As the festive season draws near, Campaspe Shire Council is gearing up for its yearly Christmas hiatus.
Campaspe Shire Christmas opening hours are:
Customer service centres
Closing at 3pm on Tuesday, December 24 and reopening at 8.30am on Thursday, January 2, 2025.
Additionally, on December 12, 2024, the Customer Service Centres will close earlier than normal.
Echuca customer service centre will close at 11.45am on December 12, 2024; all other customer service centres will close at 11am (Kyabram, Tongala, Rochester, and Rushworth) on that day.
Libraries
Echuca library will close at 3pm on Tuesday, December 24 and reopen at 10am on Thursday, January 2, 2025.
Kyabram, Rochester, Tongala and Rushworth libraries will close at 3pm Tuesday, December 24 and re-open at 8.30am on Thursday, January 2, 2025.
All online services and after-hours return chutes will still be available.
Maternal and child health
Services will be operating for first home visits and essential appointments only. To discuss your options, contact the MCH booking line at 1300 644 964.
Campaspe animal shelter
Closed on Sundays and Christmas Day. It is open by appointment only from 10am to noon on Boxing Day and New Year's Day.
All other days are open by appointment as per usual operating hours. Appointments can be made by calling 5480 3005.
Swimming pools
Closed on Christmas Day.
Campaspe Community Children’s Centre
Closed from 5.45pm on Monday, December 23, 2024, and reopen Monday, January 6, 2025.
Rochester and District Childcare Centre
Closed from 6pm on Monday, December 23, 2024, and reopening on Monday, January 6, 2025.
Community transport
The volunteer-based community transport will conclude on Friday, December 20 and reopen for bookings from Tuesday, January 14. Service requests lodged during council’s office closure period will be attended to upon reopening of council offices.
On-call ranger services
Operating throughout the holiday period for emergencies only.
For urgent requests, call 1300 666 535 and follow the prompts.
Kerbside bin collections
Kerbside waste collections over Christmas are likely to be one hour earlier on some days, so you must be prepared.
Kerbside collections will not be impacted on New Year's Day. They will return to normal on Monday, December 30 and onwards.
Collection dates across the municipality will change as follows:
Your usual collection day versus your Christmas collection day
Wednesday, December 25 — Thursday, December 26
Thursday, December 26 — Friday, December 27
Friday, December 27 — Saturday, December 28
If a collection is missed, residents can take their rubbish to any of Campaspe’s Resource Recovery Centres in Colbinabbin, Echuca, Gunbower, Lockington, Mount Scobie, Rochester, Rushworth and Toolleen for a fee.
All Resource Recovery Centres now have EFTPOS facilities. Recycling (items you normally put in your yellow lid bin) can be taken to any transfer station at no charge.
All eight Resource Recovery Centres will be closed on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day. Services will operate as usual on all other dates.
The quarries will be closed for sales from Friday, December 20 and reopen on Monday, January 6, 2025.
For up-to-date Campaspe Shire Council Christmas-New Year period closures, go to www.campaspe.vic.gov.au/Home