About - Mum's Little Explorers

Mum’s Little Explorers – Melbourne with Kids & Family Travel

Mum’s Little Explorers helps parents find fun things to do with kids in Melbourne, Victoria and beyond, while inspiring families to explore and travel together.

Here you’ll find family-friendly events, kids activities, school holiday ideas, day trips, weekend getaways, family travel inspiration, and honest reviews of places to visit with children.

Whether you are looking for something to do this weekend, planning school holiday fun, searching for a family-friendly restaurant, or organising your next family getaway, Mum’s Little Explorers is here to make family fun easier.

Last year our website got over a million page views! We have a fantastic online growing community of over 70,000 Melbourne families on our Instagram page, Facebook page, within our Facebook Group “Melbourne for Kids – What’s On” and through our newsletter subscribers.

Melbourne with Kids

Our main focus on helping families discover the best Things to do in Melbourne for families. We are always exploring new family-friendly attractions, events, play spots, restaurants, activities, shows, exhibitions, school holiday programs, and hidden gems across Melbourne and Victoria.

Check out these links for our most popular things to do:

Travel with Kids – Ideas & Inspiration

Alongside Melbourne content, Mum’s Little Explorers also shares family travel ideas and inspiration for holidays around Australia and overseas.

Our travel guides are written with families in mind, focusing on places to stay, things to do with kids, family-friendly attractions, and practical tips that make travelling with children easier.

You will find guides for family holidays in Victoria, Australia, Italy, and other destinations we have explored along the way.

Kids Activities at Home

For days when you are not out and about, we also share simple kids activity ideas to enjoy at home. These include indoor activities, backyard play ideas, seasonal activities, literacy ideas and easy inspiration for keeping kids entertained. Here are some examples:

Founder – Chontelle Bonfiglio

Mum’s Little Explorers was founded by Chontelle Bonfiglio, a Melbourne mum of two with a background in teaching overseas, travel, and digital marketing.

After spending over a decade living and working overseas teaching English as a second language and working in the tourism industry, including as a tour leader for an Australian leading travel company, Chontelle moved back to Melbourne with her family and started rediscovering the city through the eyes of her children. What began as a way to share family days out and local discoveries has grown into one of Melbourne’s trusted online guides for families.

Chontelle also earlier founded Bilingual Kidspot, a global website supporting parents and teachers raising bilingual children.

Today, she continues to write, create, and edit most of the content on Mum’s Little Explorers, supported by occasional contributions from a couple of other Melbourne parents who love getting out and exploring with their families.

Reviews, Invitations & Partner Content

Many of the places, events, restaurants and activities featured on Mum’s Little Explorers are visited at our own expense. We are also often invited by PR agencies, tourism boards, venues or businesses to experience something new.

This may include complimentary entry, tickets, meals, accommodation, products or hosted experiences.

Having an experience covered does not guarantee that it will be featured. We only share experiences we genuinely think Melbourne families may enjoy.

Mum’s Little Explorers also partners with selected brands and businesses for paid promotions, sponsored posts and advertising campaigns. Sponsored content will always be created in a way that suits our audience and only with brands or experiences we feel are a good fit for families.

All opinions shared on Mum’s Little Explorers are our own.

Important Information

We do our best to keep information accurate and up to date, but details such as opening hours, prices, dates and booking requirements can change.

Please always check directly with the venue, event organiser or business before visiting.

Images on this site are either taken by Mum’s Little Explorers, provided by contributors, or supplied by PR and businesses.

Note that we will only share the experience if we enjoyed it and think others may enjoy it too, otherwise we will not post at all.

Getting Social

You can follow Mum’s Little Explorers our Facebook Page, Instagram, or join our What’s on Melbourne for Kids Facebook Group.

Work with us

If you are a brand, venue, tourism board, event organiser or family-friendly business interested in working with Mum’s Little Explorers, please visit our WORK WITH US page.

For enquiries, email admin@mumslittleexplorers.com