Toddler friendly holiday ideas please!

[Indadhanu]

GREAT topic, we're also looking at going on a toddler holiday in July/August.

We were going to do NZ but decided against it in winter, at least until she's older.

LOVE the 'staycation' idea. Theres heaps of things we want to do around Brisbane and the Gold Coast!

Might start an 'overseas holiday' thread, since I'm not sure what direction you want this thread to go in!

[alicia]

We went to Uluru, Kings Canyon, Alice Springs in the middle of last year (not camping, we stayed at the resort). It was a great holiday for DD, who was then 18 months old. It wasn't very crowded (we didn't go in school holidays) and DD could run along all the paths, do most of the walks with us and loved having picnics everywhere! I wasn't expecting to enjoy the holiday nearly as much as I did, but it was just so relaxing being outside all the time, in the quiet, where DD could run around and collect rocks to her hearts content. The red sand was also a major winner with a toddler

[shellbell3]

Ooh good thread, I'll be watching this.

But also love the staycation idea. I hate flying myself! And you actually get to explore the city you live in.

[Olive]

another thing we are going to do in the coming years is a Farm stay!!

[~breeze~]

another thing we are going to do in the coming years is a Farm stay!!

We did a farmstay for NYE 08/09. DD was 3.5yrs & DS was 4 months. DD loved it, got to feed the animals, collect eggs (then eat them!!) & milk the cows! It was a great family holiday

I took DD to the Gold Coast when she was 2yrs old, we did dreamworld & whitewater world & she loved it, there are heaps of rides for the littlies (wiggle world) & they love meeting characters from kids tv shows!!!! Just make sure you take a packed lunch as its very expensive to buy food there!!

[~me~]

Fiji have some great deals going at the moment. Resort style holiday and the Fijian's are wonderful with kids. Can even get a nanny at night so you can go out for dinner.
Alot of the deals include everything such as meals, drinks and so on.
Have a look at this site..holidayswithkids dot com dot au.

[Erin_25]

We are going on a holiday in April & just got a great deal from the deals they have at the end of Getaway. We are getting 5 nights at a family friendly holiday park on the Gold Coast...awesome.

We've been on a few holidays with DS & for me atm it's about getting away as we live remote & DS just having fun & passing the time without too many $$$$ as he's too young to remember most things & sometimes he acts up like when we went to the Adelaide Zoo. So I don't want to waste $$$ on something he may not be interested in yet.

I agree QLD has some great places & the Big 4 caravan parks are the best. With mini golf, huge playgrounds, kids club, bird feeding, & cafe's on site you can just spend a day there LOL! The beach is always a winner too, but will be too cold then.

We went to Lithgow in either June or July last year with DS just after he was 2. That was great, so many walking trails (didn't cost anything) & DS could just get out & have fun & then would sleep in the car & we took him to see Thomas (reason we went there). This was a great holiday, but next time I would stay somewhere other than Lithgow, some better towns close by with more to offer.