VICTORIAN NEWS - National Trust of Australia

Kids’ birthday partiessail the high seas atPolly WoodsideAhoy there! Kids can step aboard the Polly Woodsideand have their very own pirate or sailor birthday partyadventure on Melbourne’s favourite tall ship.Polly Woodside is a unique and excitingvenue for children’s parties. Built inBelfast in 1885, she sailed 1.5 millionkilometres around the globe and is oneof the few deepwater tall sailing shipsstill remaining today.There’s an exciting treasure huntadventure for our pirate parties whileour sailor parties help kids to discoverreal sailing skills.Two sessions are available daily andthey run all year round with games,stories and fun activities and includePolly themed invitations and pirate orsailor souvenirs. Recommended forages 5 to 12. For more information goto www.pollywoodside.com.auNew SeasonalOperating HoursPolly Woodside will be open fromWednesday to Sunday from Maythrough August. For the two weeksof the July school holidays it willopen seven days a week.Rippon Lea will be open fromThursday to Sunday between Mayand August.Opening hours for Polly and RipponLea are from 10am to 4pm duringthese months.Como House & Garden has movedto a bookings-based model for grouptours but is not open for walk upvisitors in the short term.For all of our opening times visitwww.nattrust.com.auShips, scoundrels and scallywags– school holiday fun!There’s plenty to doduring the school holidaysin July 2012.The National Trust offers excitingways to entertain your kids over theschool holidays.All you need to do is load the kidsin the car, jump on a tram or walk toone of our many properties for anaction packed day you won’t forget.Over the July school holidays,we’ll offer courtroom dramas andbushranger tales at the Gaol andmaritime fun with your matesaboard Victoria’s most famous tallship – Polly Woodside.For more information and bookingsvisit www.nattrust.com.au/eventsMAY 2012 5