Boxing Day

Here’s Why You Need to be at Morphettville This Boxing Day

Boxing Day Family Fun at Morphettville Having fun on Boxing Day at Morphettville is something the whole family can bet on and this year is bigger than ever! After all the Christmas organisation and planning, Boxing Day is a day where you want to sit back and relax. Morphettville is taking on all the hard work and planning for you by entertaining the kids all day, while you enjoy some trackside fun too. There are so many free activities available for young and old that your kids wont know which way to turn. With multiple play areas and a myriad of food and beverage offerings, everyone will be happy! The kiddos will be star struck with a live stage performance from the Nickelodeon phenomenon, Paw Patrol! Join Ryder, Chase and Marshall as they dance, sing and bring their adventures to life. Iconic children’s entertainer, Peter Combe and his ‘Belly Flop in a Pizza Band’ will also dazzle the children with his hits ‘Mr Clicketty Cane’, ‘Spaghetti Bolognese’, ‘Juicy, Juicy Green Grass’ and ‘Newspaper Mama’. For the young fashionistas SAJC will also host a junior ‘Fashions on the Field’ competition, so be sure to get your children ‘race ready’. If that’s not already enough, did we also mention pony rides? Stable Stars will host a FREE kids club zone for children to enjoy. You will find pony rides with Archie and his friends, life-size games, dress ups, a colouring-in area, and a Stable Stars passport activity booklet with prizes to be won. Ohh and don’t think that the ‘big kids’ have been forgotten… A super screen showing live coverage of the Boxing Day Ashes Test match will be setup next to the home straight so you don’t miss any of the action. A number of delicious food trucks will also be on site to tantalise the tastebuds! This year SAJC are also introducing a family picnic package – featuring a reserved, shaded picnic space next to the track, bottle of wine, antipasto box and two fruit boxes for just $60! Don’t horse around on Boxing Day, put Morphettville in your calendar for a daytime event where the whole family can come together and enjoy themselves trackside! @morphettville_racecourse morphettville.com.au

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Prehistoric Creatures are Coming to the Adelaide Zoo this Boxing Day!

Step into a prehistoric world where gigantic insects and dinosaurs shared the earth. These school holidays the Adelaide Zoo has a special treat for lovers of all things creepy and crawly! Even the squeamish will be astonished and intrigued with these prehistoric insects! As if a trip to the zoo wasn’t already exciting enough, now you can be prepared to come face to face with spiders as long as horses, wasps the size of tigers and dinosaurs bigger than a building. Step into a prehistoric world and get up close to gigantic animatronic insects and dinosaurs displayed throughout the zoo. Follow in the footsteps of some of the world’s largest creatures and learn all about what life was like millions of years in the past. Ohh and don’t forget to say hello to Wang Wang and Funi on the way home! This enormous experience starts Boxing Day. Be there. Dates: 26 December 2018 – 28 January 2019 Adelaide Zoo

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