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Council services changes

There will be changes to Macedon Ranges council services over the holiday period.

Council’s customer service centres in Gisborne, Kyneton, Romsey and Woodend will be closed from 12.30pm on Wednesday 24 December.

All offices will reopen on Monday 5 January, except Woodend.

Gisborne and Kyneton customer service centres will reopen at 8.30am, while Romsey will reopen at 9.30am.

The Wooded Customer Service Centre will be permanently closed from 1 January.

Bins will not be collected on Thursday 25 December.

If your collection day falls on 25 December, your bins will be collected on Friday 26 December.

If your collection day falls on Friday 26 December 2025, please put your bins out as usual. There may be a slight delay in collecting the bins (up to 24 hours) but put them out when you normally would and leave them out until collected.

All bins will be collected by 6pm Saturday 27 December. If your bin is still not collected after this time, call council’s customer service team on (03) 5422 0333.

Collections will not be affected on all other public holidays and will resume as normal from Monday 29 December 2025.

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