Fun & Learning
Your family will love South Australia's museums and holiday activities.
See one of astronaut Andy Thomas's space suits at the South Australian Museum. The museum has five floors, with treasures from the past such as dinosaurs and the giant squid. Younger children love the World Mammals exhibition on the ground floor, with life-size creatures like a lion, elephant and more.
Climb aboard a full-scale copy of a sailing ketch at the South Australian Maritime Museum in Port Adelaide. Further afield, you can explore the HMAS Whyalla - the first modern warship built in South Australia - at the Whyalla Maritime Museum.
You can climb into huge old trains at the National Railway Museum in Port Adelaide - it's the largest undercover collection in Australia. There's also a model railway display and a fun two kilometres steam ride. For other fun and enlightening experiences try:
- National Motor Museum - to see more than 300 cars from over the years
- Melba's Chocolate Factory - for a tour and tastings
- Strawberry picking at Beerenberg Farm
- Bradman Collection - honouring the great cricketer
- The Loxton Historical Village - step back in time
- Haigh's chocolate factory in Adelaide - take a tour and do some tasting
- The Big Rocking Horse and Toy Factory - climb to the top
- The Whispering Wall, to test its properties!
- Australian Museum of Childhood - you wouldn't believe the toys there!
- Visiting The Lego Man to see a huge Lego collection
- South Australian Migration Museum - look up your family!
- South Australian Whale Centre to discover more about this mighty mammal
Tours and journeys for your family include:
- Desert Cave Hotel's Down 'n Dirty fossicking tours in Coober Pedy
- Burra Heritage Passport Trail in Burra
- Pichi Richi Railway - from Port Augusta to Quorn in the Flinders Ranges
- Be a postie for the day on the Coober Pedy Oodnadatta Mail Run, travelling more than 600 kilometres to the legendary Outback towns of Oodnadatta and William Creek.
