::: Kew traffic school
We went on one of our most popular excursions this week -
the Kew Traffic School here in the north eastern suburbs of Melbourne.
Even though it is down a residential street, there is quite a big carpark …
which accomodates a bus or parents’ cars easily.
It has a lovely park adjacent to it where we had a picnic and the children (and some dads) had a play on the equipment.
Then on went their helmets and into the new snazzy room …
which is set up for talks and DVDs on road safety with Daniel.
After that we all went around the large yard with the adults to check out the layout -
the traffic lights …
and signs,
the cubbies,
the train …
and railway crossing …
tram …
- and to be reminded of the correct side of the road
which everyone hopefully would ride on.
At last it was time to get into some serious riding!
We have been coming here for years and have never had a “real accident”.
Sometimes we don’t know how we avoided them …
as some of the children are very confident and can be a bit hoon-like
despite the road safety build up we had leading up to the excursion
and Daniel’s chat beforehand.
Luckily we always have wonderful support from our parents and Grandparents which means plenty of people around to keep an eye on things.
They rode for over an hour …
non stop.
They had an absolute ball …
all the while learning as they played!
They were pretty tuckered out by the time they tumbled back into their cars.
All in all it was a great day.
The Traffic School is available for private hire for such things as birthdays and also has school holiday programs. Contact Daniel or Check out the Boroondara City website for details – http://boroondara.vic.gov.au/residents/kew-traffic-school.
::: POST UPDATE – January 21st 2011
Please note the new phone numbers on the notice boards as of January 20011!
Safety Ed and Holiday Bookings telephone number is now- 9278 4768.
Private Bookings number is now - 9278 4444
Tags: bicycles, park, picnic, safety talk, scooters, traffic lights, traffic signs
what a great day …we do a ‘bikeathon’ each year to raise money for charity and i am always amazed that some of the children refuse to stop for 2 hours!! this facility is fabulous though lucky you!
p.s. any chance you could send daniel in my direction? i’m sure we could find him a job!!!!
::: A “bikeathon” sound wonderful Finleysmaid and we’re not surprised the children go the distance. They didn’t stop at the traffic school either. As for our mate Daniel NOOOOO you can’t have him he’s wonderful and he’s ours!!! Sorry!
This place and the idea are awesome. I am visiting from Texas and we have great weather here. A place like this would be so great here. My wheels are turning. Thanks so much for this post. This week at waddleeahchaa.com we are focusing on sorting. Stop by, leave a comment and you are entered to win our sorting materials.
::: Joyce you’re right we really are lucky to be able to experience places like the traffic school … and thanks for the info … we’ll pop on over.
Lucky you to have the traffic school available. THe mini world is so appealing…
::: Sooooooo much fun Louise!
We have done the Traffic school on many occasions…it is a great excursion and the park is lovely to play in afterwards!
::: You’re right Pam … the day was irresistible!
We have been to a birthday party at Kew – it’s just wonderful!!! Looks like the kids had a ball!
::: Tan the children had a blast! Not only is it brilliant for parties, Daniel also runs a terrific safety education program there which we very highly recommend!
