Our Back in Time Family Fun Days are huge events that we hold twice or three times a year. We hold them on a Sunday to enable families to attend together where possible.
Heritage Family Fun Day Sunday 5 October
Join us for our next Heritage Family Fun Day on Sunday 5 October 2025.
Fun for the whole family to enjoy activities together. Old-fashioned games to play. Veteran trucks and cars on show. Horse-drawn vehicles and our fabulous Banjo on display.
See the Cooneana blacksmiths at work. Walk through the museum. Check out Cooneana Homestead to find out about life in Ipswich from the 19th century.
Children can help Possum "Nea" find some items on display. A prize when they have completed their free list.
See a dinosaur footprint too. Music will be by Ally and Sarah. Listen while you rest or eat.
Sausage sizzle and Hobbit Hole Coffee will be available to purchase food and hot or cold drinks.
Ride the train around the site and the Heritage Bus will take you on a short ride too! All included in your ticket.
Visit Jim Donald House where you will find the Cooneana Coal Mine and explore the huge mining machines outside.
Check out the Spinners, Weavers, Fibre Artisans of Ipswich in Brighton House and the Ipswich Genealogical Society in Brigg House while you are here. Queensland Metal Artisans Collective will also be open. Maybe you will find some hand-made items to buy (Christmas presents?).
Horses to Horsepower Family Fun Day
Lots of fun and things to do for all the family on Sunday 15 June from 9am to 2pm at Cooneana Heritage Centre.
See our latest horse, Banjo - created by Ned Kelly and looking great. He's a big one that will be seen regularly on open days!
Visit with Old MacDonald's Travelling Farm animals. Petting is allowed.
Mr Magic will give us a show. Can you work out how he performs his magic tricks?
The Veteran and Vintage Vehicle Club will show some of their vehicles and every historical display space will be open.
See and hear some historical stationary engines whose owners are happy to talk about them.
Have a chat with the volunteers at the mobile Police Beat and pick up some useful information.
See all the attractions on a Trackless Train trip and have a short ride on a Heritage Bus too.
Teach the kids some bush dances with the Ridgee Didge Bush Band and sing along with them.
Coffee, tea and a sausage sizzle will be available for purchase. Or perhaps you prefer some cake or biscuits.
Cooneana Blacksmiths will be working away at their forges - check it out and see what they can make.
Don't forget to look at the stalls and play some old-fashioned games with the children.
The Spinners, Weavers, Fibre Artisans of Ipswich will be open, as will the Ipswich Genealogical Society, the Historical Motorcycle Club of Queensland and the Queensland Metal Artisans Collective. They all have lots to show you.
Tickets: $7.50 adults, $5.00 children or get a family ticket for two adults and up to four children for $25.00.
Bookings can be made online here, or you can pay at the gate.
This event has been assisted by the Ipswich City Council's Community Events Funding Program.
