Council services during Christmas-New Year break

Cairns Regional Council’s offices will be closed from 5pm on Friday 21 December, reopening with normal business hours on Wednesday 2 January, 2019.

An after-hours emergency call centre will operate 24 hours a day via the normal customer service number 1300 69 22 47.

Non-urgent matters can be logged at any time via Council’s website or through the free My Cairns app, which can be downloaded to mobile devices from Google Play and the App Store.

Waste collection and facilities

There will be no interruptions to kerbside waste and recycling collections. Residential collections will be as per normal schedule on all days, including Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.

Requests for additional bin collections will be processed between 8am and 2pm on 24, 27, 28 and 31 December 2018. Any requests outside of these times will be processed on the next working day.

Waste transfer stations are open every day except Christmas Day. The Buy Back Shop is open as normal on Wednesday to Sunday.

Libraries

All Cairns Libraries branches will operate normal business hours on Friday 21 December 2018, prior to closing for the Christmas-New Year break.

All branches will re-open for business as usual on Wednesday 2 January 2019.

Visit www.cairns.qld.gov.au/library for upcoming school holiday activities.

More information on operating hours of other Council services and venues – including swimming pools and other leisure facilities.