Hoopla in South Morang has opened as Australia’s first ‘parent’ focused kids indoor play centre and family outing spot (read: there’s a grown-ups menu).
Kick back and slurp on an ice cold tap beer, or throw back a cocktail or two—responsibly of course—while the little tackers hook into 3000sq m of play space.
The menu reads better than your local pub with big lamb gyros, classic parmas and smash burgers up for grabs, as well as fresh baked bits and eggs benny for breakky.
If you’re more of a keep-the-kids-occupied while I work sorta parent, there’s even quiet rooms to knock out some of those pesky meetings or reports that have piled up.
Included in the play space there are 21 slides measuring a monster 40m in length—one even has a super impressive double-wave in it, multiple themed areas such as the Great Barrier Reef, rainforest and outback, a ball battle arena, 30 arcade games and a race track.
Hoopla is now open seven days a week (and until 10pm on Friday and Saturday, mi scusi!), with entry starting from $12 per child, at 330/340 McDonalds Road, South Morang.
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