The Maroondah Exchange guides
A useful place to start planning.
Choose a current weekend shortlist, find an ongoing family idea, browse free things to do, explore local food, plan a market visit or prepare for the school holidays.
Areas covered
The guides cover Bayswater North, Croydon, Croydon Hills, Croydon North, Croydon South, Heathmont, Kilsyth South, Ringwood, Ringwood East, Ringwood North and Warranwood, plus the Maroondah parts of Kilsyth, Park Orchards, Vermont and Wonga Park.
A small number of nearby options may appear when they are genuinely useful and will be clearly labelled.
Choose the guide that fits
Six useful ways to find a local plan
The guides help you choose. The event database remains available when you want to search every current listing.
Updated weekly
What’s On This Weekend
A short editorial selection across Friday, Saturday and Sunday, followed by a live filter containing every database event in the same weekend window.
Ongoing ideas + current events
Family Things to Do
Verified places and activities for families, plus current dated events happening now.
Live filtered listings
Free Things to Do
Search current free and no-cost events, with a curated monthly feature when there is something genuinely useful to add.
Places, stories and current value
Food Guide
Explore local food by category and suburb, read the stories behind the data, or check current verified food specials.
Seasonal family planning
School Holiday Guide
Plan the school-holiday period with a live Family-event filter, then use the curated edition once its separate checks are complete.
Regular rhythms and dates through December
Market Guide
Plan a Maroondah market visit, explore clearly labelled nearby markets, and download the shareable guide with its newsletter signup QR.
Guide or full listing?
Use a guide when you want help narrowing the choice. Use the full What’s On database when you want to search by date, suburb, venue, organiser or category.
One useful local guide each Tuesday
Get a calm roundup of events, things to do and local discoveries selected for people who live here.
Help improve the guides
Know a useful local place, activity or event that is missing? Send MX the details so they can be checked and added through the right intake process.