BOOK AN ADVENTURE AT GUMBUYA WORLD

FRIDAY 22 TO SUNDAY 24 AUGUST 2025
11AM TO 4PM
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Get ready for an adventurous celebration of stories, characters, and creativity with Book Week at Gumbuya World!

This year’s Book Week theme, 'Book an Adventure', invites your little book worms🐛to transport into the world of their favourite adventure inspired tales... and what better place to celebrate than at the WILDEST theme park in Vic?!

There'll be:
🆓 FREE entry for kids under 12 who dress up
🧙 A best dressed competition
🔍 Scavenger hunt for the literary adventurers
📖 A Book Week inspired Wildlife Wanderers program + Book Swap

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All your favourite family rides 🎠, TNT Roller Coaster (Sat & Sun) 🎢, Live Shows🐦 and beloved Wildlife Trail furry 🐨, feathery 🐧 and fanged friends 🐍!

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Experience the joy of exploring through the pages of your favourite books, right here at Gumbuya World!
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BOOK WEEKend INCLUSIONS

DRESS UP AND KIDS UNDER 12 GO FREE

Get your Book Week costumes ready because kids under 12 who dress up get FREE ENTRY to Gumbuya World for the final weekend of Book Week! Available Friday 22, Saturday 23 & Sunday 24 August with a paying General Admission ticket. _{Terms & Conditions apply.}

And as an additional BONUS, you'll get FREE access to our beloved Wildlife Wanderers program on Friday 22 August, with a Dr. Suess inspired twist! Learn more and see the Wildlife Wanderers schedule here.

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BEST DRESSED COMPETITION & SCAVENGER HUNT

🧙 That costume isn't just for FREE entry... 😜 We'll make it really count with our BEST DRESSED competition!

Get the creative juices flowing and come dressed in your best book character costume for the chance to win a Family Annual Pass! That's EPIC fun, for a whole 12 months 🙌

🔎 PLUS, we'll put your book-ish minds to the test with a park wide scavenger hunt for your chance to win incredible prizes like return tickets, Gumbuya merch & wildlife experiences! 😲
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YOUR WILD ADVENTURE FAVOURITES

Unleash your imagination and plan a wild adventure like no other!

Where will your story start? Perhaps it's with the Berry Twirl as it whooshes like a runaway train on a page-turning suspense (Ray's Express, anyone?!), or at our Live Shows that'll leap off the page like your favourite action-packed chapter. Or maybe it's on the Wildlife Trail, which is brimming with our furry, feathery, & fanged characters straight from the WILDEST tales ever told.

From cuddly koalas to slithering snakes, every twist and turn is a new plot in the ultimate day out for your little book worm 🐛!

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Download the FREE Gumbuya World app

The Gumbuya World Theme Park app is your best tool to getting around the park and maximising your day these school holidays!

🗺️ Turn on your location services so you can find your way around with our interactive map.
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❤️ Create your own must do list by tapping the heart button on our Experiences, What's on schedule & Wildlife you MUST see.
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🎟️ Book extras like an animal close-ups or immortalise your memories with a take home Photo Experience!
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🔔 Turn on notifications to get in-park reminders & discounts.
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