Rockhampton Art Gallery River City Kids Built from the latest exhibition, Rockhampton: The forgotten port city, Rockhampton Art Gallery presents a week of art-making and activities at Stockland (opposite Cotton On).

Explore our river through old maps and photographs, build your own little boat and make lots of other cool things too!

Responsible supervision required.

21 - 25 September 10am - 2pm | FREE

Photo Wander: Documentary Photography for kidsBring your camera or smartphone and explore our big river city. Group meets at Walter Reid Cultural Centre and slowly wanders along the paths to Rockhampton Art Gallery learning documentary photography basics along the way. The children will be accompanied by experienced Gallery staff at all times but must bring their own hat and drinking water.

Thursday 1 October | 10am – 12pm Suitable for ages 10 and up (Max 10 participants)Drop off: Ground floor, Walter Reid Cultural Centre Pick up: Rockhampton Art Gallery

Wooden Boat BuildingLook at the amazing ships and boats in the latest exhibition at Rockhampton Art Gallery and make your own wooden boat to float in the bath, creek, ocean or pool.

Friday 2 October | 10am – 11am | 1pm -2pm Suitable for ages 5 – 12(Supervision required for children under 8)Bookings essential - please contact the Art Gallery on (07) 49368248 | gallery@rrc.qld.gov.au

Regional LibrariesROBOTS Rule @ the Library!

Robots, bots and everything in between will be invading the libraries over the school holidays. Construct a Lego Mindstorm Robot, make a Recycled Robot, a 3D Paper Engineered Robot, Robot Jigsaw, or create a Robot story or acrostic poem in our Robot Makerspaces.

Lego Mindstorm Robotics WorkshopsCreate and program your very own Lego robot!

Tuesday 22 SeptemberRockhampton Regional Library 10am – 12noon3pm – 5pm

Wednesday 23 SeptemberNorth Rockhampton Library10am – 12noon3pm – 5pm

Thursday 24 September Mount Morgan Library 10am – 12noon

Suitable for High School students.

Places are limited and bookings are essential on 4936 8043.

Check out the Robot Makerspaces at the libraries – activities will change daily.

Maze Runner: The Scorch TrailsDesign a book cover or movie poster and win a prize pack or movie pass to see ‘Maze Runner’. Entry forms available at all libraries.

Entries close 25 September.

School Holiday Activities| Sept/Oct 2015

Skate Parks South Rockhampton Alf Kele Park, Huish DriveNorth Rockhampton PCYC, Lakes Creek Road Mount Morgan Boyd Park, Thompson Avenue

Heritage Village Tuesday 22 | Wednesday 23 | Thursday 24 Tuesday 29 | Wednesday 30 September and Thursday 1 October from 9am - 12 midday

Children $9.50 plus one adult per family free Extra adults $9.50 Ph | 4936 8688 Like us on Facebook

Give your children a taste of life in the days gone by! Activities include - milking the cow, feeding animals, stage coach, fire engine, vintage car and pony rides.

Rockhampton Zoo

Zoo Open Daily | 8am - 4.30pm | FREEFeeding and show t imes

Otters 2.30pmRainforest Aviary 2.45pm

Chimpanzee 3pm Lorikeet Feeding 3.15pm

Koala Talk 3.20pm

For further information Phone 1300 22 55 77 or 4932 9000 | www.rrc.qld.gov.au t f

Botanic GardensExplore the gardens, check our

Murray Lagoon or the Cactus Garden, or have some lunch at

the Garden’s Tea house.

Check out the fun play equipment at Cedric Archer Park and take a journey with Hans Christian Anderson’s famous story books on the new smart fort!Fisher Street, Gracemere

Cedric Archer Park

Check out who’s new at the Rockhampton Zoo and catch up with

your favourite animals.

Jump into your local POOL Mount Morgan

Gracemere 42nd Battalion Memorial2nd World War Memorial

ContaCt 4932 9000 for opening hours