We love a school holiday activity that gives families flexibility and options – and Raw Challenge delivers it in bucketloads.

At Raw Challenge’s school holiday program, you have three options:
+ Drop your kids and run.
+ Stay ‘n’ play and join in on the fun.
+ Walk, watch and cheer from the sideline.

How awesome is that!

PLUS, we recently discovered some absolutely awesomely groundbreaking news! These holidays, they’re running a day where kids, teens and tweens from 5-17 can attend on the same day. Parents, this is winning as it’ll save you from having to arrange multiple activities across multiple locations and that feeling of simply being a taxi running here there everywhere. It even means that you can do it as a family!

Raw Challenge School Holiday Program | Images supplied by Raw Challenge


If you – or your kids – haven’t done a Raw Challenge, you absolutely need to add it to your bucket list OR, better yet, your summer school holiday plans.

Raw Challenge School Holiday Program | Images supplied by Raw Challenge


Across 3.5 fun-filled hours, your kids will conquer 25-30 EPIC obstacles on the Raw Challenge course. They’ll climb net rope bridges, balance across beams, crawl through tunnels, slip down slides and wade through mud pools. They will get muddy. They will get messy. They will have an ABSOLUTE BLAST!

AND, not forgetting, parents can join in the fun too! Yep, if you’re that parent who sits on the sideline forlornly watching your kids and wishing you could join in the fun too (that’s totally us by the way), then you’ll love this news: parents, YOU, too, can do the course! There’s no pressure to stay, but the option is there for the parents who love to be involved. Plus, just quietly, it’s a great opportunity to tackle the awesome course with far fewer crowds than attend their regular events.

Raw Challenge School Holiday Program | Images supplied by Raw Challenge


Plus, the options keep coming. If you’re the type of parent who loves watching your kids have fun, but you’re not so into the idea of traipsing through mud yourself, then there’s an option for you, too. Happy days! You can stay with your child and walk the course next to them. Please note that you’ll need to still fill in a waiver to walk around the course (and just quietly, I wouldn’t be wearing your heels or favourite chinos as chances are you’ll end up a little dirty yourself).

People attending get 2 hours on the Raw Challenge WET course before having lunch (which is provided) and doing laps of the inflatable slide! 

NOTE: The video above is from Raw Challenge’s open event rather than their school holiday program, but it gives you a good idea of the type of fun your kids will encounter.


Where: Raw Challenge, 110 Pacific Hwy, Doyalson.
Inclusions: Lunch (sausage sandwich and a soft drink).
Cost: $49.50/person (plus small booking fee).
Contact: For more details, visit the Raw Challenge website.

+ 25+ obstacles Raw Challenge camp – recommended for kids aged 5-10 years old, but any child aged between 5 and 17 can join this program (and their adults).
Please note, the cut-off age for these dates is not 10 years of age: they just recommend the 10-17 year old program for older kids as it includes some additional more challenging obstacles that older kids will likely enjoy.
Dates: Thursday 9 January | Wednesday 22 January 2024.
Times: 9.30am-1pm (drop off 9.15-9.25am).

30+ obstacles Raw Challenge camp – for kids aged 10-17 years old (and their adults).
Dates: Friday 10 January | Tuesday 22 January 2024.
Times: 9.30am-1pm (drop off 9.15-9.25am).

This feature was created in partnership with Raw Challenge

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Header image: Supplied by Raw Challenge.

Written By: KATIE STOKES

Founder & Editor

After working in print and online media for more than a decade, Katie launched Playing in Puddles in 2017. A mum of three young boys and local of the Central Coast, Katie loves discovering and sharing all that’s happening in our region.