Museum of Geraldton hosts 2022 WA Day celebrations full of activities and fun for children and families

Hundreds of families gathered at the Museum of Geraldton on Monday to celebrate and acknowledge WA’s diverse culture and history. It was a day to signify how proud our communities are to call their towns, cities and State ‘home’. There were plenty of WA Day options for the kids, including arts and crafts, museum attractions, live music and entertainment, food vans and the opportunity to hold a reptile outside. The WA Day celebrations also included museum trails, archery, balance beams, painting and chalking, WA wildlife displays and fishing encounters. The long weekend was an opportunity for families to get away, or stay close to home and keep the kids entertained with activities in their own backyard. For the hands-on kids there were hammer and nails at the building station, pet-lovers took their turn holding a live snake and the water monkeys could even take turns fishing with bait on the foreshore. Midwest Aerial and Acrobatics hoop play zone, Wooree Scouts, Canny Creative and Rashaan Briggs’ sand art joined the fun to name a few. The event ran from 10am-2pm on Monday, and depending on the sugar rush of the shaved ice on offer, many families may or may not have enjoyed a good night’s sleep after all the fun. WA Museum Geraldton regional manager Leigh O’Brien said the event was a wonderful opportunity for the museum to celebrate WA Day, and they were lucky to be able to host the day. “We host the WA Day celebrations every year, there’s so many activities to choose from and families really enjoy it,” she said.