Winter in Adelaide

Top Family Activities in the Adelaide City this Winter

Exploring Adelaide with kids is a great way to spend an afternoon, a full day, or even a weekend. When’s the last time you caught a train, tram, or bus in the CBD? It’s even easy to drive in and park the car. Visiting the city screams adventure, the kids love it, and it doesn’t have to cost a fortune. We’ve compiled some of the best things to see and do and places to eat and stay in the Adelaide CBD and North Adelaide with your family this...

July School Holidays in Adelaide 2025

Saturday 5 July – Sunday 20 July, 2025 Looking for things to do during the Adelaide July school holidays? Don’t let the cold and wet weather stop the fun! There are heaps of kid-friendly activities, events, and attractions happening in Adelaide these July school holidays. From indoor adventures to outdoor winter fun, you’ll find something for every interest and every budget, many of them free or low-cost. But be quick — popular events book out...

Illuminate Adelaide 2025 | What to see with your kids

Get ready to light up your winter, Adelaide! Every July, Illuminate Adelaide gathers the most exceptional and audacious art, music, technology, and innovation from all over Australia and the world and unleashes them across the city and the state. Illuminate Adelaide is back for 2025 — and it’s bigger, brighter, and bolder than ever! Every July, this epic festival transforms the city into a glowing playground of art, light, music, and...

The A – Z of family friendly Adelaide

One of the many great things about Adelaide is its accessibility. One minute you’re in a bustling, exciting city, and then in 20 minutes time you can be relaxing in the sun on some of the world’s most beautiful beaches… we all have our favourite spots, suburbs and secrets but I bet you there is at least a few on our family friendly A to Z of Adelaide that you haven’t done yet! Start planning your next adventure...

Wicked Winter with Kids in Adelaide

Brrrrr… baby it’s cold outside! But that doesn’t mean there aren’t HEAPS of different ways you can have fun with your kids in Adelaide. There’s roughly 13 weeks of Winter for us to enjoy and below are plenty of indoor play ideas, winter events and warm spots to hide from the weather. Head to a museum such as MOD., find out what is happening during the Illuminate Adelaide event this year, or visit one of our favourite...

Whale Watching Victor Harbor

As the colder weather kicks in around Adelaide, the list of things most people want to do outside dwindles. But the exciting news is that Whale Watching season has begun! From late May right up until October, Southern Right whales return to the shores around the Encounter Bay and Victor Harbor area.Only an hour’s drive from Adelaide, the southern Fleurieu Peninsula is a whale watcher’s paradise so get some warm clothes, some binoculars and head...

Easy Winter Craft Ideas

Here are a couple of quick and easy art activities inspired by Winter. SNOWFLAKE DECORATIONS You will need: PaperScissors Method: Start with a square. Fold in half to make a triangle, then fold the points upwards (check picture for reference) Then draw the snowflake design and cut out! Make a few in different sizes and decorate a wall or door! SNOWMAN SURPRISE You will need: Clear contactScissorsColoured card (or an old cereal packet you can...

South Australia’s Best Babyccino – 2024

Just for a bit of fun, every year here at Kids in Adelaide, we engage the help of our huge local audience to hunt down the best babyccinos in South Australia. We then give you guys the only list you’ll need for the winter….. the top ten BEST Babyccinos in SA! Perfect for grandparent outings with our little people, play dates, catch ups and an excuse to get out of the house with kids on a weekend. 2024 nominations, and voting have...

Why it’s important to continue swimming lessons in Winter

Often when the colder months head our way the idea of jumping in a pool for swimming lessons can loose its appeal and it can get hard to get the kids to their regular swimming lessons. With the alarming number of drownings this summer it’s SO important to keep up those lessons so that there’s no catching up to do when it does come time to head back to the beach or the pool when the weather warms up. The folks at Blue Dolphin Swim...