{"id":115174,"date":"2025-08-22T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/?p=115174"},"modified":"2025-08-20T19:19:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T09:19:18","slug":"play-relax-and-party-at-funbugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/business-excellence-awards\/play-relax-and-party-at-funbugs\/","title":{"rendered":"Play, relax, and party at Funbugs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FUNBUGS Playhouse Ballarat is an indoor play centre for children up to eight years of age and under, with a fully catered cafeteria serving delicious food, coffee and more.<\/p>\n<p>We strive to make every visit a safe, fun and pleasant experience for all.<\/p>\n<p>With designated play areas for individual age groups, your child can relax and enjoy their time at Funbugs.<\/p>\n<p>Funbugs specialise in birthday parties, with four themed party rooms &#8211; fairy, jungle, sea and pirate &#8211; accommodating up to 24 children per room, or our rooms can be opened up to accommodate 50 kids per party.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30038\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30038 \" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/08\/FB1_24650.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"484\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Funbugs specialise in birthday parties.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Our parties are two-hour sessions, with time slots of 9.30-12.30 or 12.30-2.30 available on Saturday and Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>We also offer a two-hour private venue party from 3.30-5.50, where you can relax and enjoy the centre with only your friends and family.<\/p>\n<p>Our day time party costs start from a minimum $250, catering for up to 10 children and our private party sessions are a minimum cost of $375, catering for up to 15 children. 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