Council operating hours during the Easter long weekend
Gladstone Regional Council is advising residents of its venue and facility operating hours during the Easter long weekend.
Administration Offices and Depots:
- Council’s Administration Offices will close at 5pm on Thursday, 17 April and reopen on Tuesday, 22 April.
- Depots and Rural Transaction Centres will also close on 17 April and reopen on 22 April, as per normal hours.
- Urgent phone enquiries will be taken 24 hours a day, 7 days a week on (07) 4970 0700.
- Mount Larcom Rural Transaction Centre – including Mount Larcom Post Office – will close at 5pm on 17 April and resume normal hours on 22 April.
Transfer Stations and Landfill:
- Benaraby Landfill will run on normal hours.
- Transfer Stations will also run on normal hours except for Good Friday (closed).
- Bin collection will still take place on all public holidays, including Good Friday and Easter Monday.
Facilities:
- The Calliope, Miriam Vale, Mount Larcom and Agnes Water libraries will close at 5pm (Gladstone at 5.45pm and Boyne Island at 5.30pm) on 17 April and resume normal hours on 22 April.
- Gladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum will close at 4.30pm on 17 April and resume normal hours on 22 April.
- Council’s Animal Pound Facility will close at 5pm on 17 April and resume its appointment-only process from 22 April.
- Tondoon Botanic Gardens is open every day (except Good Friday) from 7am-5.30pm.
- Council’s Cemeteries will be available for vehicle and/or pedestrian access (depending on facility) throughout the Easter long weekend. The gates to Port Curtis, Calliope and Boyne Tannum Memorial Parklands will be open to vehicles and pedestrians between 8am-6pm during the Easter long weekend.
- Funeral services will be unavailable during the Easter long weekend.
- Philip Street Communities and Families Precinct will close at 4.30pm on 17 April and resume normal hours on Tuesday 22 April.
Gladstone Entertainment Convention Centre (venue and Box Office) will be closed at 4.30pm, Thursday, 17 April and will reopen at 9am, Tuesday, 22 April.
Bookings to events can still be made via https://www.gladstoneentertainment.com.
Gladstone Aquatic Centre will open 9am to 5pm during the Easter long weekend, except for Good Friday and Mount Larcom Swimming Pool will be closed on Good Friday and open Easter Sunday 11am to 5pm, please check Gladstone Aquatic Centre’s Facebook page to stay up to date with any changes.
For a full list of closures over the Easter long weekend, go to Council’s website https://www.gladstone.qld.gov.au/easter-closures.
Download this media release (PDF)
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