Echidna Early Learning Centre 1
53 Yalwal Road, West Nowra NSW 2541
Echidna Early Learning Centre 1 is a long day care centre in West Nowra NSW 2541, run by Jackton Enterprises Pty Ltd ATF the LHW Trust and Barton LMW Pty Ltd ATF the Walton Family Trust. It is approved for 68 children. It opens 6:30am to 6:00pm on weekdays. It is rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard, last assessed April 2026. It is one of 3 services in West Nowra; 3 of them are rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard or Excellent.
Quick facts
- Approved places
- 68
- Service type
- Long day care
- Approved since
- 30/04/2007
- Last assessed
- April 2026
Services offered
- Long day care
Contact & location
- 53 Yalwal Road, West Nowra NSW 2541
- 02 4422 0800
- 02 4422 0801
- echidnaelc.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
Echidna Early Learning Centre 1 sets its own fees, and kid.com.au does not hold them. Long day care in New South Wales averaged $14.85 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 (Jun 2025)
Rating maintained at Exceeding
Quality area ratings
| CurrentJun 2025 | PreviousSep 2019 | |
|---|---|---|
| QA1Educational program & practice | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA2Children's health & safety | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA3Physical environment | Exceeding | Exceeding |
| QA4Staffing arrangements | Exceeding | Exceeding |
| QA5Relationships with children | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA6Partnerships with families & communities | Exceeding | Exceeding |
| QA7Governance & leadership | Exceeding | Exceeding |
| Overall | Exceeding | Exceeding |
Nearby in West Nowra
- Echidna Early Learning Centre 2 40 places Long day care
- Echidna Early Learning Centre 3 30 places Outside school hours 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 West Nowra
ABS Census 2021 data
- Population
- 1,504
- Median age
- 33
- Household income /wk
- $1,493
- Median rent /wk
- $350
- Avg household size
- 2.5