{"id":105,"date":"2026-05-25T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/getthekidsout.com.au\/?p=105"},"modified":"2026-05-25T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T08:00:00","slug":"scienceworks-review-spotswood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/getthekidsout.com.au\/?p=105","title":{"rendered":"Scienceworks Review: Is It Worth the Drive to Spotswood?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hands-on science exhibits, planetarium shows, and lightning demos \u2014 we break down what&#8217;s great and what to skip.<\/p>\n<p>Short answer: yes, absolutely worth it. Scienceworks is one of Melbourne&#8217;s most underrated family destinations \u2014 many city families overlook it because of the Spotswood location, but it&#8217;s 15 minutes from the CBD and the exhibits are extraordinary.<\/p>\n<h2>Best exhibits for different ages<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Under 5:<\/strong> Nitty Gritty Super City \u2014 role-play city with toddler-scale buildings<\/li>\n<li><strong>5\u20138:<\/strong> Sportsworks \u2014 interactive sports science, hugely popular<\/li>\n<li><strong>8+:<\/strong> Lightning Room show and Planetarium<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Practical tips<\/h2>\n<p>Book the Lightning Room and Planetarium in advance \u2014 they sell out on school holidays. The on-site cafe is reasonable but BYO lunch is easy as there&#8217;s a great outdoor picnic area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hands-on science exhibits, planetarium shows, and lightning demos \u2014 we break down what&#8217;s great and what to skip.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[53,43],"age_range":[],"suburb":[],"class_list":["post-105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-attractions","tag-spotswood","tag-stem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/getthekidsout.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/getthekidsout.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/getthekidsout.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getthekidsout.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getthekidsout.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/getthekidsout.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/getthekidsout.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getthekidsout.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getthekidsout.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=105"},{"taxonomy":"age_range","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getthekidsout.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fage_range&post=105"},{"taxonomy":"suburb","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getthekidsout.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fsuburb&post=105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}