Join us at Currawong Bush Park to learn about local wildlife and come face to face with local animals of Manningham.

Recommended for children aged 5 to 12 years, the Manningham Junior Ranger Program is designed to get young environmentalists out and active in our local environment.

Activities include:

• Go on a bush park discovery walk with Environment Officers as they explore why Currawong Bush Park is known as the best little wilderness in town
• Survive a live wildlife show presented by Reptile Encounters
• Experience nature as a place to play, imagine, relax and explore.

Participant information:

• Children must be supervised by a parent or guardian at all times. Please arrive 10 minutes prior to start time.
• Come prepared and dress for the weather on the day. Please wear closed-toed footwear.
• Don’t forget to bring a snack and water bottle for morning tea.
• In the event of extreme weather, this event will be cancelled.
• Currawong Bush Park is protected habitat, dogs are not permitted in the park at any time.

Do you have the power to paddle? Looking to get outdoors these school holidays? Learn to paddle and be safe on the water with the Paddle Power program!

Program information

• all equipment provided
• suitable for all genders
• this activity is for kids aged seven to 13 years.

Terms and conditions

• Participants must be Manningham residents to qualify for the subsidised rate of $5. All other participants will be charged $35.
• Eligible families can apply for multiple children. Only one session application at the discounted rate can be submitted per child per program.

How to apply

To secure one of the low-cost places, you will need to:

1. register your interest now via the online form
2. once you have submitted the form, you will receive the discount code and instructions on how to complete payment and confirm your spot in the program.

Please note: applications via this online form do not guarantee a spot in this program. After completing the online form, additional steps must be followed to secure a spot in this program.

Help your kids be more confident in the water this summer with Active Manningham's Holiday Accelerated Swim Program (HASP).

Enrol now for a week of aquatic adventure and skill building. This program is designed to help develop individual swimming skills quickly. 

Classes run for 30 minutes over five consecutive days, at the same time each day. 

Participants will learn swimming and water safety skills from nationally qualified swim teachers. 

Program information

• classes are for students over three years of age
• no partial bookings (you must sign up for the full five days)
• no refunds - credits may be permitted if a medical certificate is provided before the program commences
• all participants must follow the Watch Around Water requirements
• all children under 10 years are required to have an adult (parent/guardian) supervising them while at Aquarena. Children will not be able to participate in lessons if there is no adult present to supervise.

Gentleman Jim Slim, a dapper dude with attitude!

Gentleman Jim Slim is many things, Juggler, Magician, Unicyclist, Clown, Ringmaster, a complete Circus in one body! Is he from the East? Is he from the West? One thing is for certain, he is the Best!

Come and see him perform as he moves around the Tunstall Square Shopping Centre.

This event is part of the Manningham Placemaking Activations. 

Walking basketball is aimed towards getting our senior community and those with lowered mobility due to injury, illness, recovery from surgery or rehabilitation, involved in low impact basketball.

The program is a fun and engaging and will give participants a chance to socialise and be active at the same time, usually with a lot of laughter!

A size five ball is used with lowered and modified rings. The program caters for all levels of walkers, including those with walking aids and limited mobility.

Program details

• sessions will go for 60 minutes and morning tea will be provided afterwards
• the program will run for six weeks on consecutive Thursday mornings
• sessions will be held on the white court at Sheahans Road stadium.

What to bring: water bottle

What to wear: suitable sporting clothes and footwear

This program is delivered by the Bullen Templestowe Basketball Club.

These skate classes aim to teach the fundamentals of skating which will provide confidence to skaters whilst having fun learning to skate.

Classes run every Wednesday  at David Perry Hall at Doncaster Secondary College.

$20 per person.

Wearing safety equipment is highly encouraged.

Skaters are welcomed and encouraged to bring their own skates and safety equipment.

Skates and safety equipment are available for hire and/or purchase. 

Our Nutrition Seminar teaches more than just healthy eating. Understand how our relationship with food impacts our mental, physical and emotional health.

Some key topics addressed in the seminar:

• How our behaviours and habits shape food choices
• How to improve your lifestyle
• Eating for longevity
• Nutrition strategies to support exercise
• How food affects mood

Home Harvest Manningham is a monthly home gardening seminar series that will teach you how to grow your own delicious fresh food at home.

Manningham has more than four seasons. Duncan Cocking from Leaf, Root and Fruit will deep dive into succession planning for local conditions.

Duncan will discuss the patterns that he sees in nature and how easily you can begin observing them too. Use these observations to inspire your gardening activities by working with nature rather than against it. Learn how to refine your succession planting and ripen that elusive Christmas tomato. Create your own action plan for your vegetable patch.

Topics covered include:

• the seasons of Melbourne/Manningham
• being an observant gardener
• Phenology
• timing of planting and succession planting
• growing Christmas tomatoes, creating an action plan.

Food swap from 6.45pm, session starts at 7.00pm.

Registration is recommended but not required.

This event is part of our Inspired Living Series. This series showcases an exciting range of fun and sustainable activities and events for all ages, supporting sustainability at home, in the community and at work.

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The Yaluk Langa Community Day at Heide Museum of Modern Art will celebrate the continuing creative culture and traditions of the Wurundjeri Woiwurrung people , Heide's traditional owners.

Bring your picnic for this free community day, and learn about the Indigenous history of the local landscape and the role everyone can plan in caring for Country.

Wurundjeri Elders will share stories around the cultural practice behind the recent tree scarring and shield projects, funded by Manningham Council, and lead art making activities and the planting of native grasses in Yaluk Langa.

Photograph credit: Clytie Meredith 

Get outdoors and improve your wellbeing with these free yoga sessions, delivered by trained Aquarena Yoga instructors.

No prior experience needed, and people of all genders and ages are welcome to attend.

Please note: participants are required to bring their own exercise mat or towel to lay on the ground.

This a great opportunity to improve your health and wellbeing while connecting with others in the community.

Active Manningham will be running a free yoga/meditation class focusing on posture and breathing techniques through poses. Practiced slowly with more static posture holds.

Move mindfully and deliberately into different poses that work your strength and flexibility. Combined with focusing on relaxation and mindfulness at the same time, you will leave feeling refreshed, strong and free in body and mind.

Due to limited spaces registration is essential.

Women and girls of all ages and abilities, come and join us at Aquarena for a Beginner Bootcamp session.

Bring a friend with you!

Boot camp is a type of group physical training program. These sessions are designed to build strength and fitness through a variety of exercises.

What to bring: towel and drink bottle.

What to wear: comfortable exercise clothes and closed toe shoes.

Registrations are required. 

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This in person session includes how solar power and battery systems work, buying good quality solar and battery products, quoting, installation and Council subsidies, rebates and much more.

Its free to attend but bookings are essential.

This event is part of our Inspired Living Series. This series showcases an exciting range of fun and sustainable activities and events for all ages, supporting sustainability at home, in the community and at work.

Join us and learn more about new public art in Doncaster and take part in an all-ages art activity.

As part of the Ayr St South shopping strip upgrade, a ground mural will be designed and installed by artist Tom Civil.

Tom will share his designs at Greythorn Bowls Club in an information session for the community, where you can meet the artist and discuss his ideas.

The information session will be followed by an all-ages art activity, where you will design your own footpath mural. Use the materials provided to work collaboratively, or own your own to create an artwork for your street.

• Information session / meet the artist: 11.00am to 12.30pm
• Art Activity: 1.00pm to 2.30pm

Morning and afternoon tea will be provided

About the artist

Tom Civil is an artist, muralist, community art facilitator and printmaker. 

Tom has been making art in the streets of Melbourne for over 18 years, and has painted over 30 commissioned murals across town in the last ten years.

Tom's ground artworks reference through the language of mapping and symbology, our connection to nature in a heavily urbanised and concrete and asphalt covered world. The ground artworks also allow us to day-dream about how the places we live were in the past, and how they could be in the future. They also create fun interactive play moments in our daily lives.

Photo by: Nathan CCP

Manningham United is running a free come and try Soccer Mum’s program for This Girl Can week.

We encourage mums or anyone who wants to enjoying keeping active in a fun social environment to come and join us.

Manningham United typically runs a weekly Soccer Mums program. The program is overseen by Natalie one of our board members and coached by Penny and Mel. Each week up to 50 mums get together to have fun, socialise and participate in some soccer basics to some pumping music!

There is no skill requirement, all you need is runners, a drink bottle and an appetite for fun.

No registration required.

For more information visit Manningham United FC.