Golden Plains Shire Council will have altered hours during the Christmas and New Year holiday period.
Customer Experience
Council’s Customer Hub at 19 Heales Street, Smythesdale will close at 5pm, Thursday 22 December. The Customer Experience Team will be available by phone at the Customer Hub at 2 Pope Street, Bannockburn on Friday 23 December until 3pm before closing for the holiday period.
Customer Hubs will reopen at 8.30am, Tuesday 3 January, 2023.
Essential services will be available in this period, if you need urgent assistance, please call 5220 7111 and follow the prompts.
Early Years Services
Council's Kindergarten and Occasional Care Services in Bannockburn, Teesdale, Rokewood, lnverleigh and Meredith will close for the holiday period from 5pm, Friday 16th December, 2022 and programs will recommence from Tuesday 31 January, 2023.
The Bannockburn Family Services Centre reception will close at 3pm, and Kardinia Early Learning from 4pm, on Friday 23 December, 2022. The Bannockburn Family Services Centre will re-open for normal operational hours from 8.30am, Tuesday 3 January, 2023 and Kardinia Early Learning will re-open at 6.30am, Thursday 5 January, 2023.
Family Day Care Services will be closed from Friday 23 December, 2022 to Tuesday 3 January, 2023.
Maternal and Child Health Services
Maternal and Child Health Services consultations from Teesdale, lnverleigh and Rokewood Early Years facilities will close at 12pm, Friday 23 December, 2022 and recommence from Tuesday 3 January, 2023, by appointment only.
Consultations by appointment from the Meredith Early Years facility will also close at 12pm, Friday 23 December, 2022, and resume in late January 2023 due to the closure of the facility for the most part of January.
Rubbish and Recycling Collection
There are no changes to Council's waste and recycling collection service over the Christmas and New Year holiday period.
As always, please remember to place your bins out the night before your collection day.
Rokewood Transfer Station
The Rokewood Resource Recovery Centre will be closed on Sunday 25 December, 2022 and Sunday 1 January, 2023.
It will re-open for normal operational hours on Sunday 7 January, 2023.