Find the best Victorian Easter egg hunt near you
We have found the egg hunts to make festivities special for little kids and adults this Easter. Read our guide to find the best events near you.
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The countdown is on to the most egg-citing weekend on the Victorian calendar, when families across the state will fan out to take advantage of festivities over the long weekend.
Each region has a slightly different take on Easter celebrations, from Bendigo’s Chinese dragon parade through the streets of the CBD, to Mildura’s egg hunt on horseback.
We have rounded up the highlights from our regions and metro areas to show you where to find your nearest egg hunt event.
Rosalind Park, Bendigo
This event is arguably the most intense on the Victorian egg hunting calendar, as it packs 21 hunts into a single day.
The Vision Australia egg hunt is an important fundraising event for blind and low-vision residents living in central Victoria.
It is held on Good Friday and this year, an extra hunt has been added specifically for children with special needs.
It will have fewer participants and be held at 9.40am before the park becomes too busy.
The organisation will hide 85,000 eggs in piles of wood wool. The hunts are organised for separate age groups over various time slots throughout each day.
SES volunteers help keep the egg supply up throughout the event by throwing in extras to keep the excitement up.
Adorable puppies in training to become seeing eye dogs will also be there, to encourage participants to enjoy themselves.
Tickets are $13 and are available online and at the Bendigo Visitor Centre.
Luna Park, St Kilda
The fun park will transform its garden terrace area into a hunting wonderland, with 30,000 big and small chocolate eggs from Chocolatier hidden in mounds of hay.
There will be no need to bring a basket, as each hunter will be given a cup at the entrance to store as many eggs as they can collect during their timed slot.
Each hunt will be held for a “mad minute” led by the Luna Park’s resident “Mad as Mad Hatter” and then the course will be re-set by a bunny brigade.
There will be 12 egg hunt sessions daily on Easter Saturday and Sunday from 12.30pm – 4.15pm, with four separate age categories catering for children up to 13.
You can purchase your tickets online, prices vary by age group, and parents and carers will need a pass to enter the park.
Dromana Estate Winery
It’s not just chocolate eggs up for grabs at this hunt.
A golden egg will be hidden and the child who finds it will win a bicycle.
Hunts will be held across three days, from April 7 – 9, and tickets will cost $20 but entry to the festival is free.
Children will hunt for colourful plastic eggs and then hand those over for chocolate eggs, and they will receive a goodie bag from Darrell Lee.
The hunt is in the middle of the Melbourne Easter Show and there will be more than 50,000 chocolate eggs given away during the hunt.
There will also be roving entertainers, carnival rides and more.
Mildura Horse Riding School, Merbein
This children-only egg hunt is done on horseback and will be held on Sunday, April 9 from 9.30 – 11am.
Participants learn to tack-up and groom a horse and practice mounting and dismounting as they hunt for eggs and special treasures around the property.
Nervous riders can simply lead ponies around the property if they are not ready to try riding.
The event helps children to hone their skills at mounting and dismounting as they search for goodies.
Tickets are $5 for unridden slots and $25 ridden slots.
Bookings can be made on 0409 936 731 and details are online.
Gisborne
The Gisborne Easter egg hunt allows both children and adults to participate in separate events.
Held at 60 Aitken Street, Gisborne, it is part of a carnival day boasting kids activities, market stalls, an animal farm, kids amusement rides and show bags.
It is held on Saturday, April 8 from 10am – 4pm.
Tickets are $15 plus the booking fee.
The Cube theatre and auditorium, Wodonga
New Life Chapel will present a free Easter egg hunt and has promised to hide about 20,000 chocolate goodies at the venue.
The event will be held at 11.30am on Good Friday, April 7, as part of a wider Easter festival with attractions for all ages.
The hunt is only for children aged between one and 12.
Carnival rides will include a bucking bull, there will be a scavenger hunt, live music from the Woodlock band, story time with Mrs Pam and a basketball tournament for teens.
More information is available online.
357 Monbulk Road, Silvan
A festival of flowers is being held at the Tesselaar farm and to celebrate the season, Easter hunts will be held from April 7 – 10.
The orentienteering style hunts will take participants all across the farm, following clues to locate certain objects.
Once all the objects are found participants can claim a prize, which includes a cuddly bunny and eight Cadbury eggs.
The Easter hunts costs $10 per person and are suitable for all ages.
There are only 250 hunt spots available each day and if you’d like to participate you will need to buy a ticket online to enter he farm and then pay for the hunt once you are through the gate.
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