Expeditions Early Learning Journey
2 Foundation Street, North Lakes QLD 4509
Expeditions Early Learning Journey is a long day care centre in North Lakes QLD 4509, run by Mandhu Pty Ltd ATF The Patel Trust and Azuraan Investments Pty Ltd ATF The Azuraan Trust. It is approved for 134 children. It opens 6:30am to 6:30pm on weekdays. It is rated Working Towards the National Quality Standard, last assessed September 2026. It is one of 13 services in North Lakes; 3 of them are rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard or Excellent.
Quick facts
- Approved places
- 134
- Service type
- Long day care
- Approved since
- 01/01/2012
- Last assessed
- September 2026
Services offered
- Long day care
Contact & location
- 2 Foundation Street, North Lakes QLD 4509
- 07 3491 7243
- expeditionselj.com.au
Opening hours
- Monday
- 6:30am to 6:30pm
- Tuesday
- 6:30am to 6:30pm
- Wednesday
- 6:30am to 6:30pm
- Thursday
- 6:30am to 6:30pm
- Friday
- 6:30am to 6:30pm
- Saturday
- Closed
- Sunday
- Closed
Fees and vacancies
Expeditions Early Learning Journey sets its own fees, and kid.com.au does not hold them. Long day care in Queensland averaged $14.15 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 (Aug 2025)
Rating changed from Meeting to Working Towards
Quality area ratings
| CurrentAug 2025 | PreviousJun 2018 | |
|---|---|---|
| QA1Educational program & practice | Working Towards | Exceeding |
| QA2Children's health & safety | Working Towards | Meeting |
| QA3Physical environment | Working Towards | Exceeding |
| QA4Staffing arrangements | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA5Relationships with children | Working Towards | Meeting |
| QA6Partnerships with families & communities | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA7Governance & leadership | Working Towards | Meeting |
| Overall | Working Towards | Meeting |
Nearby in North Lakes
- Capers Early Learning North Lakes 170 places Long day care
- Goodstart Early Learning North Lakes - College Street 2 119 places Long day care
- Goodstart Early Learning North Lakes - Winn Street 75 places Long day care
- Harmony Early Education North Lakes 79 places Long day care
- Helping Hands Bounty Boulevard 195 places Outside school hours care
- North Lakes State College OSHC 210 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 North Lakes
ABS Census 2021 data
- Population
- 23,030
- Median age
- 35
- Household income /wk
- $2,092
- Median rent /wk
- $420
- Avg household size
- 2.9