Indoor heated salt pool, qualified teachers, small classes and a friendly service are whats on offer at this 'learn to swim' school for your child. Classes/lessons are made fun, and are in a safe environment and can be purchased in bulk or singular.

Clever kids is a tutoring & education styled program which encourages learning and works towards expanding your child knowledge at a pace that is suited and tailored to your childs individual needs.

Pharmicists Bernard kueen siu , graham and michael are all very friendly, full of relevant information and advice, and provide service with a smile. A nice, small, customer service orientated business.

A gentle, yet efficient dentist with reasonable prices, This dentist also offers pain free injections with he use of numbing cream & then there is a 'hand holding' service for the really nervous patients, provided by the kind receptionists and assistants.

Approximate cost: $80-100 extraction

Mamma Mia! Tuck into the taste of Calabria with pasta calabrese cooked in Napoletana sauce, olives, sausages, garlic and chilli or traditional rice dumplings brescioli, stuffed in mozzarella cheese served in Napoletana sauce.

Criniti's wood fire pizza are as fresh as the day itself, the Pizza Azzuri with its prosciotto, bocconcini, ricotta cheese, artichokes, and sundried tomatoes is by far the favourite. Criniti's has an extensive and tasty menu with steaks, seafood, pasta and pizza to choose from.

Approximate cost: $24.00

the menu features black beer, fabada, stews, dobrada, pork and potatoes, Alentejana, marinated quials, salads, seafood rice, as well as steak with cream and mushroom, and much more.... Glorias used to be something special years ago when gloria ran it, and now her 2 daughters eliana and christina run it and trying hard to return glorias to the success map.

Approximate cost: $20.00

With menus including foods like pizza, tortellini, spaghetti marinara, calzone, salads and more, and then the ambiance of the place (outside dining) in the warmer months and there is always the Harbour Room on the colder nights, this makes for an decent night.

Approximate cost: $25.00

SPECIALS AND DEALS INCLUDE :

All you can eat pizza & pasta $20
All you can eat pizza and pasta for $20 per person. All night, every night!

$22 Deal
One large traditional pizza, small garlic pizza and a 1.25 L drink for $22

Two Large Pizzas Deal
Free medium garlic pizza and a 1.25L drink with any two large pizzas purchased.

With italian cuisine, pizza and pasta, and a good base menu with yummy deserts - i must comment on their yummy nachos pizza and baked cheesecake, a rel treat and favourites of mine. Generous servings and value for money plus friendly staff make it all the more enjoyable for a nice night out.

Approximate cost: $30.00

What a wonderful dining experience. The food is traditional portuguese and seafood, where you will find classic portuguese dishes like paella and other dishes such as barramundi or prawns, baby octopus, chicken skewers, calamari etc. The servings are quite LARGE meaning more value for money.

Approximate cost: $25.00

WHAT ACTUALLY IS 'VACATION CARE' ? - it is a similar service to childcare, where children between the ages of 6 and 11 are offered care during the school holiday period. It is usually operated at a childcare centre or at one of your local public schools. The fees range between $1.00 per day for a council run service (thus $1.00 being the daily fee for single parents, and approximately $8.00 for working parents) AND a privately run centre can charge between $5 to $28 per day (dependant on whether you are recieving centrelink benefits or are a working parent).

WHY CHOOSE VACATION CARE, WHAT CAN IT OFFER MY CHILD ?. Well, for starters your child is given the chance to form new friendships with other children, socialise, and relieve holiday boredom. They can choose to be involved in a varied range of centre based activities such as crafts, sports, technology, computers, games, theme based days and in centre displays/programs/visits.

They are also offered excursions to places such as mini golf, putt putt, the movie cinema, horse riding, iceskating, swimming, muesems, kayaking, fun based educational facilities and much, much more. In all honesty and due respect, these may be places that we, as parents, can not take them due to working or due to not having transport or not knowing where these activities & services are located.

The staff were fabulous and friendly and had alot of related experience in the childcare industry and came highly recomended by other parents (which is a good thing) making me at ease with making the choice to use their service. Their experience came from running 3 other types of childcare services - long day care, child care centres and vacation care. They also owned and ran small businessed in my local community that offered activities for adults and children, and are in the process of opening new businesses related to community based services and activities. Thus meaning that their serices are well known and established.
My kids attended the service for 3 days per week. They made new friends, had the oppurtunity to go places that i wasnt aware of or probably wouldnt drive to, and really enjoyed it. Like most children, my kids were nervous on the first day (and to be honest, so was i), but all nerves were set aside when they came home with glowing reviews of their day and an eagerness to attend the next day.

I was lucky to find this service but as i have lived in different areas i have in the past had to find care or holiday programs etc etc which isnt an easy task.

My suggestion is to look in your local paper, ring your local public schools and ask if they know of any services, use the internet and try googling services in your area, call your local council as they usually run holiday programs or know of services that do, ring childcare centres and ask them as they usually run holiday programs as well as childcare and before and after school care, also try reading the 'sydneys child' magazine issued at every local school for free and ask other parents as word of mouth is a powerful tool and if other parents recommend the service then it is usually good.

Approximate cost: $5.00