Darwin June July School holidays 2025

Are you ready for our Dry Season – Darwin June July School holidays 2025? We have three weeks in total! (for Darwin public schools, private and independent school holidays may be slightly different – please check with your school). Holidays start Saturday 21st June and students will return to school for Term 3 2025 on Tuesday 15th July (public schools).

Darwin Family Life has rounded up some of the fantastic options that are free (or affordable) activities to do with your kids these June July School holidays.

Top End Multi Sports – School holidays program

TEMS have their popular sports holiday program back for the June July holidays break. For the best holiday fun, book your kids into their holiday program where they have a variety of sports and activities to keep your kids entertained! Whether your kid is a beginner or expert player, their school holiday program provides for all levels of ability. They can expect lots of fun, learn a skill and much more.

Program consists of: Soccer, tennis, volleyball, swimming, dodgeball, movie time and more. Daily activities have flexibility to suit children. For ages 5+ 8am to 4pm (half days and earlier starts available on request)

Monday 23rd June to Thursday 26th June (week 1)

Monday 30th June to Thursday 3rd July (week 2)

Monday 7th July to Thursday 10th July (week 3)

Cost is $300 for one week/week or $75 per day

Enrolments are now open and filling up fast! For more information and to enrol click here.

Click here for Stagesong website and more info for bookings.

Surf and Sail – 23rd June

Come try out sailing and go for a paddle on the nippers board in their FREE school holiday fun session! FREE SURF & SAIL held at Lake Alexander from 1:00pm to 3:00pm on Monday 23rd June 2025! For ages 6 & up! No Booking required – just wear bathers/clothes that can get wet. *Parent/Guardian required to sign waiver on arrival and supervise*

Diva Fiva Pool Party – 26th June

Join Fairy Jill for the hottest hits disco at the Wave Lagoon! Dance to your fav divas, catch a wave, get glitter face paint and more! On Thursday 26th June from 10am to 12pm at the Darwin Waterfront Wave Lagoon. Standard Wave Lagoon fees apply. Free for Darwin Waterfront Members. For membership info and discounts click here

Sushi Hub – Sushi Making workshops – 27th June

Bring your little ones along these School Holidays for Sushi Hub Coolalinga’s Sushi making workshops! Kids will create their own sushi rolls with help from the chefs! They’ll use all the tools and fresh ingredients like seaweed, rice, cucumber, chicken and more. Various workshop times. Bookings are essential! Tickets are $5.50 per booking. For children 4-12. Book here *T&C’s apply. See booking link for full Terms and Conditions

Kindness Festival – 28th June

With the theme of “Where kindness bridges cultures”, this year’s festival is full of activities & showcases, cultural performances, family-friendly activities, international food stalls and a few more surprises. FREE community event for all ages and all families welcome. The kindness festival will be held at the Darwin Waterfront – Peninsula Lawns from 4pm to 9pm on Saturday 28th June.

GEEK UP – 29th June (last Sunday of every month)

Geek Up is a FREE event for young people held on the last Sunday of the month at Casuarina Library. There are three activities on offer: Board Games with The GG Social Club, Dungeons & Dragons with Grimm and Art workshops with a different guest artist each month. PLUS a DIY toastie station! Last Sunday of each month* 1pm – 4pm at Casuarina Library *Geek Up runs March to November

City of Palmerston Library

Head into the Palmerston library for some School holiday fun. All sessions are free and suitable for ages 5-12 years. Holiday program will be running from 23rd June – 11th July, daily sessions held at 10:00am – 12:00pm at City of Palmerston Library. There is a variety of activities daily from movies, shadow puppets, amazing drumming monkeys, craft, various workshops. Check out all the details on their fb page events here

City of Darwin Libraries and Fun in the Parks

The City of Darwin Libraries have a many regular programs running like family story time, rhyme time, lego club and STEAM zone happening. Plus many extra activities like badminton, loom bands, make your own dreamcatcher, build and create with lego and much more! The fun in the parks program also is aimed at children aged 5 to 12 years. Check out all the program details here

Taminmin Community Library

Taminmin Community Library are hosting various workshops these holidays. Due to the library relocation, all sessions will be held at various reserves across the Litchfield municipality—a great opportunity to enjoy the outdoors while learning and having fun! located on Challoner Circuit in Humpty Doo have a variety of activities for the kids to keep busy these school holidays. From young engineers, young territory author sessions, imagination station and more. Some booking required. Check out their Facebook page here for all the details.

Kids cooking classes – various dates June and July

Darwin Adult short courses are hosting a variety of kids cooking classes these upcoming school hoildays. From Bread, donuts, pizza to sushi and cake and biscuit decorating. You can even enter your creations in the Darwin Show! Bookings essential and places limited. Book here

Experience the Territory – 1st of July

This Territory Day, Darwin Waterfront is excited to host an afternoon of saddling, riding, country music and fireworks! What’s more Top End than a mix of tropical and outback living?

From 6pm, join @tomcurtainofficial and @katherineoutbackexperience as they celebrate the Northern Territory’s unique farming history and culture through real horse-starting and working dog demonstrations, live music and storytelling. For a relaxed family night, celebrate Territory Day at the Darwin Waterfront. Bring a picnic mat to get close to the action or book a table at your favourite Waterfront venue! This is an alcohol-free event. Personal fireworks are NOT permitted at the Darwin Waterfront. FREE community event. Happening on Tuesday 1 July – 6pm to 8pm at the Darwin Waterfront Peninsula Lawns.

Feel good factory – FREE Hip Hop & Breakdance Workshops – 1st July & 2nd July

Ever wanted to learn hip-hop dance? Kick off the June & July school holidays with a high-energy street dance workshop led by B-Girl Nat and B-Boy Ricky! Learn to groove, pop, lock and break it down. All skill levels welcome. Snacks are provided! Suitable for ages 7 – 11 years and 12-17 years. Held on various dates and times at Palmerston Recreation Centre, Community Room 2. More details here

ET at Deckchair Cinema – 2nd July

LAUNCH Darwin have teamed up with the crew at the stunning Deckchair Cinema for another epic school holiday dry season evening, this time for a nostalgic journey to the 80s! FREE for ages 12-25 (ID required) To book your free ticket here **Those outside the 12-25 age bracket are welcome to attend, however will need to purchase a ticket. Be one of the first 100 to say hi to the LAUNCH team at the cinema to get your free bag of Katja’s Delicious Popcorn! Deckchair Cinema gates open 5.45pm for a 7pm film.

Kids Choice Pool Party – 3rd July

Bring down your favourite inflatables and request your favourite song at the DJ booth at this request-a-thon! Dance to party tunes chosen by you, catch a wave, get glitter face paint and more! Kids choice pool party will be happening at Darwin Waterfront at the Wave lagoon on Tuesday 3rd July, 10am to 12pm. Standard Wave Lagoon fees apply. Free for Darwin Waterfront Members. For membership info and discounts click here

CLUB CORRO-AOKE – 3rd and 4th July

Ever wanted to tap into your inner rock star or try karaoke in the most inclusive club in Darwin? Then this FREE workshop is for you! Join in at Club Corro-aoke where you will learn how to sing with confidence to your favourite karaoke tunes with Benhur Helwend and Natalie Leysley. You will: Have fun with friends, Learn vocal mic techniques, Create simple choreography, Play with fashion and costuming. Snacks provided. Suitable for ages 10-17yrs – times and venue details here

Palmerston Youth Festival – 5th to 11th July

Palmerston Youth Festival returns for its sixth year, bringing seven days of free activities and events to Palmerston from 5-11 July 2025. From Cosplay, silent discos, board games, crafts, martial arts, FREE movies at Event cinemas in Palmerston, Karoke, chill out lounge and sooo much more. Checkout the full program here

Palmerston Youth Festival – Paint Workshop – 10th July

Join in at the Palmerston Recreation Centre for a fun and interactive paint workshop as part of the Palmerston Youth Festival’s Creative Collective. Unleash your imagination in guided painting sessions with Paint and Create Darwin featuring our iconic mascot Tentacle Mike! From 12:30pm on Thursday 10th July. Free event but bookings essential here

Palmerston Youth Festival – Game Development Workshop – 10th July

Join Dylan Bennett; game designer, studio lead at Larrikin Interactive and CEO of The Array for a practical introduction to the world of game development. This beginner-friendly session will unpack the fundamentals of game design in a clear and engaging way. Whether you’re interested in storytelling, prototyping, character creation or simply curious about how games are made; this workshop is for you. If there’s a particular topic you’d like covered, such as game engines, narrative design or building your first prototype; let us know and we’ll try to tailor the session to your interests. Free event at Palmerston Rec Centre from 1:30pm. Bookings essential here

Level Up – Café Skills – 7th July

Interested in getting a job but don’t know where to start? Join the Institute of Skills and Training Australia for a fun interactive workshop covering the basics of café work and customer service.This FREE workshop is being held at a proper city café! We’ll have it to ourselves though so no customers getting in the way of you whipping up delicious toasties, smoothies and milkshakes. Level Up Cafe skills will be held on Monday 7th July from 3-6pm at the Meeting Place – 38 Cavenagh Street Darwin City. Suitable for Ages 15-25. BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL, places are limited! Book here *snacks provided

FREEZE Skate – 9th July

This FREE skating session is exclusively for teenagers. Bring your friends! Bookings essential as places are limited. Ages 12-20 only from 5:30-7pm at Darwin Ice Skating Centre. Snack will be provided. Don’t forget your socks!! Registrations will open 9am 4th July – no advanced registrations available. More info here

Musuem and Art Gallery NT activities

Children’s Program | MAGNT After Dark – Megafauna of Australia – 24th June

Join the MAGNT Education team for an excursion in the museum after dark. Search the Natural Science gallery for Megafauna fossils and bones in the Transformations exhibition, then unearth new skills as you undertake activities in the Discovery Centre. Discuss future digs with fellow palaeontologists over dinner then watch a documentary in the Theatrette.

Tuesday 24th June – 4:45pm to 9pm. Suitable for ages 7 to 12 years | Free | Bookings essential | This is a dedicated children’s program | Accompanying adults are not required. More info and book here

Children’s Field Trip | Bird Watching at Holmes Jungle Nature Park – 1st July

Celebrate Territory Day with the MAGNT Education team and explore the different habitats at Holmes Jungle Nature Park. Search for Spangled Drongos, Rainbow Pittas and tiny Red-backed Fairy-wrens as we explore the Jungle and Woodland walks. Bring your binoculars or borrow a pair from MAGNT.

Tuesday 1 July 8am – 12pm. Suitable for ages 7 – 14 | Free | Bookings essential |

Accompanying adult required for children under 12. Book here

Youth Workshop | Art Meets Science – Experimenting with Natural Paints and Dyes – 2nd July
Experiment with making dyes and paints from nature and explore the intersection where art meets science. Compare colours made from spices with colours made from leaves and petals, then create an artwork inspired by the Dry Season of the Northern Territory.
Wednesday 2 July 10.30am – 2.30pm. Suitable for ages 11-15 | Free | Bookings essential | Accompanying adult not required. Book here

Low Sensory Sessions – 4th July

On the first Friday of every month, the doors of MAGNT open early to offer a dedicated low sensory session. Visitors will have the opportunity to experience all the exhibitions at their own pace and with reduced sensory stimuli, such as sound and lighting. The newly refurbished Cyclone Tracy exhibit, including the sound booth, will have all sound turned off. Friday 4th of July – 9am to 10am.

Suitable for all ages | Free entry | Self-paced and self-guided experience | Bookings not required

Children’s Tour | Live Life on the Wild Side – various dates
Explore the wonders of MAGNT’s Natural History and living worlds, silent disco style! Put on a headset filled with funky tunes and sashay your way through the museum’s collection of bugs, birds and beasts. This interactive tour will see you boogie your way through the NT’s landscapes and learn how important our beautiful and diverse flora and fauna are along the way.

Thursday 3 July 10.30am – 11.15am and 12pm – 12.45pm
Friday 4 July 10.30am – 11.15am and 12pm – 12.45pm
Saturday 5 July 10.30am – 11.15am and 12pm – 12.45pm
Suitable for ages 6 – 12 | $12.50 per person | Bookings essential | Accompanying adult required for children under 8. Click here to book

Children’s Workshop | Exploring Biodiversity – 4th July
Explore the fauna and flora of the George Brown Botanical Gardens with the MAGNT Education Team. Conduct biodiversity surveys in different parts of the garden, look for Rufous Owls and other birds in the rainforests and search for reptiles and mammals in the undergrowth.
Friday 4 July 10.30am – 12.30pm. Suitable for ages 5-12 | Free | Bookings essential | Accompanying adult required

Children’s Workshop | Looking at Local Flora – 7th July
Meander through the grounds of MAGNT with other budding botanists and explore the flora encountered along the way. Collect samples of different leaves then experiment with leaf
pressing and printing to document your finds.
Monday 7 July 10.30am – 2.30pm. Suitable for ages 7 – 14 | Free | Bookings essential | Accompanying adult not required

Discovery Centre Drop-in | Getting Radicle at MAGNT – 8th July
Step inside the Discovery Centre and explore the science of keeping cool with the CDU Radicle Centre and MAGNT Education teams. Work alongside other young minds that are curious about
science and technology.
Tuesday 8 July 10.30am – 12.30pm. Suitable for ages 5 – 12 | Free | Bookings not required | Accompanying adult required

Children’s Field Trip | Marvellous Mangroves – 9th July
Join the MAGNT Education team to explore the mangrove forest boardwalk at East Point. Learn about the special adaptations mangroves have for living between the tides. Meet the amazing
molluscs that are spending the whole Dry season perched high above the water. See Mudskippers, Fiddler Crabs and Longbums, and be on the lookout for stingrays and snakes.
Wednesday 9 July 8am – 12pm. Suitable for ages 7 – 14 | Free | Bookings essential |

Accompanying adult required for children under 12. Book here

Overnight Odyssey | The Inaugural Children’s Sleepover at MAGNT! – 11th July

Join the MAGNT Education team for a sleepover at MAGNT and make discoveries in the dark. Traipse through Transformations by torchlight in search of reptiles, undertake a design challenge and watch a movie before lounging like a lizard and heading to bed in the Discovery Centre. Goodnight Sweetheart! Overnight stay 5pm Friday 11 July to 9am Saturday 12 July
Suitable for ages 6 – 14 | Free | Bookings essential | Children must be accompanied by an adult
All your questions answered when you book via the MAGNT website here

Sunday Funday | STEAM Building Skills – Cardboard Construction – 13th July

Step inside the Discovery Centre and develop new skills through a series of fun activities that give children a chance to explore science, technology, engineering, art and maths at MAGNT. Run by STEAM Lead Educator, Caitlin Conway, this drop-in session is perfect for children with curious and creative minds who want to build a bird, a hat, a costume, a car…. anything out of cardboard! Session One | 10.30am – 12pm. Session Two | 1pm – 2.30pm

Suitable for families with children aged 4 to 12 | Free | Limited Spaces | Drop in activity | Bookings not required. Remember to cancel your booking if you are no longer able to make it to free up tickets for others. Click here to book

Leanyer Recreation Park

Another great option to keep the kids busy and cool these Darwin December and January School holidays is to visit Leanyer Recreation park. It is a FREE water recreation park located at 215 Vanderlin Drive Leanyer. The Park consists of dry and wet recreational areas. The wet area includes a swimming lagoon (shallow in many areas – great for toddlers and young children), three massive water slides for the older kids. There are large, grassed areas for play, BBQ’s, a dry playground, skate park and basketball courts. The Park has lots of shaded areas including over the pool, the wet play area, the skate park and the grassed areas. There are toilets and change room facilities.

Opening hours during the school holidays are:

Park from 9am

Wet Play & Lagoon from 10am

Slides from 11am

Park closes at 6pm

Office of Youth Affairs

The Office of Youth affairs compile calendars including programs and activities during school holidays for young people (most aged 12-25yrs). Check out their calendars here

Playshack Palmerston

Why not head into the Playshack located in the Hub complex Palmerston (Shop 7, 3 Maluka Drive). Let the kids run and burn their energy on the massive indoor playground and you can enjoy a coffee or drink and a snacks available for purchase. Their hours during school holidays will be 8.30 am till 4 pm Monday – Friday, plus the usual weekend times of Saturday 9 am till 2pm and Sunday 10 am till 3 pm. Weekday entry is only $11.90 per child (5-12), toddlers are $9.90 and bubs under 1 are free with an older sibling (or $3). Weekend entry is $11.90 (ages 1-12). Please remember your socks!

Palmerston Water Park

Palmerston Water Park is the second water park in Darwin. It also FREE and open seven days a week. Located at Cnr University Ave and Roystonea Ave (access via Roystonea Ave). The water park includes a 14 metre high – 100 metre long – six-line racer water slide, a wet play area for families and toddlers featuring sprays, water curtains and a shallow wading pool. Another wet play area for teenagers featuring more active water cannons, buckets and high intensity interactive play, a café, toilets and change room facilities, open grassed play area with BBQs, shaded areas and a skate park.

Opening hours during the school holidays are:

Park from 9am

Wet Play from 10am

Slides from 11am

Park closes at 6pm

Raceway Wonders

Happening at Oasis Shopping Centre in Palmerston. Gear up for thrilling competitions, time trials, and exciting mini tournaments designed to test your racing prowess. Feel the rush as you speed around the tracks, striving for the fastest lap times.

Take part in friendly head-to-head races and compete for awesome prizes, glory, and the title of Raceway Wonders Champion! PLUS! Join in the fun with our weekly ‘Trackside Colouring In Comp’. Take a break from the races and let your creativity run wild with car-themed colouring sheets—weekly prizes awarded for the standout designs! On each Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of the 3 week holidays – from 10am to 12pm.

The SHAK Youth Hub – at Sanderson Middle School

A drop in youth space for all young people with no registration required, a variety of activities, food and transportation home provided. Food and transport home provided. From 12pm most days of the school holidays till late. For 10-17yr olds. Sanderson Middle School is located at 60 Matthews Road Malak. View more details here

We hope you enjoyed reading this blog and have fun June July School holidays 2025.

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