Creative Minds Early Years
49 Cants Rd, Colac VIC 3250
Creative Minds Early Years is a long day care centre in Colac VIC 3250, run by Creative Minds Early Years Pty Ltd. It is approved for 33 children. It opens 6:30am to 6:00pm on weekdays. It is rated Meeting the National Quality Standard, last assessed November 2025. It is one of 10 services in Colac; none of them is rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard or Excellent.
Quick facts
- Approved places
- 33
- Service type
- Long day care
- Approved since
- 18/08/2023
- Last assessed
- November 2025
Services offered
- Long day care
- Preschool / kindergarten
Contact & location
- 49 Cants Rd, Colac VIC 3250
- 03 4223 8003
- creativemindscolac.com.au
Opening hours
- Monday
- 6:30am to 6:00pm
- Tuesday
- 6:30am to 6:00pm
- Wednesday
- 6:30am to 6:00pm
- Thursday
- 6:30am to 6:00pm
- Friday
- 6:30am to 6:00pm
- Saturday
- Closed
- Sunday
- Closed
Fees and vacancies
Creative Minds Early Years sets its own fees, and kid.com.au does not hold them. Long day care in Victoria averaged $14.65 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.
Quality area ratings
| QA1Educational program & practice | Meeting |
|---|---|
| QA2Children's health & safety | Meeting |
| QA3Physical environment | Meeting |
| QA4Staffing arrangements | Exceeding |
| QA5Relationships with children | Exceeding |
| QA6Partnerships with families & communities | Meeting |
| QA7Governance & leadership | Meeting |
Nearby in Colac
- Champs oshc colac vic 28 places Outside school hours care
- Colac East Kindergarten 33 places Preschool / kindergarten
- Colac Otway Shire Family Day Care Scheme Places not listed Family day care
- Colac PS TheirCare 20 places Outside school hours care
- Lake Colac School TheirCare 15 places Outside school hours care
- Millville Children's Centre 85 places Long day care
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 Colac
ABS Census 2021 data
- Population
- 9,243
- Median age
- 44
- Household income /wk
- $1,108
- Median rent /wk
- $260
- Avg household size
- 2.2