Storytime With Alton (Term 4, 2026) - Alternating Wednesdays

About this Event

🌿 **Storytime with Alton at EcoHub** 📖 Let your toddler learn and explore nature through Alton Walley’s interactive storytelling—an outdoor, active yarning time for little ones! 🦘 Join Alton on alternating Wednesdays for a joyful morning of storytelling and nature play that encourages imagination, movement and connection to the land we live on. ✨ **Children will:** 📚 Listen to beautiful Noongar Dreaming stories 🐾 Act out the movements of native animals 🌳 Explore nearby bushland 🎨 Enjoy simple craft activities 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 **All families are warmly welcome.** Sessions are best suited to children aged approximately **2–4 years**. 📅 **Dates:** Wednesdays, 28 October, 11 & 25 November and 9 December 2026 ⏰ **Time:** 10:00 am – 11:00 am 📍 **Location:** City of Melville EcoHub, 555 Leach Highway, Winthrop WA 6150 🌳 **Session space:** Ngoolark Space amphitheatre and nearby reserve trails, with an indoor alternative in hot or wet weather 🎟️ **Cost:** Free 📝 **Bookings:** [Book Storytime with Alton](https://events.humanitix.com/storytime-with-alton-term-4-2026) 🧸 **Stay and Play** Families are welcome to stay afterwards and enjoy the nature play area, including opportunities for messy play. Storytime with Alton is part of EcoHub’s ongoing toddler program, alongside Freeplay at EcoHub, Buds & Blooms, and Tales & Trails. 🎒 **What to Bring** 👟 Outdoor clothing and enclosed shoes 👕 A change of clothes and wet-weather gear 👒 Hats and sunscreen 💧 Your own drink bottle 🍎 Your own morning tea 🌦️ Sessions run in all weather, with shelter and alternative indoor activities available. 💛 **Supervision and Participation** Children must be accompanied and supervised by an adult at all times. Children should be able to sit calmly when asked and follow the facilitator’s instructions. Parents and carers are responsible for their children’s safety and behaviour. Quiet spaces will be available. ⏰ Each session lasts one hour. Arrive on time to enjoy the full experience. ♿ **Accessibility** Sessions include sitting on mats or amphitheatre steps, movement and short walks in the reserve. Chairs are available. Accessible parking is located at the front of EcoHub. Ramps connect the venue’s multiple levels, and toilets are available onsite. For specific access requirements, contact **(08) 9364 0191** or **ecohub@melville.wa.gov.au**. 🚌 **Getting There** Consider public transport—a bus stop serving multiple routes is approximately a two-minute walk away. 🚗 EcoHub is in **Piney Lakes Reserve**. Travelling west on Leach Highway, take the first left after Murdoch Drive. Coming from Fremantle, continue across Murdoch Drive, use the designated U-turn after the lights, then head west through the intersection and take the first left. Please use the signed public carpark. ♻️ **Recycling at EcoHub** Bring household quantities of batteries, printer cartridges, light globes, mobile phones and chargers, plastic bread tags, oral care products, plastic and metal bottle lids, beer can clips and corks for recycling. 🗓️ Bottle Top Hill recycling events are also held at EcoHub on the **second Saturday of each month, 9:00 am – 11:00 am**. 📬 Subscribe to the **City of Melville Sustainability and Environment e-newsletter** for updates on upcoming events. 🤝 **Hosted by:** City of Melville EcoHub 📧 **Contact:** ecohub@melville.wa.gov.au

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City of Melville EcoHub 555 Leach HWY, , Winthrop, WA 6150