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🎃 COAST KIDS ASKS: LOW-COST HALLOWEEN IDEAS We’ve been saving empty milk bottles, and the kids turned them into a little ghost family 👻 All it took was a black permanent marker and a battery-powered tealight inside each bottle. Easy enough
🚂 PLAYGROUND SPOTLIGHT: ERNIE ORGAN PARK | TORQUAY One thing we love about Ernie Organ Park is how easily a quick playground stop turns into a whole morning or afternoon. The kids love the giant running wheel, train, pirate boat and whale rocker.
🏀 ONE TO BOOKMARK FOR NEXT SUNDAY Mr 5, Miss 8 and Mr 10 tried Lil Legends basketball yesterday. What I liked most was the flexibility. You can book a casual session for $25 without committing to a full term. If the kids want to keep going, $200 b
☀️ Fraser Coast school holiday calendar is here! We’ve been hunting down things to do with the kids these September school holidays and pulled them all together in one handy calendar 💛 There are workshops, sport, shows, camps, markets, movie
Coast Kids hit the big city 🤘 One of the best things about living on the Fraser Coast is enjoying the quiet coastal life, while still being close enough to Brisbane for the occasional big adventure. Dad took our two oldest to see Electric Callboy,
☕🛝 One of the Fraser Coast’s most convenient playgrounds! If you’re grabbing a coffee, doing the groceries or escaping the heat, Pialba Place has a shaded playground the kids will love. ✔️ Fully shaded ✔️ Climbing wall ✔️ Pirate ship ✔

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