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Fast 5

Your top weekday events guide + the best posts for under 5s

Event Picks

🌟 Featured Event

Monster Jam (Saturday 3 Oct) Ten monster trucks including Grave Digger® tear up the stadium with stunts, flips and jumps. 📍CBD

🗓️ Melbourne CBD ➝ More CBD picks

Korean-English Storytime (Monday 7 Sep) Bilingual stories, songs and a craft activity for little ones aged 0-5. 📍CBD

Auslan Storytime (Monday 7 Sep) Free, no-booking storytime told entirely in Auslan by Deaf storytellers, for ages 3-5. 📍CBD

Welcome the Little Stranger (Thursday 10 – Sunday 13 Sep) A gentle musical theatre work for pre-walking babies aged 0-12 months and their adults. 📍CBD

🗓️ Melbourne NORTH ➝ More north-side picks

Rock-A-Bye Baby (Friday 11 Sep) A no-frills daytime concert made for babies and toddlers – crawling and dancing both welcome. 📍Preston

Kyneton Daffodil and Arts Festival (Various dates until Sunday 13 Sep) Blooming gardens, art exhibitions and community events celebrate spring in the Macedon Ranges. 📍Kyneton

Annual Tulip Display (Daily until Saturday 3 Oct) Thousands of tulips brighten Bendigo’s heritage streets as part of the wider BLOOM Festival. 📍Bendigo

🗓️ Melbourne SOUTH ➝ More south-side picks

Bayside Art Babies (Mondays) A weekly sensory art session exploring gallery works through song, story and hands-on play. 📍Brighton

PlaySpace (Thursdays) A free, unstructured play session where little ones set the pace and grown-ups make new friends. 📍Patterson Lakes

Family Storytime (Fridays during term) Free stories, songs and activities for ages 0-5 – no booking needed. 📍Clarinda

🗓️ Melbourne EAST ➝ More east-side picks

Kew Traffic School (Fridays until 18 Sep) Bring a bike or scooter and practice road skills in a mini traffic village, plus a picnic rug. 📍Kew

Toddler Time (Mondays + Wednesdays during term) Books, songs and puppets bring stories to life for little ones on the move. 📍Ashburton

Bookaburra Storytime (Various weekday sessions during term) Free, no-booking storytime sessions build early literacy for kids aged 0-5. 📍Yarra Ranges

🗓️ Melbourne WEST ➝ More west-side picks

Spring Art Session (Wednesday 9 Sep) Mini pot painting, fresh flowers and scissor practice in a free, come-and-go craft session. 📍Williamstown

Multicultural Supported Playgroup (Thursdays during term) A welcoming playgroup for culturally diverse families – walk-ins welcome. 📍Braybrook

Little Kickers (Fridays + Sundays) A pressure-free introduction to soccer for kids aged 1.5-5, building confidence and coordination. 📍Caroline Springs

New + Noteworthy

Survive the Snip

Melbourne’s best kid-friendly hairdressers – proper kids’ chairs and enough distraction to get through a trim.

Our Annual Obsession Returns

Live entertainment, food and a sea of colour at Victoria’s biggest tulip festival.

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Tiny Sandwiches for Tiny Tots

Melbourne high teas made just for little gourmands – and their grown-ups.

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The Five-Minute Safety Check

One unsafe car ride can change everything – make sure every trip uses the right seat with this RCH fact sheet.

Get a Mailbox Glow-Up

These kids’ magazines are worth subscribing to because they’re light on ads, and big on fun.

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Spring has been pre-planned 🐝

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Blooms, picnic spots and indoor playgrounds for rainy days, plus the best day trips across Melbourne and Victoria.

About Joyce Watts

Joyce Watts is a former intellectual property, IT and media lawyer turned serial entrepreneur.

As well as being the founder of TOT: HOT OR NOT she helps businesses with their SEO, email marketing & social media as BrightSmart.com.au; she owns an online bike store CycleStyle.com.au and develops and produces creative experiences for families via WheelieGoodFun.com. She used to publish another popular lifestyle and food blog called MEL: HOT OR NOT The decisive guide to Melbourne.

She lives in inner-city Melbourne with her husband, two children and seven bikes.

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