Festival & Celebrations
Kids Summer Adventure Festival
Featuring the Thredbo Christmas Carnival
Saturday 21 Dec, 2024 - Sunday 12 Jan, 2025
The Kids Summer Adventure Festival combines all the best parts of outdoor recreation in the Snowy Mountains with a range of indoor activities to keep your kids occupied this summer. From treasure hunts, arts and crafts, rock-climbing, face painting and more, there is something for all ages.
Across the Christmas period, we’ve got lots of Christmas activities to get you ready for the arrival of the jolly big guy in red… you might even see him around the village!
Looking to keep things easy this Christmas? We’ve even got Christmas Day Lunch sorted for you and the family.
Returning this season is the addition of the Cruiser Mountain Bike area, the perfect spot for young riders and families to learn the basics of gravity mountain biking.
On top of all the Festival activities, you can enjoy the brand new alpine coaster, 50m swimming pool with waterslide & Mission Inflatable, the Kosciuszko Chairlift and Merritts Gondola – Australia’s only alpine gondola!
*Please note that Thredbo’s Leisure Centre Pool is currently closed for maintenance and is scheduled to reopen on Friday 27 December. The Sports Hall and Gym Facilities will continue to operate as normal*
Thredbo Village Christmas Party
4pm - 6pm | 21 Dec
Village Square
Everyone is invited to come celebrate at the Thredbo Village Christmas Party, with lots of Christmas themed activities to keep the kids happy, including Christmas crafts, gingerbread snowman decorating, glitter tattoos and face painting! Plus a visit from Santa!
Merritts Christmas Feast*
5:30pm - 8:30pm | 22 Dec
Merritts Mountain House
A truly special Christmas experience for the whole family! Ride the Gondola under the stars to Merritts Mountain House for an alpine-inspired, Aussie Christmas feast! Enjoy unforgettable views of a mountain sunset, while making lasting Christmas memories with family and friends!
Christmas Eve Carols
6pm – 7:30pm | 24 Dec
The Alpine Bar
Thredbo will be filled with the sound of Christmas as the local community turns out for carols and cheer. Keep a lookout for Santa Claus, who'll be dropping by to say hi…
Christmas Ginger Bread House Workshop*
12pm - 2pm | 23 Dec
Kosciuszko Room
Book the kids in to our extra-special Christmas themed workshops. Let your little ones explore the joy of decorating their own gingerbread masterpieces, expressing their own Christmas creativity to take home.
Christmas Decoration Workshop*
12pm - 2pm | 24 Dec
Kosciuszko Room
Get into the holiday spirit with a festive crafting workshop! Design your own Christmas decorations, create magical snow-globes, and personalise stockings to hang beside the Christmas tree.
Christmas Pizza Workshops*
2:30pm - 4:30pm | 23 & 24 Dec
Alpine Pizzeria
Alpine Pizzeria will be running workshops just for the kids where they can create their dream Christmas inspired pizza with all their favourite toppings. The best bit is...they get to take it home for dinner!
Face Painting
12pm – 2pm | 21, 22, 23, 24 Dec
Kosciuszko Room
Face painting adds a magical touch to every occasion. Watch the kids light up as they transform into their favourite animals or characters. You'll have special photos to share and cherish and best of all, it’s free!
Arts & Crafts
11am – 2pm | 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29 Dec & 3, 4, 5, 10, 11 Jan
Kosciuszko Room
Get creative these school holidays! With colouring in, painting and more...let that Thredbo scenery influence your artistic side and bring out your inner Picasso!
Kids Movie Night
6pm – 8pm | 21, 22, 23, 27, 28, 29 Dec & 3, 4, 5, 10, 11 Jan
Kosciuszko Room
When it comes to the school holidays, a movie is always a great way to finish off an active day in the mountains. You can purchase drinks, popcorn or even choc tops for your kids to enjoy while they watch, and we’ll be featuring their favourite Christmas movies as we run into the big holiday! Parental supervision required.
Sport Sessions
10am – 12pm & 1pm – 3pm | 29 Dec - 5 Jan
Village Green
Join our coaches for an interactive sport day on the village green. With a variety of sports on offer including soccer, cricket, football, hockey and more...turn up for a quick game or stay all day and hone in your skills with some fun drills.
Alpine Coaster*
9am – 5pm | Daily
Valley Terminal
At 1.5km in length, from thrill-seekers to leisure cruisers, passengers will be able to control their speed of up to 40km/h as they travel along a mix of uphill and downhill tracks featuring a tunnel, bridges and circles that traverse the alpine environment.
Thredbo Amazing Race
9am – 3pm | Daily (except 25 Dec)
Thredbo Information Centre
Think you have what it takes to be a part of Thredbo’s Amazing Race? Take on the challenge! Your mission is to follow all the secret clues to find the hidden treasure! Find your first clue at the Thredbo Information Centre.
Bike Challenge
9am – 3pm | Daily (except 25 Dec)
Thredbo Information Centre
Head to the Info Centre, grab a location sheet and search out the four Mountain Bike trails listed. Collect a sticker at each trail head. Once you complete all four tracks head back the Info Centre to collect your prize!
Hike Challenge
9am – 3pm | Daily (except 25 Dec)
Thredbo Information Centre
Here’s an activity for the whole family! Start at the Thredbo Information Centre. Grab a location sheet, head to the four trail heads and collect a stamp. Once completed go back to the Thredbo Information Centre to collect your prize!
Nature Bingo
9am – 3pm | Daily (except 25 Dec)
Thredbo Information Centre
Grab a free Nature Bingo sheet from the Thredbo Information Centre and head on a walk or hike. Play with your family or friends and see who will find a row first. Once completed head back to the Thredbo Information Centre to collect your prize!
Giant Games
9am – 4pm | Daily
Keller Green
Thredbo has a range of fun outdoor giant games to play. From Connect Four, Jenga, Corn Hole and much more… Relax while the kids play or join in on the fun.
Thredbo Leisure Centre*
Daily
Thredbo Leisure Centre
Thredbo Leisure Centre is a great place to exercise and play during the holiday period with a bouldering wall, indoor basketball and soccer courts. Enjoy the pool or waterslide to let off some steam. For more info contact the Thredbo Leisure Centre on (02) 6459 4138 or leisurecentre@evt.com.
*Please note that Thredbo’s Leisure Centre Pool is currently closed for maintenance and is scheduled to reopen on Friday 27 December. The Sports Hall and Gym Facilities will continue to operate as normal*
*Please note that Thredbo’s Leisure Centre Pool is currently closed for maintenance and is scheduled to reopen on Friday 27 December. The Sports Hall and Gym Facilities will continue to operate as normal*
Slackline Fun
9am – 4pm | Daily
Thredbo Valley Terminal by the river
Be ready to enter into the world of acro-balancing and slack rope. It’s all about balance and belief that you can do it! Enjoy this fun new skill that everybody can learn.
Parental supervision required.
Parental supervision required.
Mission Inflatable*
12pm – 6pm | 27 Dec onward
Thredbo Leisure Centre
Who will be the fastest over the Mission Inflatable today? Have a go, record a time and see if you are the daily champion. You must complete a 25m swim test and be over 1.2m tall to take on the mission.
*Please note that Thredbo’s Leisure Centre Pool is currently closed for maintenance and is scheduled to reopen on Friday 27 December. The Sports Hall and Gym Facilities will continue to operate as normal*
*Please note that Thredbo’s Leisure Centre Pool is currently closed for maintenance and is scheduled to reopen on Friday 27 December. The Sports Hall and Gym Facilities will continue to operate as normal*
Trampoline Sessions*
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Thredbo Leisure Centre
Get those freestyle skills locked down with Thredbo Leisure Centre’s Trampoline Program and world-class Zero Gravity facility.
Alpine Bungee Trampolines*
10:30am – 5pm | Daily
Valley Terminal
Take your height to a whole new level with Alpine Bungee! Returning again this summer, Alpine Bungee offers guests of all ages the chance to soar in Australia’s premier year-round adventure destination.
Disc Golf
9am – 4pm | Daily
Disc Golf Course
Thredbo’s disc golf course is nestled between bushland and surrounded by stunning mountain views. Disc golf is fun for all ages and abilities and is played much like traditional golf, the object is to complete each hole in the fewest number of throws. Book disc rental (including scorecards) in resort at Guest Services Valley Terminal*.
Guided Hikes*
Select Days & Times
Thredbo & Beyond
Join a scheduled Guided Hike with like-minded explorers and learn more about the iconic high country on the bucket list Mt Kosciuszko Summit Hike or Dead Horse Gap Hike. Private Hikes are also available on other days of the week.
Junior Mountain Bike Clinics (7 - 14 years)*
10am & 1pm | Daily
Thredbo Mountain Bike Park
Thredbo MTB offers daily clinics for young riders of all levels. If you are looking to tweak your mountain biking skills, gain confidence riding the mountain or after tips on trying something new then the Thredbo MTB instructors have a clinic for you.
Other Activities*
Daily
Thredbo
Golf course, tennis courts, skate park, pump track, bike skills park, playground, Kosciuszko Chairlift, Merritts Gondola & Thredbo Ski Museum.
Courtesy Bus
8:30am – 5pm | 26 Dec onward
Friday Flat Day Area Car Park to Info Centre
The free route 3 courtesy bus will operate from Friday Flat to the Information Centre and return. The Info Centre is the gateway for all our village activities.
*Costs apply
Parental supervision is required on all activities.
Some activities are weather dependent, schedule is subject to change – please check with the Information Centre.
Enquiries
For any enquiries please email guestservices_thredbo@evt.com
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Thredbo sits on the traditional land of the Monero – Ngarigo people who have looked after this land, water and community for over 60,000 years. We thank them for all they have done and continue to do to look after their country, a special place which we all love and respect.
