Looking for fun things to do during October?

 We've found 50 cool activities right here in Port Augusta for you and your family to enjoy!

Why not pick something fun to do from the list below, and share it on social media? Use #FUNtober or #FUNtoberAugusta when you post.

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  • 1. Go on a backyard creature hunt. Peek under small rocks or piles of leaves for slaters, millipedes or earwigs.

  • 2. Find a rock in the shape of an animal. Bonus if it looks like a native animal or your pet.

  • 3. Take photos of plants in your backyard. Is anything flowering?

  • 4. Use long sticks or bamboo to make a teepee.

  • 5. Search the low tide mark at any beach for treasure.

  • 6. Fly a kite at Rotary Park.

  • 7. Take a photo of your pet and add a funny face.

  • 8. Go to a coffee shop and get a hot chocolate with marshmallows.

  • 9. Make a milky milo at home.

  • 10. Make a pet rock, (eyes and mouth and you can add a hat or hair.)

  • 11. Turn a coat hanger into a giant bubble want. make big bubbles.

  • 12. Make a yarn doll.

  • 13. Splash in a puddle after rain.

  • 14. Get the party pack from the Library and play some games outside with friends.

  • 15. Go on the mural trail.

  • 16. Climb the water tower and count the boats in the gulf.

  • 17. Take a dog for a walk.

  • 18. Let your dog run off lead at Braddock Oval.

  • 19. Climb a pepper tree at Augusta Park Primary Oval.

  • 20. Visit the RSL and go through the military museum.

  • 21. Look for the sausage tree at Apex Park.

  • 22. Take a walk and collect cans and bottles to cash in.

  • 23. Have a water fight at the Westside Beach.

  • 24. Join the Platform Gallery Art Days.

  • 25. Make your Gran breakfast in bed.

  • 26. Water the garden in summer.

  • 27. Learn the step over soccer move at the Youth Centre.

  • 28. Watch a movie at Cinema Augusta.

  • 29. Make a mud face on a tree at Northerly Reserve.

  • 30. Write your name in sunscreen on dark paper and watch it come to life in sunshine.

  • 31. Use chalk to draw an obstacle course on the footpath at Homestead Park.

  • 32. Learn to plait a friend's hair.

  • 33. Dig a racetrack for toy cars at the back beach.

  • 34. Wash your toys on a sunny day.

  • 35. Trace a tree shadow on your driveway using chalk. Draw birds in the tree.

  • 36. Play 3 a side basketball at the Eastside Foreshore.

  • 37. Papier mâché a spaceship.

  • 38. Make jelly and have a race to eat a bowl the fastest.

  • 39. Plant summer veggies.

  • 40. Play drums on saucepans.

  • 41. Practice a ball trick that lands in a bucket.

  • 42. Learn to make a coin disappear or another magic trick.

  • 43. Prank someone by putting bubble wrap under a mat.

  • 44. Stick goggly eyes on eggs in the fridge.

  • 45. Teach your parents to recycle properly.

  • 46. Hide a toy at home and get others to find it.

  • 47. At snack time, bob for apples.

  • 48. Play tag under the sprinkler.

  • 49. Make crayon rubbings.

  • 50. Have FUN!