Australia is definitely the land of vacation variety this May with loads of fun in store for every member of the clan. Whether you’re mum, dad, grandma, grandpa, one of the kids or a four legged family member here are four events and holiday ideas to pant and howl about…

Take all your kids walkies on the RSPCA Million Paws Walk, held in capital cities on 15 May. The Brisbane version is a 4 km walk through the beautiful surrounds of a recreation reserve in the company of panting pooches great and miniature, followed by tail wagging flyball and other competitions, drool inducing entertainment and generally a  day out with your best friend that you’ll both bark about for months.

Book into the pet-friendly Best Western Airport Hacienda Motel Brisbane set in an acre of landscaped gardens filled with plenty of things to sniff.

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The KidsFest Shellharbour, Illawarra from 15-21 May has much the same effects on two legged children, who’ll think they’ve landed in a fairytale when they get amongst the chalk art, storytelling, dancing, sports, steam trains and more fun than you can toot your flute at.

You can all splash about in the pool or across the road in the sea at the Novotel Wollongong Northbeach Hotel.

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You’ll think you’re in a Chitty Chitty Bang Bang remake wandering amongst the Classic Cavalcade of Cars and Motorcycles near Wallaroo South Australia on 15 May. Thousands of people line the route to cheer on more than 700 vintage, veteran and classic vehicles of shiny, smooth and often quirky demeanor.

Keep with the classics at the Old Adelaide Inn and dinner at the perfectly named Snooty Fox Restaurant.

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What would it take to make you cluck like a chicken? Perhaps hypnotism is the key to your inner animal at Zeiken Black’s stage show in Burnie, Tasmania on 13 May. The Las Vegas trained hypnotist will make you laugh (unless of course you’re the one struggling to lay eggs on stage) and provide a peek behind the scenes that have made his act famous on television and live radio.

Look back in hysterics – or horror – at the evening’s escapades over a drink at the Best Western Murchison Lodge bar.

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