Turtle Cove Early Learning Centre
20 Cedar Crescent, Strathalbyn, Geraldton WA 6530
Turtle Cove Early Learning Centre is a long day care centre in Geraldton WA 6530, run by Mrs Andrea Lee Horstman. It is approved for 57 children. It opens 6:15am to 5:45pm on weekdays. It is rated Meeting the National Quality Standard, last assessed May 2026. It is one of 7 services in Geraldton; none of them is rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard or Excellent.
Quick facts
- Approved places
- 57
- Service type
- Long day care
- Approved since
- 26/05/2010
- Last assessed
- May 2026
Services offered
- Long day care
Contact & location
- 20 Cedar Crescent, Strathalbyn, Geraldton WA 6530
- 08 9964 7999
- 08 9964 7900
- turtlecoveelc.com.au
Opening hours
- Monday
- 6:15am to 5:45pm
- Tuesday
- 6:15am to 5:45pm
- Wednesday
- 6:15am to 5:45pm
- Thursday
- 6:15am to 5:45pm
- Friday
- 6:15am to 5:45pm
- Saturday
- Closed
- Sunday
- Closed
Fees and vacancies
Turtle Cove Early Learning Centre sets its own fees, and kid.com.au does not hold them. Long day care in Western Australia averaged $14.90 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 2026)
Rating maintained at Meeting
Quality area ratings
| CurrentJun 2026 | PreviousSep 2019 | |
|---|---|---|
| QA1Educational program & practice | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA2Children's health & safety | Meeting | 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 | Meeting | Meeting |
Nearby in Geraldton
- Bambi Child Care Centre - Fitzgerald 61 places Long day care
- Bambi Child Care OSHC 60 places Outside school hours care
- Kidz Retreat 59 places Long day care
- Magic Cottage Child Care Centre 55 places Long day care
- Ready Set Grow Child Care Centre - Bluff Point 57 places Long day care
- Turtle Cove Early Learning Centre Central 59 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 Geraldton
ABS Census 2021 data
- Population
- 3,246
- Median age
- 47
- Household income /wk
- $1,142
- Median rent /wk
- $220
- Avg household size
- 2