Opening hours during Christmas

Published on 06 December 2021

Over the festive period, there will be some opening hour changes to Council services.

There are no changes to waste (red bin), recycling (yellow bin) and garden / food (green bin) collections across the Christmas / New Year holiday period.

For urgent requests, call 1300 666 535 and follow the prompts.

Closing 3pm on Friday, 24 December and reopening on Tuesday, 4 January:

• Customer service centres
• Library branches – book chutes will remain open and all online services will be available
• Road maintenance

Closing on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day:

• Resource Recovery Centres
• Maternal & Child Health centres – with all bookings and enquiries to 1300 644 964

Closing Christmas Day, with restricted services on public holidays:

• Campaspe Animal Shelter – public holidays, open from 10am to 12.30pm
• Echuca War Memorial Aquatic Centre – public holidays, open from 8am to 4.30pm
• Outdoor swimming pools – open public holidays, each individual pool timetable is on Council’s website

Other services:

• Quarries will close for sales from Friday, 24 December and reopen on Tuesday, 4 January
• Child care centres, to close COB on Thursday, 23 December and reopen on Thursday, 6 January
• Port of Echuca Discovery Centre and Echuca Paddlesteamers will be closed Christmas Day only
• Emergency on call ranger services will be operating throughout the holiday period