These school holidays why not see “what’s in your own backyard’ or sign up for a school holiday activity within the Hindmarsh or West Wimmera region.
Hindmarsh Shire Council has a number of great inside activities for young and old, including Yoga with Sukha Pilates & Fitness at the Nhill Memorial Community Centre between 10am – 11am this Thursday the 29th June. On Tuesday the 4th July there is cooking with Sharon at Nhill Library 2pm-3pm; Crafty Art with Danielle on Thursday the 6th July and on the 7th July there is Science with Jo at Nhill Library 2pm-3pm.
Kaniva Link is offering several craft activities these holidays in preparation for the Kaniva Show entries this year. Kaniva Link is also offering a watercolour workshop at LINK, where you can create your own watercolour piece of A3 artwork, on Sunday July 16th 10:00 – 12:30 for ages 8-13 and from 1:30pm – 4pm for adults. Contact Kaniva Link; (03) 5392 2865.
If you haven’t already, perhaps check out Kaniva’s Puppet Shop, which is currently displaying the world’s largest jigsaw puzzle – 40,000 pieces! The giant Mickey puzzle is confirmed by Guinness World Records as the largest commercially made puzzle in the world, both in number of pieces and overall size. The Kaniva Puppet shop is open 6 days a week. Why not download the Actionbound games and play the local Kaniva wetlands or sheep art games https://en.actionbound.com/ bounds/user/Kaniva.
In Nhill why not head to the Australian Pinball Museum, and have a game or two, the Museum has the largest selection of pinballs in the country and is open every day of the week.
If you want to get out and about why not pack the rain jackets and pop the boots on and head to see some of West Wimmera and Hindmarsh regions’ lakes and water flow from Pink Lake to the Wimmera River. Lake Hindmarsh, Lake Charlegrark or silo art or head to Mount Arapiles for a climb, or a bit of a bushwalk in the Little Desert National Park or check out how nicely the Nhill Lake is filling, perhaps conduct your own Scavenger hunt.
Explore your own backyard these school holidays.
This article appeared in the Nhill Free Press & Kaniva Times, 28 June 2023.
