Council operating hours during Christmas and New Year period
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Gladstone Regional Council is advising residents of its venue and facility operating hours during the 2022 Christmas and New Year period.
Administration Offices, Depots and Rural Transaction Centres
- Phone enquiries will be taken 24 hours a day, 7 days a week on (07) 4970 0700
- Council’s Administration Offices and Rural Transaction Centres will shut from close of business (COB) on Friday, 23 December and resume normal hours on Tuesday, 3 January 2023
- Depots will also close at COB on 23 December and reopen on 3 January, as per normal hours
- Visit www.gladstone.qld.gov.au/onlineservices if you have a non-urgent request.
Transfer Stations, Landfill and Waste
- Kerbside bin collection services will occur Monday to Friday as per usual schedule during the Christmas period
- Benaraby Landfill and all Transfer Stations will be closed on Christmas Day and will operate as normal on Boxing Day and Public Holidays in December and January
- Tip Top Shop at Benaraby Landfill and Gladstone Transfer Station will be closed 25-27 December.
Facilities
- The following community facilities will close at 5pm on 23 December and resume normal hours on 3 January:
- Gladstone Regional Libraries (Boyne Island Library closed from 5.30pm, 23 Dec)
- Philip Street Communities & Families Precinct (including The Precinct Library).
- Animal Pound Facility will be closed on public holidays
- Impound releases by appointment only – to make an appointment, phone Council on 4970 0700
- Registrations are to be completed online via GRC payment website prior to contacting Council to make an Impound Release Appointment
- Impound and sustenance fees will be payable at the pound via EFTPOS only, no cash
- Normal hours and processes will resume from 3 January 2023
- Only one person per appointment is allowed in the pound
- Please bring your own restraints (leashes or cages/carriers) when you are collecting your animal.
- Tondoon Botanic Gardens is open every day (except Christmas Day) 7am-6pm
- Visitor Centre closed from Monday 19 December and will reopen Wednesday, 4 January 2023
- Gladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum (GRAGM) will close at 4.30pm on 23 December and will reopen on 3 January
- Gladstone Entertainment Convention Centre (GECC) and Box Office will close at 4.30pm on 16 December and will resume normal hours on 3 January
- Bookings and tickets to events can still be made online via www.gladstoneentertainment.com
- Council’s Cemeteries will be available for vehicle and/or pedestrian access (depending on layout of facility) throughout the Christmas and New Year period.
- The gates to Port Curtis, Calliope and Boyne Tannum Memorial Parklands will be open to vehicles and pedestrians between 8am-6pm on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day
- Funeral services will be unavailable on 25-27 December and 1-2 January.
- Visit www.bluefit.com.au for Gladstone Aquatic Centre and Mount Larcom pool hours.
Visit www.gladstone.qld.gov.au/christmas-closures for further information
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