Families' Pick 2026: Melbourne
Families' Pick is Funtivities' own award. Our team picked these venues from the listings we've checked, grouped by type of activity. There's nothing to enter and the award can't be bought. How Families' Pick works.
Entertainment Venues
- The Curium Experience, Collingwood
- Adventure Rooms Melbourne (Bourke Street), Melbourne
- Earthrise One, Richmond
- Rush Escape Game - Escape Room Melbourne, South Yarra
- Adventure Rooms Melbourne (Little Collins St) - Escape Rooms, Melbourne
- Entermission Melbourne, Melbourne
- The Mystery Rooms - Melbourne, Fitzroy
- EscapeXperience, Oakleigh
- Cubetown Melbourne, Glen Waverley
- Rush Escape Game Hawthorn, Hawthorn
- Virtual Room Melbourne, West Melbourne
- Rush Escape Game - St Kilda, St Kilda
- OnSight Climbing, Glen Waverley
- Time Is Key Escape Rooms, Ringwood
- Flow Climbing, Cheltenham
- Kingpin Melbourne, Melbourne
- Escape House, Narre Warren
- Game On Entertainment Centre, Cranbourne West
- MiniTown Kids Party Play Cafe, Nunawading
- PowerPlay Moorabbin, Moorabbin
- BlocHaus Bouldering Port Melbourne, Port Melbourne
- Bayside Rock, Carrum Downs
- BattleKart Melbourne-West-Footscray, West Footscray
- Boulder Lab Ferntree Gully, Ferntree Gully
- AIM Archery Club, Cheltenham
Nature, Parks & Zoos
- The Funky Farm, Hastings
- PARTYHOUSE STUDIOS, Preston
- Reptile Encounters, Burwood
- Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne, South Yarra
- Royal Park Nature Play Playground, Parkville
- miniFuntopia Cranbourne, Cranbourne North
- Yarran Dheran Nature Reserve, Mitcham
- Edinburgh Gardens, Fitzroy North
- Booran Reserve, Glen Huntly
- Werribee Park, Werribee South
- Bicentennial Park Playground, Chelsea
- Hays Paddock, Kew East
- Community Playground (Albert Park), Albert Park
- Blackburn Lake Sanctuary Playspace, Blackburn
- Valley Reserve Play Space, Mount Waverley
- Healesville Sanctuary, Healesville
- Puffing Billy Railway, Belgrave
- Moonlit Sanctuary Wildlife Conservation Park, Pearcedale
- Jells Park, Wheelers Hill
- Ballarat Wildlife Park, Ballarat East
- Enchanted Adventure, Arthurs Seat
- Brimbank Park (Parks Victoria), Keilor East
- Ballam Park, Frankston
- Tim Neville Arboretum, Ferntree Gully
- Warrandyte State Park, Warrandyte
Sport & Fitness
- Chris McClatchie Golf Academy, Yarraville
- Terry Pilkadaris Golf, Keysborough
- Paddles Swim School, Altona Meadows
- Go Ride A Wave - Torquay, Torquay
- Melbourne Jiu-Jitsu Academy, Prahran
- Kite Republic, St Kilda
- Go Ride A Wave - Anglesea, Anglesea
- Pulse Gymnastics, Epping
- Le Mans Entertainment, Dandenong South
- Melbourne Golf Coaching, Heatherton
- The Royal Melbourne Golf Club, Black Rock
- Pitch & Putt Waverley, Mulgrave
- Box Hill South Skate Park, Box Hill South
- Waverley Gymnastics Centre (Oakleigh Campus), Oakleigh
- Starfish Swim School, Bentleigh
- BOUNCE Inc Glen Iris, Glen Iris
- Melbourne Cable Park, Bangholme
- Burden Park, Springvale South
- The Big Goose Adventure Farm & Wildlife Park, Moorooduc
- Bellarine Adventure Golf, Wallington
- Maroondah Golf Park, Chirnside Park
- What The Putt, Brunswick
- Southern Golf Club, Keysborough
- Chelsea Skatepark, Chelsea
- Paul Sadler Swimland Rowville, Rowville
Museums & Attractions
- State Library Victoria, Melbourne
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
- ACMI, Melbourne
- ArtVo, Docklands
- Australian Sports Museum and MCG Tours, East Melbourne
- Children's Gallery (Melbourne Museum), Carlton
- Boyd Community Hub, Southbank
- Melbourne Museum, Carlton
- Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton
- MoPA Thomastown (Museum of Play and Art), Thomastown
Programs & Groups
- Kids in Motion, Port Melbourne
- Fizz Kidz, Essendon
- TwistED Science Moorabbin, Moorabbin
- iceHQ, Reservoir
- Activate by Hardrock, Heatherton
Pending Review
Arts & Creative
- Tiny Cupboard Creatives, Bentleigh East
- Diana Ceramic Brunswick, Brunswick
- ArtPlay, Melbourne
Nature & Outdoors
- 1000 Steps Kokoda Track Memorial Walk, Upper Ferntree Gully
- Ricketts Point Marine Sanctuary, Beaumaris
Early Years (0–5)
- Shawn's Swim School, Hoppers Crossing
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