{"id":7261,"date":"2025-04-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.build.optimodesign.com.au\/ashbury2025\/things-to-do-around-ashbury-over-easter\/"},"modified":"2025-05-03T17:59:07","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T07:59:07","slug":"things-to-do-around-ashbury-over-easter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dev.build.optimodesign.com.au\/ashbury2025\/things-to-do-around-ashbury-over-easter\/","title":{"rendered":"Things to do around Ashbury over Easter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Looking for fun family activities to do this Easter?<br \/>\nThere&#8217;s plenty to see and do for little ones of all ages\u00a0There\u2019s plenty to see and do for little ones of all ages around Ashbury, Geelong and The Bellarine during the Easter holidays. Check out some of our faves here<br \/>\n\u2022\u2060\u00a0 \u2060Marvel at the magic of Anakie\u2019s Fairy Park \u2013 a fairytale\u00a0theme park with castles,\u00a0cottages and caves set on a granite hill in the open countryside. Discover ancient tales and legends in this enchanting medieval land which brings classic European folklore to life.<br \/>\n\u2022\u2060\u00a0 \u2060The trails around the Barwon River are a calm place to meander on foot and an easy (and relatively smooth) ride for kids on bikes. There\u2019s parkland, playgrounds, picnic areas and nature reserves for breaks and picnics.<br \/>\n\u2022\u2060\u00a0 \u2060Barrabool Maze Estate is a hedge maze set in the Barrabool hills. The whole family will have fun finding the way to the central lookout \u2013 the view is worth the effort. Afterwards, stroll through the sprawling and carefully tended gardens and enjoy a meal at the licensed restaurant.<br \/>\n\u2022\u2060\u00a0 \u2060Children and adults alike will enjoy a round of mini-golf at The Range @ Curlewis. Navigate water, rocks and tunnels as you try your luck on this two-tiered course \u2013 go for the glow-in-the-dark balls after sunset. They also have state-of-the-art X-Golf simulators, and you can find coffee\u00a0or all-day dining at Claribeaux restaurant on the grounds.<br \/>\n\u2022\u2060\u00a0 \u2060On rainy days, head to Bounce where you\u2019ll find around 50 interconnected trampolines with banked walls, dodgeball, a climbing wall, giant airbags and a ninja warrior course.<br \/>\n\u2022\u2060\u00a0 \u2060The Rock Adventure Centre is the go for indoor climbing with over 100 routes on 25 walls and a bouldering cave,\u00a0or blast through laser tag\u00a0and knockdown pins.<br \/>\n\u2022\u2060\u00a0 \u2060More mellow, the Museum of Play and Art is a widely acclaimed concept that allows young kids and their families to run riot, maybe painting an old car, immersing themselves in a digital art wall, or wandering through an interactive light tunnel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking for fun family activities to do this Easter? There&#8217;s plenty to see and do for little ones of all&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6672,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events-local-area"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/dev.build.optimodesign.com.au\/ashbury2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/dev.build.optimodesign.com.au\/ashbury2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/dev.build.optimodesign.com.au\/ashbury2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dev.build.optimodesign.com.au\/ashbury2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dev.build.optimodesign.com.au\/ashbury2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7261"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/dev.build.optimodesign.com.au\/ashbury2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7261\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7461,"href":"http:\/\/dev.build.optimodesign.com.au\/ashbury2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7261\/revisions\/7461"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dev.build.optimodesign.com.au\/ashbury2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/dev.build.optimodesign.com.au\/ashbury2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dev.build.optimodesign.com.au\/ashbury2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dev.build.optimodesign.com.au\/ashbury2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}