Festive Season Opening Hours

Published on 08 December 2025

Customer Service Centres

Closing 12pm on Friday 12 December 2025.
Closing 12pm on Tuesday 24 December 2025.
Reopening Monday 5 January 2026. 
If you require emergency services during the closure, please contact 1300 79 49 29.

Waste Services

Nikenbah Transfer Station will be closing at 11am on Friday 12 December 2025, reopening Saturday 13 December 2025. 
Kerbside collection times will occur as normal.
All landfill sites and transfer stations will be closed Christmas Day only.
Bin repairs, replacements and new deliveries will not take place on public holidays. 

Waste Services

Maryborough Aquatic Centre 

Closing 3pm on 24 December 2025.
Closing 4pm on 31 December 2025.
Closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day.

Maryborough Aquatic Centre

Hervey Bay Aquatic Centres

Closing 12pm on Friday 12 December 2025.
Closing 3pm on 24 December 2025.
Closing 4pm on 31 December 2025. 
Closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day.  

Hervey Bay Aquatic Centre

WetSide Water Park

Closing 12pm on Friday 12 December 2025.
Closing 3pm on 24 December 2025. 
Closing 4pm on 26 December 2025.
Closing 4pm on 31 December 2025.
Closed Christmas Day.

WetSide

SplashSide 

Closed Christmas Day. Click on the link below for more information:

SplashSide

Hervey Bay Pound and Adoption Centre

Closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day. 

Hervey Bay Pound and Adoption Centre

Fraser Coast Libraries

Maryborough Library, Hervey Bay Library and Tiaro Library will close at 12pm on Friday 12 December 2025. 
Maryborough and Hervey Bay closed from 2pm on 24 December 2025.
Tiaro, Burrum Heads and Howard closed from 1pm on 24 December 2025. 
All branches reopening Monday 5 January 2026. 
The return chutes at Hervey Bay and Maryborough will be closed during this time.

Fraser Coast Libraries

Gatakers Artspace, Story Bank and Bond Store

Closing 12pm on Friday 12 December 2025.
Closing 3.30pm on Wednesday 24 December 2025.
Closed 25, 26 and 29 December 2025. 
Open 9.30am - 2pm on Thursday 1 January 2026.

Gatakers Artspace Story Bank Bond Store Museum

Hervey Bay Regional Gallery

Closing 12pm on Friday 12 December 2025.
Closing 4pm on Wednesday 24 December 2025.
Closed 25, 26 and 29 December 2025. 

Hervey Bay Regional Gallery

Brolga Theatre

Closed from 12pm, Wednesday 24 December 2025. 
Reopening Monday 5 January 2026.

Brolga Theatre

Maryborough Showgrounds

Closed from 12pm, Wednesday 24 December 2025, reopening Monday 5 January 2026.

Maryborough Showgrounds

Halcro Street Community Centre

Closed from 3pm, Friday 12 December 2025.
Reopening Monday 12 January 2026.

Halcro Street Community Centre

Wide Bay Water Customer Service/WaterOne Lab

Closing 12pm on Friday 12 December 2025.
Closing 12pm on Wednesday 24 December 2025.
Reopening Monday 5 January 2026. 
All laboratory samples to be submitted by COB Thursday 18 December 2025. 
Business as usual from Monday 5 January 2026. 

Wide Bay Water

Hervey Bay Botanic Gardens

Open every day. 

Hervey Bay Botanic Gardens Office and Orchid House

Closing 12pm on 24 and 31 December 2025. 
Closed 25-28 December 2025 and Thursday 1 January 2026.

Hervey Bay Botanic Gardens and Orchid House