Hundreds of local residents turned out in their droves over the Easter long weekend to enjoy the sun shining on Kiama and all this amazing community has to offer.

On Easter Saturday, 300-plus kids, mums, dads, grandparents and members of the community enjoyed a fantastic afternoon of family fun.

Kids rolled around in life-size zorb balls, jumped, climbed and slid in the jumping castles, proudly displayed their painted faces and arm painting, created some amazing Easter crafts, and enjoyed an abundance of fairy floss and popcorn.

The fun day culminated with a giant easter egg hunt with over 1200 hidden eggs being found.

The good news is everyone went home with plenty of chocolate just before the Easter Bunny arrived on Sunday.

Kiama Anglican Church’s very own Easter Orange Tiger marshalled the kids before they headed out, ably assisted by his trusty sidekick.

The kids were in no doubt why Easter eggs were hollow, and there was a loud shout of “He is Risen” from the crowd before they jostled their way to the hunt.

The kids also discovered that a bonus activity is being run on Sunday, 4 May at 4pm. It is a fully supervised Nerf War, including target shooting and team-based arena activities.

Everything will be provided, so all the kids need to do is turn up.

Kiama Anglican Church’s kids and youth worker, Brendan Leighton, is running the Nerf War as part of the new group called Thrive, which runs at the same time as Life at 4, a relaxed one-hour gathering for families and adults, where the big questions of life are tackled amid food, laughter and good conversations.

Finally, a massive shout-out to everyone from the Church who came along and helped out the Life at 4 crew. You did a remarkable job - no child was lost or a tear shed.

By Marc McLaren