Christmas Operating Hours
The following information outlines Townsville City Council's customer service, administration, venue and facility opening and closing times throughout the Christmas holiday period.
Page contents:
Animal Care and Adoption Centre
Standard operating hours will apply over the holiday period except Public Holidays.
For more information visit our Adopt a Pet page.
Tompkins Road, Shaw
Christmas holiday operating hours:
- Wednesday 25 December 2024: Closed
- Thursday 26 December 2024: Closed
- Wednesday 1 January 2025: Closed
Open for regular operating hours on all other days not listed.
Community Centres
Please visit our Venues for Hire page for more information on our Community Centres.
Christmas holiday operating hours:
- Wednesday 25 December 2024: Closed
- Thursday 26 December 2024: Closed
- Friday 27 December 2024: Closed
- Saturday 28 December 2024: Closed
- Sunday 29 December 2024: Closed
- Monday 30 December 2024: Closed
- Tuesday 31 December 2024: Closed
- Wednesday 1 January 2025: Closed
Open for regular operating hours on all other days not listed.
Customer Service
For urgent enquiries, our phone line, click to chat, emails and mail will operate from 27 to 31 December 2024. Visit our Contact Council page for more details.
SERVE Centre – Townsville City
Christmas holiday operating hours:
- Tuesday 24 December 2024: 8am to 5pm
- Wednesday 25 December 2024: Closed
- Thursday 26 December 2024: Closed
- Friday 27 December 2024: Closed
- Saturday 28 December 2024: Closed
- Sunday 29 December 2024: Closed
- Monday 30 December 2024: Closed
- Tuesday 31 December 2024: Closed
- Wednesday 1 January 2025: Closed
Open for regular operating hours on all other days not listed.
SERVE Centre – Citylibraries Riverway
Christmas holiday operating hours:
- Tuesday 24 December 2024: 9am to 5pm
- Wednesday 25 December 2024: Closed
- Thursday 26 December 2024: Closed
- Friday 27 December 2024: Closed
- Saturday 28 December 2024: Closed
- Sunday 29 December 2024: Closed
- Monday 30 December 2024: Closed
- Tuesday 31 December 2024: Closed
- Wednesday 1 January 2025: Closed
Open for regular operating hours on all other days not listed.
Pools & Beaches
For more information on the normal opening and closing hours or pools and beaches, please visit our Townsville Pools page and Lifeguard Hours & Stinger Nets page.
Kokoda Memorial Pool
Christmas holiday operating hours:
- Tuesday 24 December 2024: 7am to 1pm
- Wednesday 25 December 2024: Closed
- Thursday 26 December 2024: Closed
- Tuesday 31 December 2024: 7am to 1pm
- Wednesday 1 January 2025: Closed
Open for regular operating hours on all other days not listed.
Long Tan Memorial Pool
Christmas holiday operating hours:
- Tuesday 24 December 2024: 8am to 1pm
- Wednesday 25 December 2024: Closed
- Thursday 26 December 2024: Closed
- Friday 27 December 2024: Closed
- Tuesday 31 December 2024: 8am to 1pm
- Wednesday 1 January 2025: Closed
Open for regular operating hours on all other days not listed.
Northern Beaches Leisure Centre
Christmas holiday operating hours:
- Tuesday 24 December 2024: 5:30am to 12noon
- Wednesday 25 December 2024: Closed
- Thursday 26 December 2024: Closed
- Friday 27 December 2024: 5:30 to 6pm
- Saturday 28 December 2024: 7am to 4pm
- Sunday 29 December 2024: 9am to 4pm
- Monday 30 December 2024: 5:30am to 7pm
- Tuesday 31 December 2024: 5:30am to 12noon
- Wednesday 1 January 2025: 12noon to 5pm
Open for regular operating hours on all other days not listed.
Tobruk Memorial Baths
Christmas holiday operating hours:
- Tuesday 24 December 2024: 5am to 6pm
- Wednesday 25 December 2024: Closed
- Thursday 26 December 2024: Closed
- Tuesday 31 December 2024: 5am to 6pm
- Wednesday 1 January 2025: Closed
Open for regular operating hours on all other days not listed.
TicketShop Box Office
TicketShop online sales will be operational 24/7 throughout the Christmas holiday period on the TicketShop website.
Townsville Civic Theatre Box Office
Christmas holiday operating hours:
- Tuesday 24 December 2024: 9am to 3pm
- Wednesday 25 December 2024: Closed
- Thursday 26 December 2024: Closed
- Friday 27 December 2024: Closed
- Saturday 28 December 2024: Closed
- Sunday 29 December 2024: Closed
- Monday 30 December 2024: Closed
- Tuesday 31 December 2024: Closed
- Wednesday 1 January 2025: Closed
Open for regular operating hours on all other days not listed.
Townsville City Galleries
Please visit our Perc Tucker Regional Gallery and Pinnacles Gallery pages for information on upcoming exhibitions.
Perc Tucker Regional Gallery
Christmas holiday operating hours:
- Wednesday 25 December 2024: Closed
- Thursday 26 December 2024: Closed
- Friday 27 December 2024: Closed
- Saturday 28 December 2024: Closed
- Sunday 29 December 2024: Closed
- Monday 30 December 2024: Closed
- Tuesday 31 December 2024: Closed
- Wednesday 1 January 2025: Closed
- Thursday 2 January 2025: Closed
- Friday 3 January 2025: Closed
- Saturday 4 January 2025: Closed
- Sunday 5 January 2025: Closed
- Monday 6 January 2025: Closed
Open for regular operating hours on all other days not listed.
Pinnacles Gallery
Christmas holiday operating hours:
- Wednesday 25 December 2024: Closed
- Thursday 26 December 2024: Closed
- Friday 27 December 2024: Closed
- Saturday 28 December 2024: Closed
- Sunday 29 December 2024: Closed
- Monday 30 December 2024: Closed
- Tuesday 31 December 2024: Closed
- Wednesday 1 January 2025: Closed
- Thursday 2 January 2025: Closed
- Friday 3 January 2025: Closed
- Saturday 4 January 2025: Closed
- Sunday 5 January 2025: Closed
Open for regular operating hours on all other days not listed.
Townsville Citylibraries
Please visit our Citylibraries page for more information on our libraries.
Returns chutes at Citylibraries Flinders Street and Citylibraries Aitkenvale will be closed during the Christmas closure period.
Items can be returned to Citylibraries Riverway via the returns chute 24/7 over the break.
Customers will be able to pick up their items from the 24/7 reservation lockers if they have selected the option to do so.
Citylibraries Mobile
Christmas holiday operating hours:
- Wednesday 25 December 2024: Closed
- Thursday 26 December 2024: Closed
- Friday 27 December 2024: Closed
- Saturday 28 December 2024: Closed
- Sunday 29 December 2024: Closed
- Monday 30 December 2024: Closed
- Tuesday 31 December 2024: Closed
- Wednesday 1 January 2025: Closed
- Thursday 2 January 2025: Closed
- Friday 3 January 2025: Closed
- Saturday 4 January 2025: Closed
- Sunday 5 January 2025: Closed
- Monday 6 January 2025: Closed
- Tuesday 7 January 2025: Closed
- Wednesday 8 January 2025: Closed
- Thursday 9 January 2025: Closed
- Friday 10 January 2025: Closed
- Saturday 11 January 2025: Closed
- Sunday 12 January 2025: Closed
- Monday 13 January 2025: Closed
Open for regular operating hours on all other days not listed.
Citylibraries Aitkenvale
Christmas holiday operating hours:
- Wednesday 25 December 2024: Closed
- Thursday 26 December 2024: Closed
- Friday 27 December 2024: Closed
- Saturday 28 December 2024: Closed
- Sunday 29 December 2024: Closed
- Monday 30 December 2024: Closed
- Tuesday 31 December 2024: Closed
- Wednesday 1 January 2025: Closed
Open for regular operating hours on all other days not listed.
Citylibraries Flinders Street
Christmas holiday operating hours:
- Wednesday 25 December 2024: Closed
- Thursday 26 December 2024: Closed
- Friday 27 December 2024: Closed
- Saturday 28 December 2024: Closed
- Sunday 29 December 2024: Closed
- Monday 30 December 2024: Closed
- Tuesday 31 December 2024: Closed
- Wednesday 1 January 2025: Closed
Open for regular operating hours on all other days not listed.
Citylibraries Riverway
Christmas holiday operating hours:
- Wednesday 25 December 2024: Closed
- Thursday 26 December 2024: Closed
- Friday 27 December 2024: Closed
- Saturday 28 December: 10am to 2pm
- Sunday 29 December: 10am to 2pm
- Monday 30 December: 10am to 2pm
- Tuesday 31 December: 10am to 2pm
- Wednesday 1 January 2025: Closed
Open for regular operating hours on all other days not listed.
Townsville Laboratory Services
Christmas holiday operating hours:
- Wednesday 25 December 2024: Closed
- Thursday 26 December 2024: Closed
- Wednesday 1 January 2025: Closed
Open for regular operating hours on all other days not listed.
For more information, visit our Townsville Laboratory Services page.
Waste Facilities and Bin Collections
For more information on our regular services and locations visit our Transfer Stations & Landfill page or to find your regular bin collection day visit our Bins & Collections page.
Bin Collections
Please ensure bins are out before 6am on the day of collection.
If your bin day is a public holiday, including Christmas Day, your bin will be collected as normal.
Bin collections operate 365 days of the year.
Transfer Stations & Landfill
Christmas holiday operating hours:
- Wednesday 25 December 2024: Closed
Open for regular operating hours on all other days not listed.
