Changes to Council services on Australia Day public holiday

Monday 28 January is the Australia Day public holiday, and we would like to remind you that some of our services and centres may be closed or have different hours. 

Household waste, recyclables and green waste collections will be collected as per the usual Monday schedule. Please put your bins out as normal if your bin day is Monday 28 January.

Customer Service counters at Camberwell, Kew and Hawthorn will be closed on Monday 28 January. On these public holidays, calls to 9278 4444 will be automatically transferred to the emergency after-hours service. Contact us.

You'll still be able to access many of our services online though, including:

All library branches are closed on Monday 28 January.

While the doors may be closed, the library never closes online. 

Access our library services online to read journals or articles like ANZ Reference Centre Plus or ProQuest Research Library, access eBooks and audio books such as Overdrive, Bolinda Borrow Box or Storybox or even watch free films and documentaries via Beamafilm. 

And you can always manage your library account or reserve items online anytime. 

A number of our other services are not available on public holidays, including:

Hawthorn Arts Centre, Town Hall Gallery and Kew Court House will be closed, and will reopen Tuesday 29 January.

The Boroondara Recycling and Waste Centre in Camberwell will be open. See what you can and can't drop off, and fees that apply.

For opening hours, see the individual recreation centre websites:

On public holidays, parking restrictions may differ. Parking signs that refer to a day of the week don’t apply on a public holiday. 

Note: if parking signs do not display any days of the week, the restriction continues to apply at all times. 

Read more about parking on public holidays.