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Create fun-filled family memories on a day out in Holdfast Bay. The area is filled with family-friendly experiences offering adventure, play, and relaxation. Discover kids' attractions, visit the engaging museum, and immerse yourself in the beachside activities.
Bay Discovery Centre
Historic Glenelg Town Hall in Moseley Square features the Bay Discovery Centre Museum and Gallery. You’ll find a rich variety of visual arts and a captivating collection of interpretive displays that bring Holdfast Bay’s cultural heritage to life. Displays include the internationally awarded Tiati Wangkanthi Kumangka (Truth-Telling Together) exhibit.
School groups welcome, bookings essential. 10am - 4pm every day
Entry by gold Coin Donation
Beachside Activities
The Holdfast Bay coastline has plenty of sand and water for everyone to enjoy, but there are many other ways to spend quality time with your kids. Families can enjoy visiting places like The Beachouse, Little Picassos, Event Cinema Glenelg, and Plaster Fun House. There are also walking tours and marine tours with Temptation Sailing.
Moseley Square water fountains and the Glenelg Foreshore playground are hives of activity throughout the summer months, offering a huge range of family-friendly entertainment and nature-play activities.
Our beaches offer a wide range of experiences, including swimming, cycling, walking, sailing, snorkelling, diving, stand-up paddle boarding, and fishing. Our coastline has several user-friendly foreshore parks and reserves. The grassed areas are great for picnics and are equipped with BBQ facilities, playgrounds, and public toilets.
Packed with Australian-first and world-class attractions, The Beachouse is the perfect destination for a fun-filled day out and guess what, there’s no entry fee! You’ll find we’ve got games and rides that will entertain the adults as well as the kids! It’s more fun at our house!
Catering to the emerging trend for intimate cinema formats screening niche, arthouse and mainstream releases. Consisting of six screens seating from 100 up to 207 with large leatherette seats, our decor is subtlety understated with style and finesse.
Playspaces
Glenelg Foreshore Playground
Located on the seaside of the iconic Glenelg Town Hall, it features timber logs for climbing and balancing, water and sand play, a hammock swing, grassy mounds, a giant, wide slide, a climbing dome, cubby, tunnel, rope activities, and in-ground trampolines with raised and sunken pods for seating and play.
Wigley Reserve Playspace
Featuring a climbing tunnel, in-ground trampolines, swings, slides, a log climbing structure, stepping boulders, and a sensory nature trail. In addition, there's a BBQ area, drinking fountain, bike racks, custom-built shade structure, seating, outdoor table tennis and ten new exercise stations in the fitness hub. Accessibility is a focus, offering increased opportunity to all ages, interests, and abilities.
The playspace is close to public transport, food and drink offerings, and walking and cycling paths, making it even more of an attraction for families.
