Shopping, council and pharmacy Christmas opening hours across the Hunter

Shopping centres

Charlestown Square: Monday, 8am-9pm. Christmas Eve, 8am-5.30pm; Christmas Day, Closed; Boxing Day, 8am-9pm; Friday, 9am-5.30pm.
Westfield Kotara: Monday, 9am-10pm; Christmas Eve,9am-5pm; Christmas Day, Closed; Boxing Day, 8am-9pm; Friday, 9am-5.30pm.
Marketown: Coles, Woolworths and Big W open each day, closed Christmas Day.
Stockland Jesmond: Christmas Day, Closed; Boxing Day, 10am-4pm. Contact individual store for trading hours.
Stockland Green Hills: Monday, 9am-9pm; Christmas Eve, 9am-5.30pm; Christmas Day, Closed; Boxing Day, 9am-9pm.
Stockland Wallsend: Christmas Day, Closed; Boxing Day, Closed. Contact individual store for trading hours,
Stockland Glendale: Monday, 8.30am-6.30pm; Christmas Eve, 8.30am-5.30pm; Christmas Day, Closed; Boxing Day, 10am-4pm.

Council Offices: Closed until Thursday, January 2.
Garbage collection: None Christmas Day, all services one day later until Monday, December 30.
Beaches: All beaches patrolled 7am-5.30pm, except Stockton (9am-5.30pm)
Ocean Baths: All open as normal.
Pools: All open except Christmas Day.
Libraries: All closed until normal hours of operation resume on Thursday, January 2.
Blackbutt reserve: Open as normal, wildlife exhibits closed Christmas Day. Kiosk closed from Christmas Eve to Friday, Jan. 4.
Newcastle Museum: Closed Christmas Day and Boxing Day. Open 10am-5pm all other days.
Newcastle Art Gallery: Closed Christmas Day and Boxing Day. Open 10am-5pm all other days.
Fort Scratchley Historic Site: Closed Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, open 10am-4pm other days. Closed on Tuesdays.

Council offices: Closed from noon Christmas Eve, until Thursday, Jan 2.
Works Depot: Closed from noon Christmas Eve, until Thursday, Jan 2.
Garbage collection: None Christmas Day, all services one day later until Monday, December 30.
Awaba Waste Management Facility: Closed Christmas Day.
Beaches: Normal patrols.
Pools: All pools closed Christmas Day.
Libraries: All closed Christmas Day and Boxing Day. Charlestown, Swansea and Toronto open 9.30am-1pm from Dec 27-28. Normal operating hours resume January 2.
Lake Macquarie Art Gallery: Open until 2pm Christmas Eve, Closed Christmas Day and Boxing Day. Closed December 30, open New Year's Eve, closed New Year's Day. Normal operating hours resume January 2.
Visitor Info Centre: Closed Christmas Day.

Council Offices: Closed from 12pm, Christmas Eve until 9am, Thursday, January 2.
Garbage collection: None Christmas Day, all services one day later until Monday, December 30.
Waste Management Centre: Closed Christmas Day.
Pools: Cessnock & Branxton: Closed from noon Christmas Eve, Closed Christmas Day; Kurri Kurri: Closed from 4pm Christmas Eve, Closed Christmas Day, 10am-4pm Boxing Day.
Libraries: Closed from noon Christmas Eve, until Wed, Jan. 2.
Performing Arts Centre: Closed until Monday, January 6.
Hunter Valley Visitors Centre: Closed Christmas Day only, 9am-4pm all public holidays.

Council Offices: Closed from Christmas Eve 3.30pm to 8.30am, January 2.
Garbage Collection: Services collected as normal.
Salamander Bay Transfer Station: Closed from 3:30pm on Christmas Eve until 7:15am Friday, December 27.
Newline Road Waste Facility: Closed Christmas Day, open Boxing Day 8am-4pm.
Beaches: Partols as normal. nse sls
Pools: All closed Christmas Day. Lakeside: 10am to 4pm Christmas Eve; Tilligerry: 9am to 2pm Christmas Eve, Closed Boxing Day; Tomaree: 8.30am to 4pm Christmas Eve.
Libraries: Raymond Terrace and Tomaree Library: Open 9am to 2pm, Christmas Eve, Closed Christmas Day to January 1 inclusive, open 9am Thursday, January 2; Tilligerry Community Library and Mobile Library: Closed until Monday, January 13.
Visitor Info Centre: Closed Christmas Day.

Council Offices: Closed from 1pm Christmas Eve, until Thursday, January 2.
Works Depot: Closed from 11am Christmas Eve until January 2.
Garbage Collection: None Christmas Day, all services one day later.
Mt Vincent Road Waste Management Centre: Closed Christmas Day.
Pools: Closed from 4pm Christmas Eve, re-open 8am Boxing Day.
Libraries: Closed from 5pm Christmas Eve, until January 2.
Maitland Regional Art Gallery: Closed from 5pm Christmas Eve, until 10am Friday, December 27.
Visitor Info Centre: Closed Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
Maitland Gaol: Closed Christmas Day and Boxing Day.

Broadmeadow Medical Centre Pharmacy: Open 7.30am-9pm Christmas Eve; 5pm-9pm Christmas Day; 9am-9pm Boxing Day; 7.30am-9pm New Year's Eve; 9am-9pm New Year's Day. The medical centre is open the same hours.
Docs Megasave Pharmacy (Newcastle West): Open 8am to 10pm. Christmas Eve. Closed, Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
Strachans Pharmacy (New Lambton): Open 8am-9pm, Christmas Eve. Closed Christmas Day. Open 8am-9pm, Boxing Day.
Darby Street Pharmacy (Cooks Hill): Open 8am-8pm, every day except Christmas Day.
Chemist Works (Glendale): Open 8am to midnight, Christmas Eve. Closed Christmas Day. Open, 10am-4pm, Boxing Day; New Year's Eve 8am to midnight; New Year's Day, 10-4.
Tenambit Pharmacy: Open 9am-7pm, Christmas Eve. Open 9am to noon, Christmas Day and 9am-1pm Boxing Day.
Myall Pharmacy (Hawks Nest): Open 830am-5pm, Christmas Eve. Closed Christmas Day. Open 8.30am-12pm, Boxing Day.
Myall Pharmacy (Tea Gardens): Open 830-6pm, Christmas Eve. Closed, Christmas Day an Boxing Day.
Discount Drug Store (Nelson Bay): Monday, 8.30-7pm; Christmas Eve, 830am-4pm; Closed Christmas Day; Open 10am-2pm Boxing day; Open 8.30am-4pm New Year's Eve; and 8.30am-4pm New Year's Day.