COVID-19 Mandatory lockdown commences

To protect the people of NSW from the evolving COVID-19 outbreak, current stay-at-home orders will be extended across all of Greater Sydney including the Northern Beaches, Blue Mountains, Central Coast, and Wollongong from 6pm today (26 June) until 11.59pm Friday, 9 July.

Everyone in Greater Sydney must stay at home unless it is for an essential reason.

The reasons you may leave your home include:

Shopping for food or other essential goods and services;Medical care or compassionate needs (people can leave home to have a COVID-19 vaccination unless you have been identified as a close contact);Exercise outdoors in groups of 10 or fewer;Essential work, or education, where you cannot work or study from home.

Community sport will not be permitted during this period. Weddings will not be permitted from 11.59pm, Sunday 27 June. Funerals will be limited to one person per four square metres with a cap of 100 people, and masks must be worn indoors.

Council facilities closed

To comply with the health orders, the following Council facilities will be temporarily closed from 6pm tonight (Saturday 26 June) until 11.59pm Friday, 9 July:

All Council administration and operational facilitiesCustomer service centres but we are still here to help you. Check out our range of online services or call us on 1300 434 434.Aquatic centresManly 'Boy Charlton' fitness centreGlen Street TheatreAll Council librariesCommunity centresManly Art Gallery and Museum and all our creative spacesManly Visitor Information CentreAboriginal Heritage OfficeCoastal Environment Centre and Manly Environment Centre Open for business

Waste Services

All residential waste services will continue as normal. 

All street litter bins will continue to be collected and maintained as normal.

Kimbriki

Kimbriki Resource Recovery Centre remains open 7am to 5pm every day. Any changes to opening hours or operations will be published on the website and residents should check before travelling to Kimbriki.

Cleansing

Increased cleansing of public spaces has already begun and will continue.

Childcare

All Childcare Centres, Pre Schools, Occasional Care, Family Day Care centres remain open and operating normal days and hours.

Vacation Care will go ahead in the school holidays, but we’ve had to modify the program in-line with the Public Health Orders including cancelling excursions, travel, and some events such as incursions. However, we’ll be running plenty of fun activities for the kids over this period.

We thank the community for their cooperation as we all work together to reduce the spread of the virus.