Christmas and new year holiday hours 2024/25
Find out when our services and programs will be open over the Christmas and new year period
Essential City of Sydney services such as bin collections will continue over the holiday period.
You can contact us anytime, any day, including public holidays on 02 9265 9333 or email [email protected].
Most of our other services and programs will operate as usual until Tuesday 24 December. Some centres and programs will close earlier to let our employees join their families and friends.
All library branches will close at 4pm on Tuesday 24 December and reopen at 10am on Thursday 2 January.
You can continue to renew and reserve items online, stream movies and borrow digital resources like ebooks and eaudiobooks throughout the holidays.
Access the City of Sydney library anytime, anywhere on the app where you can browse and search collections, manage loans and reservations.
Returns chutes will be open throughout the holiday period at Glebe, Green Square, Newtown, Surry Hills, Ultimo and Waterloo.
Booked pick-up services for bulky items will be paused from Wednesday 25 December to Wednesday 1 January inclusive. If you can, book in early or hold on to your items for another week. For any urgent requests, including booking a collection for your natural Christmas tree, call us on 02 9265 9333.
Our final Ultimo recycling pop-up of the year will be on Tuesday 17 December. The pop-up will be closed on Tuesday 24 December and reopen at 2pm on Tuesday 7 January.
Our doorstep recycling service will pause collections from 5pm, Friday 20 December until Friday 3 January. Collections will resume on Monday 6 January.
We won’t accept any laser cutting or 3D printing requests at Darling Square Library from 6pm on Friday 13 December until Monday 6 January.
Please direct any enquiries to [email protected].
All community and recreation centres, except Perry Park Recreation Centre, will close between 3pm to 4pm Tuesday 24 December and reopen on Thursday 2 January.
Pine Street Creative Arts Centre will close on Friday 20 December and reopen on Monday 6 January.
Perry Park Recreation Centre
- Saturday 14 December – Closed
- Sunday 15 December – 11am-6pm
- Monday 16 December – 11am-11pm
- Tuesday 17 December - 11am-11pm
- Wednesday 18 December 11am-11pm
- Thursday 19 December 11am-10pm
- Friday 20 December 11am-10pm
- Saturday 21 December – Closed
- Sunday 22 December – 11am-5pm
- Monday 23 December – 11am-9pm
- Tuesday 24 December – 11am-5pm
- From 25 December 2024 to 2 January 2025 – Closed
- Friday 3 January – 11am-5pm
- Saturday 4 January – Closed
- Sunday 5 January – Closed
- Monday 6 January 11am-9pm
- Tuesday 7 January 8am-9pm
- Wednesday 8 January 8am-9pm
- Thursday 9 January 8am-9pm
- Friday 10 January 11am-10pm
- Neighbourhood service centres at Glebe and Kings Cross will close at 3pm on Tuesday 24 December and reopen on Monday 6 January. The neighbourhood service centre at Green Square will be closed on Christmas Day (Wednesday 25 December) and New Years Day and reopen on Wednesday 8 January with normal opening hours.
- Town Hall House customer service centre will close at 3pm on Tuesday 24 December. The centre will reopen on Thursday 2 January and Friday 3 January from 10am to 3pm. Normal opening hours will resume from Monday 6 January.
- Visitor information centre at Customs House will close on Christmas Day (Wednesday 25 December) and reopen on Thursday 2 January.
Bookings are recommended for all face-to-face visits. To make a 20-minute appointment, book online or call us on 02 9265 9333.
See customer and neighbourhood service centres for opening hours.
Meals on Wheels will operate as usual except Christmas Day (25 December), Boxing Day (26 December) and New Year's Day (1 January)
The community transport service will close on Monday 23 December and reopen on Monday 6 January 2024.
Childcare centres
All our childcare centres will close on Friday 20 December.
Eveleigh Early Learning and Preschool and Redfern Occasional Care reopen Tuesday 7 January.
Hilda Booler and Broughton Street kindergartens reopen Wednesday 29 January.
Outside school hours care
Outside school hours care will be closed during these times:
- Surry Hills closes on Wednesday 18 December and reopens Thursday 6 February.
- Redfern closes on Friday 20 December and reopens Monday 13 January.
- The Rocks (KGV) closes on Friday 20 December and reopens Monday 6 January.
- Ultimo closes on Friday 20 December and reopens Monday 6 January.
- Woolloomooloo closes on Friday 20 December and reopens Monday 13 January.
All our outside school hours care services will be closed on Wednesday 5 February 2025 for an annual staff planning day.
Event applications will not be assessed between 5pm on Friday 13 December and Monday 6 January.
Sports field bookings will not be assessed between 5pm on Tuesday 17 December and Monday 6 January.
Our filming and photography office will close at 5pm Wednesday 18 December, reopening Monday 6 January.
Road closure applications (or major traffic control) will close at 5pm Monday 2 December.
Non-road closure applications will close at 5pm on Wednesday 11 December for productions occurring on Thursday 19 December onwards.
All new applications and permit requests after Wednesday 11 December will be assessed from 9am Monday 6 January for productions commencing from 14 January onwards.
Our swimming pools will have the following opening hours:
- Christmas Eve – Tuesday 24 December: 6am–5pm
- Christmas Day – Wednesday 25 December: Closed
- Boxing Day – Thursday 26 December: 6am–5pm
- New Year’s Eve – Tuesday 31 December: 6am–5pm
- New Year’s Day – Wednesday 1 January: 8am–5pm
On all other days the aquatic centres operate under usual opening hours.
Andrew (Boy) Charlton Pool remains temporarily closed.
Our gyms at Juanita Nielsen Community Centre and KGV Recreation Centre will close at 4pm on Tuesday 24 December and reopen on Thursday 2 January.
Our fitness centres at Cook + Phillip Park Pool, Gunyama Park Aquatic and Recreation Centre, Ian Thorpe Aquatic Centre and Victoria Park Pool will have the following opening hours:
- Christmas Eve – Tuesday 24 December: 6am–5pm
- Christmas Day – Wednesday 25 December: Closed
- Boxing Day – Thursday 26 December: 6am–5pm
- New Year’s Eve – Tuesday 31 December: 6am–5pm
- New Year’s Day – Wednesday 1 January: 8am–5pm
On all other days the fitness centres operate under usual opening hours.
Request services are closed between Christmas and New Year.
Services will resume on Thursday 2 January.
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