Whittlesea council have released the details of changes to services and closures of council facilities over the Christmas and New Year period.
Bin collection:
Bin’s collections will be collected as per normal over the Christmas and New Year period.
Residents are reminded to place bins out before 6am on collection day.
Customer Service:
Our customer service centre in South Morang will be:
Closed from 3pm on Friday 24 December
Monday 27 December – Closed
Tuesday 28 December – Closed
Monday 3 January – Closed
Waste and Recycling facilities:
Hanson’s Wollert Landfill
Saturday 25 December – Closed
Sunday 26 December – Closed
Monday 27 December – 7am – 3pm
Tuesday 28 December 2021, 7am – 3pm
Saturday 1 January 2022 – Closed
Sunday 2 January – Closed
New Year’s Day public holiday – Monday, 3 January 2022, 7am – 3pm.
Suez (Green waste recycling facility) to be confirmed.
EcoDynamics – Timber waste recycling facility
Wednesday 22 December 2021, 8am – 4pm
Thursday 23 December 2021, 8am – 11.30am
Friday 24 December – Closed
Saturday 25 December 2021 – Closed
Sunday 26 December 2021 – Closed
Monday 27 December 2021 – Closed
Tuesday 28 December 2021 – Closed
Wednesday 29 December 2021 8am – 4pm
Thursday 30 December 2021 8am – 4pm
Friday 31 December 2021 8am – 4pm
Saturday 1 January 2022 – Closed
Sunday 2 January 2022 – Closed
Monday 3 January 2021 – Closed
Maternal and Child Health:
Maternal and Child Health (MCH) will offer a reduced service for appointments over the Christmas holiday period from 24 December 2019 to 3 January 2020.
Open sessions and Breastfeeding support sessions will also run a reduced schedule with the following sessions running:
Breastfeeding support sessions:
No sessions on Monday 27 December, Tuesday 28 December, and Monday 3 January.
Boori Maternal MCH Centre, Wednesday 29 December – 2pm – 4pm
Mill Park Drive MCH Centre, Thursday 30 December – 2pm – 4pm
Mernda South MCH Centre, Friday 31 December – 2pm – 4pm
Open Sessions:
No sessions on Monday 27 December, Tuesday 28 December and Monday 3 January.
Galada MCH Centre, Wednesday 29 December – 9am – 11.30am
Laurimar MCH Centre, Wednesday 29 December – 1.30pm – 4pm
Mernda South MCH Centre, Thursday 30 December – 9.30am – 11.30am
Ganbu Gulinj MCH Centre, Friday 31 December – 1.30pm – 4pm
All sessions will return to normal on Tuesday 4 th January.
Yarra Plenty Regional Libraries:
All branches will be closed at 12pm Friday 24 December
Saturday 25 December – All branches closed
Sunday 26 December – All branches closed
Monday 27 December – All branches closed
Tuesday 28 December. – All branches closed
Wednesday 29 December – 10am to 5pm (Thomastown and Whittlesea closed)
Thursday 30 December -– 10am to 5pm (Thomastown and Whittlesea closed)
Friday 31 December – – 10am to 5pm (Thomastown and Whittlesea closed)
Saturday 1 January – All branches closed
Sunday 2 January – Eltham, Ivanhoe and Mill Park from 10am to 5pm (All other branches closed)
Monday 3 January – All branches closed
