Gumnut Long Day Care Centre
1 Jetty Road, Dodges Ferry TAS 7173
Gumnut Long Day Care Centre is a long day care centre in Dodges Ferry TAS 7173, run by BUMBLEBEE FOREST PTY LTD. It is approved for 50 children. It opens 7:00am to 6:30pm on weekdays. It is rated Working Towards the National Quality Standard, last assessed November 2025. It is one of 2 services in Dodges Ferry; none of them is rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard or Excellent.
Quick facts
- Approved places
- 50
- Service type
- Long day care
- Approved since
- 01/01/2012
- Last assessed
- November 2025
Services offered
- Long day care
Contact & location
- 1 Jetty Road, Dodges Ferry TAS 7173
- 03 6265 9288
- 03 6265 9680
- gumnuttas.com.au
Opening hours
- Monday
- 7:00am to 6:30pm
- Tuesday
- 7:00am to 6:30pm
- Wednesday
- 7:00am to 6:30pm
- Thursday
- 7:00am to 6:30pm
- Friday
- 7:00am to 6:30pm
- Saturday
- Closed
- Sunday
- Closed
Fees and vacancies
Gumnut Long Day Care Centre sets its own fees, and kid.com.au does not hold them. Long day care in Tasmania averaged $13.35 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 (Jan 2024)
Rating maintained at Working Towards
Quality area ratings
| CurrentJan 2024 | PreviousAug 2019 | |
|---|---|---|
| QA1Educational program & practice | Working Towards | Working Towards |
| QA2Children's health & safety | Working Towards | Working Towards |
| QA3Physical environment | Meeting | Working Towards |
| QA4Staffing arrangements | Working Towards | Meeting |
| QA5Relationships with children | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA6Partnerships with families & communities | Meeting | Working Towards |
| QA7Governance & leadership | Working Towards | Working Towards |
| Overall | Working Towards | Working Towards |
Nearby in Dodges Ferry
- Gumnut Outside School Hours Care 60 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 Dodges Ferry
ABS Census 2021 data
- Population
- 2,646
- Median age
- 43
- Household income /wk
- $1,412
- Median rent /wk
- $340
- Avg household size
- 2.4