Things To Do Summer, School Holidays

The Summer School holidays are about to break or for some they are already underway. Here’s a guide with quick links to holiday camps, workshops and vacation care across the Central West region.

Keep checking back while we add more that pop up in the area. We’ve also included some links to some general attractions for family outings to do together at the top of our camps and vacation care list.

Attractions – General for family outings

Age of Fishes Museum, Canowindra

Blayney Skate Park and adventure playground

Borenore Caves, Orange

Swimming holes to visit in the Central West:

Blue Mountains, Pool of Siloam, Leura

Minnehaha Walking track and falls

Ganguddy-Dunns Swamp

Hikes around Orange

Cowra – Top 10 attractions

Mayfield Gardens, Oberon

Ninja Park – Forbes

The Peisley Street Gallery – Off the Wall exhibition

Education and Personal Development workshops

Clever Cookie Academy – Holiday Masterclasses

Mid-Western Regional Council library – Summer Reading Program, Mudgee, Gulgong and Kandos

Write a Book course for all ages – online

Bespoke creative workshops – online

Writing Life Stories – online

CodeCamp – Orange

Outdoor Adventure Camps

Lake Burrendong – Office of Sport

Sports Holiday Camps

Central West Gymsports – January 2023 Holiday program

Basketball NSW I AM A GIRL – Free Basketball session in Orange

Gersbach Tennis Clinic – for 6- 16years on 4th, 5th, 6th January 2023

Ninja Camps – at High Impact Martial Arts, Orange (read more here

Orange Indoor Tennis –  Tennis clinics on Tuesday 20th – Thursday 22 December, Wednesday 11th to Friday 13th January and Wednesday 18th – Friday 20th January. To book phone: 6362 9811

Creative Arts and Other ideas on what to do:

NYE Light Up Orange – Free event in Civic Square North Court at 6:30pm onwards

NYE Party in the Park – Bathurst

Pinot & Picasso – School Holiday Art, Orange

The Little Art Nook – Creative Workshops, Orange

Arts OutWest – Calendar of Central West activities

Orange City Council Youth Hub – Orange

Warren NSW Youth Foundation – January 2023, excursions for waterslides, Paintball & Escape Rooms and more

Central West & Orana programs – January 2023.

Vacation Care – Summer programs

PCYC Orange

PCYC Bathurst

PCYC Cowra

Supplied image: Gowrie

Gowrie NSW Vacation Care – Orange, Kinross Wolaroi School

Gowrie NSW Vacation Care – Orange East

Gowrie NSW Vacation Care – Kelso

Gowrie NSW Vacation Care – Bathurst