8 Fun Summer Activities for Kids in Perth

There are a range of summer activities available in Perth to keep the kids entertained during the hot summer months.

Underwater tunnels, high ropes courses, mini golf, fruit picking, seeing a drive in movie and picnics are just the start of the list of fun ideas when it comes to keeping children busy and entertained in and around Perth during the summer break.

No matter what time of year it is, there are countless activities and fun things you can consider to keep your kids of all ages happy. Whether it’s adventurous or tame, free or budget-friendly, indoors or outdoors, there’s an activity for everyone to try.

Need inspiration for some summer fun? Below we share our “summer bucket list”, with our top 8 fun summer activities for kids this summer break that are just the thing to keep young family members entertained this summer.

1. Tree Tops Adventure High Ropes Course

If you have thrill-seekers for kids who love outdoor play, considering an outing to a high ropes course is a great idea. The instructors of these courses put safety above everything else, so your kids will get a very detailed safety briefing and they’ll be attached and secured when they get up on the course.

Tree Tops Adventure, located in the Yanchep National Park, is a great place to start for some safe summer fun. This course effortlessly moves through the park’s trees, with seven difficulty levels to challenge your kids. These great summer activities include tight ropes, wooden bridges, ziplines and cargo nets. Each session, including the safety briefing and training, is 2.5 hours long. Booking starts at $30 for kids 3 to 7. There are Kidzip sessions on school holidays for 8- to 12-year-olds.

2. Go Fruit Picking

This classic summer activity is fun for kids of all ages. There are many orchards scattered throughout Perth’s northern suburbs or in the Perth Hills that open the doors to visitors to pick fresh strawberries, apples, cherries, mangoes, pomegranates, pears and more.

In Walliston, people flock to the S&R Orchard as they host an annual Pick Your Own summer Fruit Festival that runs from December to March. You can also visit the Blueberry Farm in Piesse Brook, Raeburn Orchards or the Caramel Cherry Farm. Ti Farm in Bullsbrook is a great choice if your kids want to go strawberry picking during the summer. All you have to do is pay $10 a tray when you arrive and fill it up. You will need sunscreen and a hat as it is outside.

3. Take on an Escape Room

There are several escape rooms in and around Western Australia that vary in themes and difficulty, and they’re great family-friendly activity at any point during the year, especially summer.

A few of the better escape rooms in Perth include Time’s Up in Wanneroo with outdoor and indoor options, Escape Hunt in Fremantle with Disney-themed rooms perfect for the younger crowd or Escape This in Northbridge with wizard and pirate-themed rooms. Some of the escape rooms do require adult supervision and have age restrictions, so make sure you double-check before you book.

This is also a perfect and fun summer activity for a hot summer day, as Escape rooms are air conditioned and indoors, allowing you to keep younger kids out of the hot Perth sun.

4. Visit the Penguins

If you want to spend the day paying some of the cutest residents in Perth a visit, take a 10-minute cruise from Rockingham to get to Penguin Island.

You can visit the Discovery Centre and watch one of the three feeding sessions a day with rehabilitated and rescued penguins. This is a fun way for children to interact and learn about the Penguins on Penguin island.

The island isn’t open from June to September, but when it is open, you can buy a day pass. This day pass will include the ferry ride and entry into the Discovery Centre, for $25 per adult and $20 per child aged 3 to 12. You can purchase a family pass for two adults and two children for $100 too, making this fun summer activity perfect for the entire family.

5. Visit Perth’s Best Local Park: King’s Park and Explore Naturescape

Ideal for summer fun, King’s Park features the Rio Tinto Naturescape, and this is a fun space that gives kids who grew up in the city the chance to take part in a ‘natural world bush experience’ right in the heart of Perth.

There is a waterhole and creek for paddling, fun aerial walkways and a large web of climbing ropes named The Tangle. If you visit this local park during wildflower season, you can even go on a short hike and take the whole family wildflower spotting along the trails.

King’s Park is also perfect for hosting a summer birthday party, with wide open spaces ideal for summer games and fun summer activities such as a nature scavenger hunt, hire a bubble machine to blow bubbles, play tag, a water balloon fight and other fun activities your kids love.

6. Visit Scitech and Get Experimental

No matter when you show up, Scitech has no shortage of summer activities going on to keep your kids occupied during summer.

This centre features puppet shows, exhibitions, stargazing in the Planetarium and science experiments. Make sure you visit the Science Centre and detour to the Rio Tinto Innovation Central Gallery to play with the toys. The Scitech Lab allows your kids to learn about robotics, forensics and animation, and the Kaartadjin Koorliny Gallery features musical lighting with a perception tunnel.

However, the Planetarium is the biggest attraction here, with a rotating event schedule. It’s open each day at 9:30 a.m. and goes until 4 p.m., and tickets start at $12.

7. Take a Night Sky Tour at the Perth Observatory

Each month, you can take stunning night sky tours at the Perth Observatory.

You can look through the wide array of telescopes to see nebulas, dying stars, planets, the moon and giant star clusters. Meteors and satellites can flash through once in a while too. Kids 8 and up are recommended for these tours and they require adult supervision. This is also an outdoor activity, so you’ll want to dress appropriately. There are guided day tours on Sunday too, and it’s $5 for kids.

8. Cool Off On A Hot Summer Day Playing at a Water Playground

There are a lot of free water playgrounds all across Perth to help you beat the summer heat.

North Perth is home to the Hyde Park Water Playground, and this park features a range of fun things including tipping buckets, a huge spongey splash pad, water jets and spray squirt guns. The playground uses water from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. from November to March, and the water is on a 10-minute timer.

If you go to Ellenbrook, just opposite the local library, you’ll find Rainbow Waters Playground. During summer, it’s open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., and it features open splash zones, tunnels and a range of obstacles guaranteed to get you wet and keep you cool in the warm weather.

Summer Activities for Younger Kids

This “summer bucket list” of summer ideas for kids is only a fraction of what is available to do in Perth during the hot summer months.

Other summer activities include a day trip to an amusement park, riding on a bike trail, participating in summer crafts, taking a road trip, watching a family movie at a drive in theater, exploring a local farmer’s market, making homemade ice cream, playing games in your own backyard or hiring a bouncy castle or inflatable water slide.

No matter how small your kids are, there is a range of fun summer activities both indoor and outdoor they can try in and around Perth to keep them happy and entertained during the summer months.

These summer activities are such a great idea and way to keep kids entertained and active during the warm summer months. Spend a few hours or make a day of it, meet friends and consider scheduling a visit to a few of these summer activities and attractions. Each one of these fun summer activities for kids is guaranteed to provide a wonderful time and sure to give your children something to talk about when the school year starts again.