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• Skywalk pass for thrill-seekers: On top of Sydney Tower, Skywalk offers the opportunity to walk across the city skyline. Purchase a pass for $109.00 by visiting www.skywalk.com.au or email tickets@skywalk.com.au
• Chocolate Espresso Walking Tour for chocoholics: Explore the eat streets of Sydney through its chocolate and coffee shops. Walking tours are 2.5 hours in length and cost $44. To purchase email criollo@chocolateespresso.com.au
• Elvis Costello & Sydney Symphony concert ticket for music lovers: Hear one of the world's most innovative and influential musicians. Tickets start at $77 and can be purchased at www.sydneyoperahouse.com or www.ticketek.com.au
• Gondola Cruise for romantics: Enjoy the intimate luxury of a twilight cruise on Sydney Harbour. Prices start at $220 and gift certificates are available. To purchase, email gondolas@sydney.net
• Coffee Cruise for water lovers: Sip on a coffee and listen to live commentary while exploring Sydney's spectacular Middle Harbour aboard Captain Cook Cruises. Tickets start at $44 and can be purchased at www.captaincook.com.au
• Sydney Aquarium for animal fans: Make a splash and purchase a gift certificate to the largest and most spectacular aquarium in the world - Sydney Aquarium. Adult tickets start at a special price of $24.30. Go to www.sydneyaquarium.com.au

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• Be a historian at The Rocks: Sydney's historical heart will open The Rocks Discovery Museum on 15 December with exhibitions, artefacts from local dig sites and fascinating stories from years gone by. A new Sydney Learning Adventure's program takes place from 22 December to 25 January - highlights include craft workshops, art workshops and uncovering archaeological dig sites. For more information, go to www.sydneylearningadventures.com.au or www.therocks.com

• Make a monster at the Australian Museum: A unique exhibition for summer - ‘How to make a Monster: the art and technology of animatronics' - runs until 5 March. The Museum's monster workshops teach kids a range of stimulating activities from designing and colouring their own monster jigsaw to learning the art of model-making and creating model monsters. Children dressed up as monsters get free entry every Sunday during the school holiday program. Go to www.austmus.gov.au

• Be a Zoo-Keeper at Taronga Zoo: Famously nestled on the Harbour's edge, the Zoo has expanded its already extensive educational offering from ‘Backyard to Bush' and ‘Roar & Snore' to the new ‘Zoo Adventures.' Conducted by qualified teachers, children go behind the scenes, meet the keepers, get up close to the animals and learn what it takes to care for zoo creatures. Go to www.zoo.nsw.gov.au

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• Pissarro: The first Impressionist, 19 November 2005 to 19 February 2006
The Art Gallery of New South Wales presents the largest exhibition by a major impressionist artist ever to be held in Australia. With more than 100 works drawn from collections worldwide and some of Camille Pissarro's most famous images, there's also a range of family activities taking place. The kids will love story-telling through the art of Pissarro to workshops encountering his unique world of colour, light and texture. For more information, go to www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au. For Qantas Holidays travel and ticket packages including flights, accommodation, express entry and a catalogue, call 13 14 15.

• Sydney Festival 2006, 7 to 26 January 2006
From the much-heralded Domain Series to the Streets Ferrython, Sydney Festival 2006 has a smorgasbord of cultural events for families. Qantas travel and ticket packages are available for the first time to secure seats for Sydney Harbour's biggest spectacular - the NAB Ferrython on Australia Day. Sydney Olympic Park offers films for free throughout January in Movies in The Overflow at Sydney Olympic Park and Symphonic Fairytales tells stories from Hans Christian Andersen at Darling Harbour. For more information go to www.sydneyfestival.org.au

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