Family Fun Day (past event)

Look out for Big Ted and the wildly popular Monash Teddy Bear Hospital which will be on site to help check-up and treat our local Monash teddy bears.  The family-favourite will be admitting Monash teddies for assessment within its radiology (X-ray) and surgery service. Stations are set up as real life hospital or GP scenarios providing kids the opportunity to have a positive and educational experience

Get the kids involved in a fun and engaging workshop with Waverley Woodworkers and local business CreativeSparx who will host a windchime making experience.

If you dare, get up close and personal with some fascinating animals with the Wildlife Wranglers and experience a try-before-you-register with our local sporting clubs, including Aurora Calisthenics College, Fordham Dance School, Fioretto Fencing Club, Waverley Softball Association and Waverley Baseball Club. 

To align with Children's Week there will also be an interactive Chalk Art Workshop and chalk artist located on the basketball court near the playground thanks to the support of our Children’s Services team.

Step right up and experience the thrill of rides including, the Chairoplane and inflatable slide, giant games such as mini golf and Jenga. 

This year we will also have a giant LED screen showing a series of ABC Kids short movies based on the books by beloved kids’ author Julia Donaldson. Enjoy the much-loved characters from the The Gruffalo, Room on the Broom, Stick Man and more! 

Screen schedule:

• Tiddler - 10:15am
• The Gruffalo - 10:45am
• Room on the Broom -11:15am
• Stick Man - 11:45am
• Zog -12:15pm
• The Snail and the Whale - 12:45 pm
• The Smeds and The Smoos -1:15pm
• Tabby McTat - 1:45pm
• Zog and the Flying Doctors - 2:15pm. 

Our Community Stage will be back with a very special line up of fabulous performances from a range of community groups, local schools and performance groups including Salesian College Senior Rock Band, Aurora Calisthenics, The Spring Arts Multicultural Seniors Orchestra, First Step Dance Arts Centre, Bellydancing Spectacular, a welcome from the Mayor of Monash, Voice Code Studios, Magic Shown and Fordham Dance School.

We will also have several roving performers to enjoy including set times for our stilt walkers, bubble show and interactive workshop and our roving circus performer. We will keep you updated on program times for our performers.

Stage timeline:

• Spring Arts Multicultural Seniors Orchestra - 10:10am
• Kids Zumba/Fitness -10:30am
• Games show – 10:50am
• Magic show – 11:05
• First Step Dance Arts Centre – 11:40am
• Belly dancing -12pm
• Voice Code Studios – 12:20pm
• Games Show – 12:50
• Wurundjeri Man Daniel Ross (Welcome to Country) - 1pm
• Mayor Cr Paul Klisaris – 1:05pm
• Salesian College Senior Rock Band -1:15pm
• Aurora Calisthenics College- 1:55pm
• Fordham Dance – 2:20pm
• Games Show – 2:40pm

Don’t forget to satisfy your taste buds with an array of delicious food options from Ashwood-Mt Waverley Lions Club community BBQ, MDA Twisted Potatoes, Peppe’s Food Truck, Viet Fusion, Eastern Devils FC Breaky BBQ and Natural fruit sorbet, Bean Brewed and Pocket Café for all your coffee needs, along with Sundaez and Chill who will be serving delicious ice cream and more!

Green My Plate is a sustainable service aimed at eliminating single-use food packaging from events. They supply cups, plates and bowls to food vendors and then wash and recirculate.

The closed loop system is of benefit to events as single-use plates and bowls are removed from the site leaving a cleaner footprint and less waste to clean, as well as diverting waste from landfill.

We have a host of community and Council stalls available on the day with the opportunity to talk to some of our local emergency service heroes.  

Check out Council’s stalls with arts, craft and activities from our Community Strengthening, Youth Services, Monash Public Library Service, MAPh, Active Monash, Community Laws and Sustainable Monash teams! Don’t forget to talk to our teams about the wonderful initiatives happening right across the city. 

We will also host a range of community organisation stalls including Paisley Park Early Learning Centres, Bunnings Chadstone and Suburban Rail Loop.  

• This is a family-friendly event and is alcohol, drug and is smoke/vape free.  

• Parking in the area will be busy on the day so you may need to park a street away and walk up (please be mindful of residents and park properly adhering to all street signs)

• Accessible parking is available via the restricted car park off Power Avenue, and an accessible toilet will be available at the festival.  

• A hydration station is on site (encourage people to refill bottles)