Bairnsdale Aquatic & Recreation Centre
80 McKean Street, Bairnsdale VIC 3875
Bairnsdale Aquatic & Recreation Centre is an outside school hours care service in Bairnsdale VIC 3875, run by East Gippsland Shire Council. It is approved for 90 children. It is rated Working Towards the National Quality Standard, last assessed April 2026. It is one of 13 services in Bairnsdale; 2 of them are rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard or Excellent.
Quick facts
- Approved places
- 90
- Service type
- Outside school hours care
- Approved since
- 01/01/2012
- Last assessed
- April 2026
Services offered
- After school care
Contact & location
- 80 McKean Street, Bairnsdale VIC 3875
- 03 5152 5710
- 03 5153 1585
- lakesaquadome.com.au
Fees and vacancies
Bairnsdale Aquatic & Recreation Centre sets its own fees, and kid.com.au does not hold them. Outside school hours care in Australia averaged $10.05 an hour in the June quarter 2026, before the Child Care Subsidy. Services report their current fees and vacancies on StartingBlocks.gov.au, or you can call and ask.
Rating history
- Previous
- Current (Dec 2025)
Rating changed from Meeting to Working Towards
Quality area ratings
| CurrentDec 2025 | PreviousApr 2021 | |
|---|---|---|
| QA1Educational program & practice | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA2Children's health & safety | Working Towards | Meeting |
| QA3Physical environment | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA4Staffing arrangements | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA5Relationships with children | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA6Partnerships with families & communities | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA7Governance & leadership | Meeting | Meeting |
| Overall | Working Towards | Meeting |
Nearby in Bairnsdale
- Bairnsdale Childcare & Kinder 162 places Long day care
- Bairnsdale Kindergarten 60 places Preschool / kindergarten
- Bairnsdale PS TheirCare 24 places Outside school hours care
- Bairnsdale West Primary School OSHC 20 places Outside school hours care
- Cubby Care Early Learning Centre Bairnsdale 45 places Long day care
- Dala Yooro 99 places Preschool / kindergarten
Service details, ratings and hours: ACECQA National Registers, export of 29 October 2026. Average fees: Department of Education, Child Care Subsidy data report, June quarter 2026. Locations are suburb centres. Confirm fees, hours and vacancies with the service. About this data.
About Bairnsdale
ABS Census 2021 data
- Population
- 7,905
- Median age
- 44
- Household income /wk
- $1,101
- Median rent /wk
- $270
- Avg household size
- 2.2