WHAT’S ON • For Kids
FUN FOR KIDS
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MANGROVE MOUNTAIN AND DISTRICTS COUNTRY FAIR Enjoy country hospitality and community at its very best at The Mangrove Mountain and Districts Country Fair with cows to pat, ponies to ride and alpacas to cuddle. Learn how to handle a python at the Snake Man show, watch a sheepshearing demonstration, enter a homemade cart in the Mountain Mayhem Billy Cart Derby and have a laugh at the Great Chicken Race. They’ll have farming and machinery displays, horse demonstrations and authentic Dark Ages re-enactors as well as clowns, face painting and carnival rides (including a new horizontal bungee racer and mechanical bucking bull!).
The Mangrove Mountain Country Fair has been running every year since 1965 as a community fundraiser for local community groups. Saturday 19 October (10am to 4pm) cnr Wisemans Ferry and Waratah Roads, Mangrove Mountain. mangrovemountaincountryfair.org.au
LASERBLAST – A KIDS ENTERTAINMENT HUB Did you know you can now experience putt putt golf, an escape room and lasertag under one roof? Laserblast at Charmhaven has expanded this year and added a family escape room and indoor ultra-violet putt putt course. It’s now a full-blown kids entertainment hub compete with the largest lasertag centre on the Central Coast. If you’re looking for a rainy-day activity, kids party venue, or school holiday activity, this is the place to head. Open daily from 10am. 132 Chelmsford Rd, Charmhaven. laserblast.com.au
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