It's time to get Messy - for MBAW! When - Sunday 23rd March 2025, 9:30am-11:30am Where - Varsity Lakes Community Resource Centre (Outdoor Play Area) -  20 Mattocks Road Varsity Lakes 4227 What - A POP-UP Messy Place event!! Bring your multiples for a morning of creative play and mess... without the clean up! Bertha from The Messy Place will be facilitating this event for GCMBA, with different creative & sensory messy play stations set up, as well as crafts and playdough to keep a range of ages entertained! Plus we will have access to the play equipment and cubby house in this fantastic enclosed outdoor play area at VLCRC.  We will be celebrating with designer cupcakes and lucky door prizes! Plus VLCRC will be opening their coffee cart to allow parents to get their morning caffeine fix (you can purchase on your way in, or pop out to buy a coffee from the cart while you're there.) It's going to be an amazingly fun morning for the kids, and a fabulous opportunity to socialise with other Multiple parents! Cost - Free for current financial members!  Non Financial members: $40 per family* *We strongly encourage you to consider purchasing a membership before paying for this event. New memberships are only $60, and there are tonnes of other discounts and free passes you will be able to access for an entire year, as well as attending this event for free if you join as a financial member before booking your tickets. To learn more about membership & join: www.goldcoastmultiplebirth.com/membership BOOK NOW! Due to capacity restrictions at VLCRC this event will be capped at 40 children, so please SECURE YOUR FREE TICKETS to confirm your attendance via the Get Tickets button.  Other info - This is an outdoors event, with some shaded areas. Please bring hats/sunscreen etc for your children along with water bottles. BYO food is permitted, however please be mindful of potential allergens for others attending when packing your little ones' lunchboxes. VLCRC has a change table within the outdoor area and amenities of the centre will be opened for our event, along with coffee cart (buy your own on the day.) Messy play stations are ideally for children aged 6months+ however we still encourage new parents to bring their babies along - this will be a great chance for you to socialise and network with other parents who get what you're going through! Additional children also welcome, please ensure you provide names and ages when booking so that we can accurately capture numbers.  IMPORTANT - As we are restricted for numbers, please only book tickets if you are confident you can attend. If your plans change and you can no longer attend, please email admin@goldcoastmultiplebirth.com so that we can remove you from the list and offer your tickets to another family to come along. Once capacity is reached, we will start a waitlist of names for families who are interested, in case we do receive some cancellations. We can't wait to get Messy for Multiple Birth Awareness Week - see you there!    WHAT IS MULTIPLE BIRTH AWARENESS WEEK?  Multiple Birth Awareness Week (MBAW) is a national campaign to raise awareness around, and draw attention to, the unique realities for multiple birth families in Australia - and how advocacy, positive education and engaged communities can contribute to enabling positive health outcomes for families with multiples. In 2025, the theme for MBAW is: Make it a good start for multiple birth families. This Multiple Birth Awareness Week we want to highlight that every Australian multiple birth family deserves a good start to their unique journey, ensuring they have the tools, support, and confidence they need to thrive. Because every family deserves a good start. MBAW 2025: Sunday 16 March to Sunday 23 March.   We hope you can join us to celebrate the amazing community of multiple birth families we have here on the Gold Coast - we can't wait to see you there!

We have shaken up our "Southport Playgroup" and will now be running a roving Monday Meet-up Playgroup. Each month we will try a new playground on the GC. This month we are meeting at - *Palm Beach Aquatic Centre* This hosts a cafe and water play area. A fee will be required to enter. Please come along & join us for a catch up, chat & coffee while the kids play & let off steam, everyone is welcome. Keep your eye out for next months meet up location (all listed in events) Monday 3rd March - Palm Beach Aquatic Centre Monday 7th April - Cadence Cafe in Nerang *if you have any suggestions of other locations please email admin@goldcoastmultiplebirth.com Pls note - some locations may require a fee for entry.

This playgroup is focused on our younger children, with minimal setup and toys, as it’s all about parents and caregivers connecting with each other. Our playgroup is a great opportunity to meet some fellow twin (& HOM) families in a safe environment. We have a dedicated outdoor fully fenced playground, indoor air conditioned hall with kitchen facilities and toilets. Tea and coffee facilities are provided! Feel free to bring along some food to share. Location: Nerang Uniting Church, 5 Nerang River Drive, Nerang Time: 9:30 to 11:30am - come along anytime in that period. For the Health and Safety of all parties, please stay home if unwell.

We have shaken up our "Southport Playgroup" and will now be running a roving Monday Meet-up Playgroup. Each month we will try a new playground on the GC. This month we are meeting at - *The backyard at Westfields Coomera - water play area* This hosts a water play area for the kids - with cafe 63 nearby for a coffee Please come along & join us for a catch up, chat & coffee while the kids play & let off steam, everyone is welcome. Keep your eye out for next months meet up location (all listed in events) Monday 3rd February - The backyard at Coomera Westfield's Monday 3rd March - Palm Beach Aquatic Centre Monday 7th April - Cadence Cafe in Nerang *if you have any suggestions of other locations please email admin@goldcoastmultiplebirth.com Pls note - some locations may require a fee for entry

We have shaken up our "Southport Playgroup" and will now be running a roving Monday Meet-up Playgroup. Each month we will try a new playground on the GC. This month we are meeting at - *HOTA Parklands* This hosts a fully fenced playground, swimming area, picnic facilities & a cafe in HOTA. Please come along & join us for a catch up, chat & coffee while the kids play & let off steam, everyone is welcome. Keep your eye out for next months meet up location (all listed in events) Monday 6th January - HOTA parklands Monday 3rd February - The backyard at Coomera Westfield's Monday 3rd March - Palm Beach Aquatic Centre Monday 7th April - Cadence Cafe in Nerang *if you have any suggestions of other locations please email admin@goldcoastmultiplebirth.com Pls note - some locations may require a fee for entry.

Please join us for a *pre-Christmas Toy Swap* meet up Sunday 8 December, 8:30am - 10am @ the Mudgeeraba Old Post Office. Bring your gently used pre-loved toys that your kids have outgrown and swap for some new-to-you toys to take home, just in time for Christmas! As this is our first of these style events, we are going to run low-key, exclusively for our GCMBA community. We will ask that you make a $5 donation to the Gold Coast Multiple Birth Assoc on arrival (if you can afford to) to help us cover the admin costs of putting on this event. Please bring toys that are in working order, with all pieces included, that you know another child (or children) would love to receive under the tree this Christmas! We're going to ask, if you can, to please arrive as close to 8:30 as possible, and stay for an hour or so, so that it gives everyone a chance to have a good look at available toys from those attending. Obviously, the more people that attend, the bigger the pool of toys will be to choose from, and we are hoping to have a good enough spread to make it worth your while! We will be running this event on an honesty/fairness system - ie. if you bring 5 toys to swap, please only take new-to-you toys home, to allow everyone a chance to participate. Any feedback in advance is welcome, so if you have any questions, please let us know. Otherwise we look forward to having a coffee with you on Sunday 8 Dec. And if this is a success this year, we will consider running a bigger fundraising-style event for the broader GC community next year! *At this stage we will not be taking toy donations in advance, but will consider for next year. *We are investigating charity donation options for remaining toys but would hope that most people will take home anything that doesn't get swapped in case we don't have the volunteer capacity to manage this for this year's event.

GCMBA's XMAS PARTY - TABATINGA It's that time of year again!!!! XMAS TIME!!!!! This year we are holding our XMAS party at our corporate sponsors venue - TABATINGA, Tweed Heads. Tabatinga hosts:- Toddler Play Area (0-3yrs) Multi-Level Softplay Jungle Gym (0-12yrs) 7 Car, Mini Car Racing Track - each child will be given 1 free ticket to ride the mini trucks. We will be providing morning tea (party food) & fruit platters for the kids. And as always SANTA will be visiting - so please bring a wrapped book for your little ones to recieve a gift from Santa. Please note - all adults & childen will need to wear 'grip socks' on all equipment - they can be purchased from Tabatinga for $4 per person on the day (at your own expence) **Please RSVP and if you have any questions please email admin@goldcoastmultiplebirth.com ***Pls Note that the party time is 9:30am QLD time - 10:30am NSW time***

This playgroup is focused on our younger children, with minimal setup and toys, as it’s all about parents and caregivers connecting with each other. Our playgroup is a great opportunity to meet some fellow twin (& HOM) families in a safe environment. We have a dedicated outdoor fully fenced playground, indoor air conditioned hall with kitchen facilities and toilets. Tea and coffee facilities are provided! Feel free to bring along some food to share. Location: Nerang Uniting Church, 5 Nerang River Drive, Nerang Time: 9:30 to 11:30am - come along anytime in that period. For the Health and Safety of all parties, please stay home if unwell.

Michelle from Parents2B (P2B) will be hosting an ONLINE Sleep and Settling Q&A, exclusively for the GCMBA community. She will also be answering questions around food and solids. No matter whether you are an expectant parent wanting to be prepared, or a parent of multiples looking for some advice.... Come along, ask your burning questions and hear Michelle share her wisdom and knowledge. Michelle is a registered midwife, nurse, childbirth educator and infant sleep specialist. For more information on Parents2B check out: www.Parents2B.com.au This is a FREE workshop for all of our Gold Coast Multiple Birth Association community. Want to ask your questions in advance? Email them into admin@goldcoastmultiplebirth.com and we will send them to Michelle in advance. If you have any questions please feel free to email admin@goldcoastmultiplebirth.com

We have shaken up our "Southport Playgroup" and will now be running a roving Monday Meet-up Playgroup. Each month we will try a new playground on the GC. This month we are meeting at - *FunnyBone Coffee in Helensvale* The cafe is right on the edge of an amazing kids park in Helensvale - behind Westfields Helensvale. Park features little kids section & big kids section - large area to run around and the coffee at the cafe is pretty spot on!! Please come along & join us for a catch up, chat & coffee while the kids play & let off steam, everyone is welcome. Keep your eye out for next months meet up location (all listed in events) Monday 2nd December - Doodlebugs in Miami Monday 6th January - HOTA parklands Monday 3rd February - The backyard at Coomera Westfield's Monday 3rd March - Palm Beach Aquatic Centre Monday 7th April - Cadence Cafe in Nerang *if you have any suggestions of other locations please email admin@goldcoastmultiplebirth.com Pls note - some locations may require a fee for entry.

This playgroup is focused on our younger children, with minimal setup and toys, as it’s all about parents and caregivers connecting with each other. Our playgroup is a great opportunity to meet some fellow twin (& HOM) families in a safe environment. We have a dedicated outdoor fully fenced playground, indoor air conditioned hall with kitchen facilities and toilets. Tea and coffee facilities are provided! Feel free to bring along some food to share. Location: Nerang Uniting Church, 5 Nerang River Drive, Nerang Time: 9:30 to 11:30am - come along anytime in that period. For the Health and Safety of all parties, please stay home if unwell.

Join us for an information night for all parents who are currently expecting multiples.   This session is an opportunity for you to get information about pregnancy, birth and 'what to do after' from other multiple parents who have been there and done that.   Take the opportunity to meet your future community of other expectant parents, and learn about how Gold Coast Multiple Birth Association can support you and your family.   No question is a silly question..... we are all in this together 🙂 Please RSVP on TIDYHQ.   Event is held online - link to the session will be shared with you before commencement of event.