all of these experiences and many more are included on a Stadium Tour.
Online Art Classes from Artventure
Budding artists of all ages can tap into a world of creative possibilities and start creating amazing art today! With over 700 lessons to choose in two different libraries, catering to kids aged 4-12 and teens aged 12-19. Each Artventure library is jam-packed with specialised content and resources to help you get the most out of your art journey — it doesn’t matter if you’re just starting to learn art or looking to develop your existing skills.
There’s no better gift than the gift of Australia! Even better when it is right in your own backyard.
Looking for a special and different gift? Why not give the gift of Adventure!
Summer is family holiday season so why not have fun and experience something new together. Join this family friendly kayak where you will glide down calm and peaceful creeks lined with mangroves that are part of a mangrove system which has been there for over 10,000 years. You will have the opportunity to also paddle past shipwrecks which are relics of a bygone era and have the opportunity to see dolphins, migratory sea birds and other marine life along the way. All this and only 30 minutes from Adelaide CBD. It is a family experience you will treasure forever.
Participants don’t need any prior kayaking experience and it is all done at a comfortable pace – children do need to be 9 years and older to participate and will be in a double kayak with an adult. Gift vouchers are available.
dolphinsanctuarykayaktours.com.au
Facebook: @dolphinsanctuarykayaktours
Instagram: @dolphinsanctuarykayaktours
Give the Gift of Adventure!
Don’t know what to do with the kids these school holidays? Then look no further than Wilderness Escape’s school holiday programs! There are a range of fun and exciting adventure experiences to choose from. Kayaking or surfing, artificial rock climbing or taking a swing on our mega swing, there is something for just about everybody.
Kids will spend the day in the outdoors, under the supervision of our qualified and highly experienced instructors.
No experience or equipment necessary, just a sense of adventure 😊
T: 08 – 8165 2022
Adventure Hubs SA!
Adventure, adrenaline and excitement!
Give the gift of excitement this year, with a gift voucher from Adventure Hubs SA. Pick between Mt Lofty Adventure Hub nestled in the Adelaide Hills or the Southern Adventure Hub located in the middle of the McLaren Vale wine region.
Either choice will provide you with unforgettable memories and a fun filled adventure. Run by experienced, qualified instructors, you can rest assured that the kids will have a great and safe experience.
Bring your sense of adventure!
T: 08 – 8472 0933
Keep Your Kids Safe This Summer With VACSWIM!
Give your kids the gift of lifelong water safety this summer with VACSWIM! South Australia’s trusted program teaches essential swimming and water confidence skills in pools, beaches, lakes & rivers for ages 3-12 years. Choose from 100+ convenient locations across metro & regional SA. Learn CPR, survival strokes and more!
Fun, exercise, and lifelong skills – summer starts with water safety!
Limited spots available! Reserve your spot today: www.vacswimsa.com.au/locations
Give Wildly This Festive Season
For the wildlife obsessed, treat your loved ones to a 365-day adventure with Zoos SA membership. Perfect for young families, they’ll get unlimited visits to explore Adelaide Zoo and Monarto Safari Park PLUS most major zoos around Australia.
For the experience seekers, how about an Animal Experience? Gift them the chance to feed a Sumatran Tiger, help put the lions to bed, tickle a rhino behind the ears or leap into the all-ages Land of the Lemurs experience.
And top up your stockings with an incredible range of wildlife-inspired toys, homewares, books, socks and novelties – you can even drop into the Zoo and Safari Shops without an entry ticket.
Shop gifts that give hope to species: www.zoossa.com.au/gifts
Gift Voucher from The Farm Barn
Do you know a little one (or big kid) who loves animals? Looking for the perfect gift? Why not buy them a gift voucher to the Hahndorf Farm Barn? Or even better how about an Annual Membership!
Annual membership passes include unlimited entry for your family for a whole 12 months from the date of purchase.
Hahndorf Farm Barn is a unique blend of a children’s farmyard and wildlife park. You can hold, touch and feed most of the animals in complete safety and at your own comfort level. Find out how animals are born, grow and live on a farm. A visit to Adelaide’s Hahndorf Farm Barn is not just about family fun activities or keeping the kids entertained – it’s educational as well!
There are many activities for kids at the farm and you can easily spend hours here enjoying quality time with your family.
Cirkidz Gift Voucher
They’ll flip out over this gift! Cirkidz gift vouchers open up a world of thrilling circus classes at the fully-equipped SA Circus Centre in Bowden – where kids and adults alike can learn to leap, tumble, and soar under the big top.
From school holiday sessions to term-long courses covering acrobatics, trampolining, tumbling, Parkour, and more – there’s something for every budding mover and performer. And with classes for ages 2.5 to 18+, it’s the perfect gift for anyone ready to see life upside down.
Head to cirkidz.org.au to find out more about classes on offer, and contact Cirkidz on 08 8346 5735 or circus@cirkidz.org.au for a personalised gift certificate.
Little Christmas Surprise at Dream Cuts
Our mates at Dream Cuts Salon at Marion are partnering with Kickstart For Kids this Christmas – they are donating $5 from every gift voucher sold to this fantastic South Aussie charity.
So not only can you grab a voucher for your child to be pampered with hair braiding, face glitter and gems or finger and toenail painting (or one of their many other services), you will be helping disadvantaged kids in South Australia get a headstart this Christmas. We think that’s pretty awesome!
Head in-store at Westfield Marion to grab a Dream Cuts voucher this Christmas.
Movie Tickets
There’s always lots of great movies to see over Christmas/School Holidays. Why not treat the kids to Gold Class, or buy that hard to buy for teenager a gift card so they can plan a day out with their friends
Give the Gift that stands out this Christmas at Escape Hunt Adelaide!
Looking to surprise someone with the ultimate gift? We’ve got you covered with a whole range of EPIC 5* Adventures that are guaranteed to knock your socks off and leave you craving more!
From highly immersive indoor or outdoor escape games through to downloadable print and play games to play in the comfort of your home, there’s something for everyone to enjoy!
They currently offer two types of voucher:
- Download, Print & Play Games – Only valid for downloadable print and play games.
- Standard Experience – These vouchers are valid for all indoor and outdoor escape gooms (not print and play games)
Buy online at escapehunt.com/au/adelaide/gift-vouchers
Junior Keeper Christmas Gift Certificates from Warrawong
Book Now at www.warrawongws.com.au/meet-the-animal/junior-keeper
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