Exhibition – ‘Bluey’s World’

It is probably fair to say that this review is the first of its type for Hearsay, but for those readers desperately looking to entertain – at weekends or during school holidays – young children, grandchildren, nieces and nephews, it may well be the most important item they read in this Issue.

The ‘Bluey’s World’ experience is an interactive exhibition which allows single digit aged children to enjoy a hands on experience second to none.

The theme, of course – at least in broad terms – is the spectacularly successful ‘Bluey’ animation.  Such animation series is written and produced in Brisbane, and distributed globally.

The website describes the experience as follows:

This For Real Life interactive experience immerses you in the playful and hilarious world of Bluey, where things don’t always go to plan, but with a little teamwork and a lot of games, every day is fun.

As soon as you arrive at Bluey’s beloved Queenslander home the excitement begins. With a bit of help from the mischievous Fairies, you’ll bring one of the Garden Gnomes to life and help them to have their bestest day ever by going inside the house to play with Bluey and Bingo!

But you’ll have to find Bluey and Bingo first… and Unicorse is determined to make that as hard as possible. With games, clues and surprises to discover around every corner you must find Bluey and Bingo before it’s too late and the Gnome must return to their gnome-home in the backyard. This is your gnoment!

Venture through the Heeler’s living room, the girls’ bedroom, playroom, kitchen, backyard and more in this original guided Bluey experience, where you will live and play like Bluey and the Heeler Family.

Finish your day in Bluey’s Brisbane neighbourhood complete with the Golden Crown takeaway, Alfie’s Gift Shop, indoor playground and more.

The writer attended with his spouse and three grandchildren aged 5, 7 and 9 years respectively.  All children must attend with an adult over the age of 18 years.  The admission price is paid for each attendee (adult and child).  On Saturdays and Sundays that price is $64.90.

While not cheap by any means, the writer found “money’s worth” afforded.  The experience lasts about two or more hours, including in the shop and play area after passing through the eight or so sections therein.

“Bluey” and his family, in fact, are not seen until the latter half of the experience, but that does not detract from the enjoyment entailed.

Visually, the experience is quite spectacular, even for the supervising adults.

My feeling was that the experience is too much for children under 5 years, and not sufficiently engaging for children much over 8 years.  So much, of course, depends upon the child in question.

The experience venue is at Hamilton.  There is ample (free) parking.  The experience is conducted within a large airconditioned temporary structure.  The food and drink on sale in the shop is of a high standard – both for adults and children – and surprisingly reasonably priced.  A visiting family or group could spend at least an hour in the play area and shop afterwards, the same contained within the airconditioned structure (we spent about 45 minutes therein).

Best to book if proposing to attend.

The writer’s group attended in January.  While the experience was expected to conclude mid-year and move interstate, the season has been extended to this Christmas.  Having enjoyed the experience, the writer can understand why.

The link to the Bluey’s World website and ticketing is here.