Summer Reading Club
Escape the heat, test your skills and challenge your friends as we explore a variety of new games and revisit old favourites including giant board games, lawn games, a VR driving competition and Nerf battles.
Please book a ticket for each child attending, and be in with a chance to win great prizes. For children and teenagers, aged 0-18.
WHEN: 1.30pm-3.30pm
WHERE: Redbank Plaza Library
COST: Free event, but bookings are required.
Switch Bricks
Switch Bricks was created in 2012 from a desire to share the love of LEGO with a wider audience and to create something fun and different for kids to do on the school holidays in the Ipswich Area.
WHEN: Daily between the 8th and 13th of January
Morning session runs from 9am – noon
Afternoon session runs from 1pm-4pm
WHERE: The Amare Centre, Sacred Heart Primary School, 25 Cothill Road, Booval
COST: 4-14 years – $10 per session. 1-3 years – $5 per session. Children under 1 and adults free.
Flavours of Summer
Spicers Hidden Vale invites you to indulge in a truly unique food festival showcasing the delicious variety of food and beverages that summer in Queensland has to offer.
The inaugural Flavours of Summer Gourmet Festival celebrates fresh produce, suppliers and retailers from across the local region and offers guests the opportunity to immerse themselves in unique Australian activities.
Today’s events include:
- All day: Home-made ice cream of the day
- All day: The Perfect Party Co. lawn games
- 6.30am-7.30am: Adventure Walk
- 10am: Sourdough masterclass
- 4pm-5pm: Cocktail making class
- 5pm-5.30pm: Market garden tour
- 6pm-7pm: Aperol chacuterie hour by the pool
- 9pm: Moonlight cinema – Burnt
WHEN: January 8-28
WHERE: Spicers Hidden Vale, 617 Grandchester Mount Mort Rd, Grandchester
COST: Varies per event
Ipswich model band
Insectarium at Workshops Rail Museum
Explore the microscopic world of insects in a fantastic photographic exhibition of Queensland Museum specimens. Come face to face with colourful insects with hands on insect activities.
See images of the iconic Dodd insect collection – where art meets science; get up close to insects from the Queensland Museum collection; see live stick insects and sort their insect eggs from their frass (stick insect poo); create your own butterfly that flutters when you move; be an insect artist! Examine insects up close then draw and colour them; match the butterfly wings to create amazing butterfly pictures; see microscopic images of insects in 3D.
WHEN: Until January 21.
WHERE: The Workshops Rail Museum, North St.
COST: Adult $14.50, Concession $12.50, Child (aged 3-15) 11.50, Family $44.50
Lego Ninjago Play Zone
Put your hands and minds to work at Orion Springfield Central’s ninja inspired zone, featuring challenges, building areas, meets and greets and more. No bookings required.
WHEN: 10am-2pm
WHERE: Target and Coles mall, Orion Springfield Central, Main Street, Springfield
COST: Free
This is my heritage: Exhibition
Viewing a photograph from the past, or holding an object of historical significance, can spark interest, emotion and dialogue. But, when a unique personal connection is established between an object and an individual, it has the power to stir poignant memories and promote a deeper understanding and knowledge of times gone by.
This is my heritage explores the profound connection that objects have to family, country and culture through the personal memories and experiences of 12 of Queensland’s Indigenous artists and educators..
WHEN: 9.30am-4pm, until January 21
WHERE: The Workshops Rail Museum, North St, North Ipswich
COST: Adult $14.50, Concession $12.50, Child $11.50 (age 3-15), Family $44.50
Trolls at Redbank Plaza
Join Princess Poppy and Branch from the Dreamworks Trolls movie in a show filled with music and adventures.
WHEN: 11am-1.30pm. Free shows at 11am and 1pm, meet and greet from 12pm-12.30pm
WHERE: Redbank Plaza, 1 Collingwood Drive, Redbank
COST: Free
Get your circus on
Learn circus skills. Juggling, hulahoops, aerial tissu (silks) and more. Circus Ipswich is the city’s first permanent circus school. For children aged six to 12.
WHEN: 10am-noon (Learn to juggle, climb and hang upside down on the aerial tissu)
1pm-3pm (Make and take home your own Poi and juggling pom poms and learn cool tricks)
WHERE: Ipswich Showgrounds, Exhibition Display Pavillion, 81 Warwick Road, Ipswich
COST: $40 per participant. Book here
Built for Speed
Design, build and race your Lego hot rod, dragster or supercar down rad ramps and slick tracks. Modify your ride for extra speed then re-race your turbocharged wheels for ultimate victory.
WHEN: 10am-5pm daily, until February 18
WHERE: Ipswich Art Gallery, d’Arcy Doyle Place, Nicholas St, Ipswich
COST: $5 per person or $15 for a family pass (admits up to five people. Must include at least one adult). Free for under 2s.
Trivia at Goodna
Get your team together and join in the fun of free trivia at Goodna Services Club. There is $120 in cash prizes plus a $200 perfect score bonus.
WHEN: Registration from 6.30pm, trivia at 7pm
WHERE: 32 Woogaroo Street, Goodna
COST: Free
19th & 20th Century Works
View some of the finest pieces from the Ipswich Art Gallery’s collection of 19th and early 20th century fine art and folk art, as well as contemporary works reflecting Ipswich’s heritage.
WHEN: 10am-5pm daily, until October 14
WHERE: Ipswich Art Gallery, d’Arcy Doyle Place, Nicholas St, Ipswich
COST: Free entry
Ipswich Hospital Museum
WHEN: 9am – 12pm Every Wednesday.
WHERE: Ipswich Hospital Museum, Jubilee Building, Ipswich Hospital
COST: Free entry
DIY chalk board workshop
Make your own chalk board at Brassall Shopping Centre’s back to school workshop.
WHEN: 10am-2pm
WHERE: 68 Hunter Street, Brassall
COST: Free
Make a key tag at Riverlink
Keep the children occupied by getting them to decorate and personalise their very own key tag for their school bag.
WHEN: 10am-2pm
WHERE: Food court area, Riverlink – Downs Street and The Terrace, North Ipswich
COST: Free
Sing with the Miner Chords
Like to sing? Join Ipswich A Capella Harmony Club – the Miner Chords. Men and women of all abilities welcome. For more information phone David Green on 0407 831 326 or Gordon Dryden on 0414 294 120.
WHERE: Old Ipswich Courthouse, 75 East Street, Ipswich
COST: Membership applies
Yoga
WHEN: 6.30pm every Wednesday.
WHERE: Yoga Studio Nada, 11 Connors Street, North Ipswich
COST: $10
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