Essential services during holiday break

Christmas Day (Wednesday, December 25), Boxing Day (Thursday, December 26) and New Year’s Day (Wednesday, January 1) are public holidays in the City of Logan and Council facilities will not be open.

Online services remain available to report Council-related matters, apply for approvals, or pay rates or bills over the holiday period.

More information on Council’s online services is available at logan.qld.gov.au/online-services

Holiday hours for Council facilities are:

Customer Service Centres (Logan Central, Beenleigh, Jimboomba)

Open normal hours on those weekdays that are not public holidays.

In an emergency, Council can be contacted on its 24-hour customer service line: 3412 3412.

Pools, water play areas, gyms and parks

Council pools and gyms will be closed on Christmas Day.

The Mount Warren Sports Centre will be closed on all public holidays while the Logan Metro Gym will be closed on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day.

Summer opening hours for each facility vary, including reduced trading hours on Christmas Eve, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day. For details go to loganleisurecentres.com.au

Water play areas at Logan Gardens (Logan Central), Darlington Park (Yarrabilba) and the Flagstone Water Play Park (Flagstone) will operate during normal hours over the holiday period.

All Council parks and their facilities are open as normal unless otherwise indicated.

Waste and recycling facilities

General waste, recycling, and green waste wheelie bin collection services will operate as normal.

Bins will be picked up on usual collection day irrespective of public holidays. Bins should be put out ready for collection the night before.

Council’s waste and recycling facilities at Beenleigh, Carbrook, Logan Village and Greenbank will close on Christmas Day.

The Browns Plains waste and recycling facility will be open normal hours (7am until 5.30pm) on Christmas Day.

All facilities will open from 7am until 5.30pm on Boxing Day and New Year’s Day.

The Logan Recycling Market will close at 3pm on Sunday, December 15, 2024 and reopen at 10am on Friday, January 17, 2025.  

The holiday period is a very busy time at all waste and recycling facilities and delays entering facilities are likely.

Please be patient and show respect to team members working during the holidays.

Animal Management Centre

The Animal Management Centre will be closed on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day.

The centre will operate on normal hours outside of these dates (Monday to Friday: 8.30am to 4.30pm and Saturday: 9am until 2pm).

We encourage people who find an animal to contact Council on 3412 3412 to arrange collection or bring the animal to the Animal Management Centre at 213 Queens Road Kingston during business hours. Alternatively, you can take the animal to your local vet.

Council’s Animal Management after-hours service (3412 3412) will continue to operate 24/7 over the holidays.

Council cannot collect found animals outside of business hours. This service responds to emergencies only.

All animals impounded at the Animal Management Centre are checked for registration tags and microchips.

If you have lost your pet, please continue to check the logan.qld.gov.au/pets-and-animals/impounded webpage as a photo of all impounded animals are displayed here. 

You can also enquire with your local vet and keep an eye out on local community Facebook pages.

Our team make every effort to reunite animals with their owners, but this can only be achieved if animals are registered and microchipped and all details are current.

Logan Libraries

Council’s nine libraries will operate on different hours throughout the Christmas-New Year holiday period.

Beenleigh, Hyperdome, Jimboomba, Logan Central, Logan North, Logan West and Marsden libraries will open from 9am to 5pm on Tuesday, December 24; Friday, December 27; Monday, December 30 and Tuesday, December 31.

Greenbank and Logan Village libraries will open from 10am to 5pm on Tuesday, December 24; Tuesday, December 31 and Thursday, January 2.

Greenbank and Logan Village libraries will be closed on Wednesday, December 25; Friday, December 27 and Monday, December 30.

Beenleigh, Hyperdome, Jimboomba, Logan Central, Logan North, Logan West and Marsden libraries will open from 9am to 4pm on Saturday, December 28.

Greenbank and Logan Village libraries will open from 9am to noon on Saturday, December 28.

All branches will be closed on Christmas Day (Wednesday, December 25), Boxing Day (Thursday, December 26), Sunday, December 29 and Wednesday, January 1.

Normal library opening hours resume from Thursday, January 2.

Free resources including books, games, newspapers and magazines to suit all ages are available 24/7 through Council’s eLibrary, which can be accessed via loglib.org/catalogue A library membership number and password are required to log in.

Non-members can join online at loglib.org/join

Logan Art Gallery

Logan Art Gallery is closed from Saturday, December 21 and reopens normal hours on Thursday, January 2.

Mayes Cottage

Mayes Cottage is closed from Saturday, December 21 and reopens normal hours on Thursday, January 2.

Logan Entertainment Centre (LEC) and Kingston Butter Factory (KBF) Cultural Precinct

The LEC will be closed from 4pm on Friday, December 20 for a period of maintenance through until Monday, February 17.

The KBF Cultural Precinct entry gates will be closed from 4pm on Saturday, December 21 and will reopen at 8am on Thursday, January 2.

The Kingston Butter Factory Building will be closed from 4pm on Saturday, December 21 and will reopen at 10am on Tuesday, January 7.

The box office at both venues will be closed for in-person and phone sales from 4pm on Friday, December 20 until 10am Tuesday, January 7.

Tickets for upcoming performances will be available online at loganarts.com.au during this period.

The Living Museum of Logan will close from 4pm on Saturday, December 21 and will reopen normal hours on Tuesday, January 7.

The Logan City Historical Museum will be closed from 3pm on Saturday, December 21 and will reopen normal hours on Tuesday, January 7.

The Devon Pixies Teahouse Café will be closed from 3pm on Saturday, December 21 and will reopen for high tea bookings from Thursday, January 2. Full trade will recommence on Tuesday, January 14.

Community venues

The Community Venues office will be closed from 4.30pm on Friday, December 20 until 8.30am on Tuesday, January 7, with only pre-booked events delivered during these dates.

All event bookings must be finalised prior to Wednesday, December 18.

Immunisation services

Council immunisation services’ last clinic for the year will be on Friday, December 20.

The first clinic for 2025 will be on Monday, January 6, 2025.

For a full schedule visit logan.qld.gov.au/immunisation

Cemeteries

All seven Council-managed cemeteries (Beenleigh, Chambers Flat, Eagleby, Logan Village, Maclean, Parkhouse and Plunkett Road) will be open normal hours (5am to 8pm) for visiting, however no burials are conducted on public holidays.