During 2024 we invested heavily into our Junior Kindy/ Kindy outdoor play space.

This area was well overdue for a makeover with the playground equipment being last updated in 2009 and the rubber soft fall matting in the other area of the yard having been in place since 1995.

After careful planning and communication with our enrolled families we were able to complete the upgrades to both these areas in 2024.

Our wonderful new playground equipment was designed and installed by Kim and the team from Nature Inspired Playgrounds. Kim custom designed the playground to fit into our space and match with our beautiful natural outdoor environment. We love the end result and our Kookaburra Kids are certainly enjoying this new space.

The other half of our outdoor space was upgraded by Kyle and his amazing team from Lexerturf. They removed huge amounts of old rubber soft fall material and large sections of old concrete and replaced it all with beautiful new coloured concrete, soft fall rubber and synthetic turf. 

The entire space is now transformed into a safe age appropriate and engaging environment that will support the education and care of children for many years to come.

Sign up to our waiting list!.

Simply go to our website at www.kookaburrachildcare.com.au scroll to the bottom of the homepage and click on our waiting list button, its that simple! Alternately you can also go to the enrolments tab and fill out the form located on the page. Please ensure you fill out the form for EACH child you wish to add to our wait list.

Our waiting list is all online and logs your registration time and date ensuring your place. You can update your requirements at any time by logging in to the My Wait List website. You will receive regular communications from the system prompting you to maintain your active status on the wait list. 

If and when a vacancy that matches some or all of your requirements becomes available we will contact you. No more endless calls to check on vacancies! Simply sit back and wait for us to contact you!

Changes to Child Care Subsidy commenced on 10 July 2023, which means child care is now cheaper for most families. It also means some families previously not eligible for Child Care Subsidy will now get it. This change provides more support for more families across Australia.

Child Care Subsidy changes include:

• The family income limit to get Child Care Subsidy has increased from $356,756 to $530,000 per annum.
• The maximum amount of Child Care Subsidy has increased from 85% to 90%.
• Families earning $80,000 or less get a Child Care Subsidy rate of 90%.
• Families earning over $80,000 may get a Child Care Subsidy rate starting from 90%. This will go down by 1% for each $5,000 of income they earn above $80,000. This rate reaches 0% for families earning $530,000.
• Families earning below $362,408 with more than one child aged 5 or under in care can still get a higher rate for one or more of their children.
• Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander children can get at least 36 subsidised hours of early childhood education and care per fortnight, regardless of their family's activity level.

Changes to Family Assistance Law, which give effect to increases in the subsidy, came into effect on 1 July 2023.

Three things will determine a family's level of Child Care Subsidy:
1. Combined family income

2. Activity level of parents

3. Type of child care service

For more information on this process, visit education.gov.au/childcare

To access the CCS Estimator visit: http://www.humanservices.gov.au/paymentfinder