Good Friday, Saturday, Easter Sunday and Easter Monday are public holidays in Victoria, resulting in restricted trading hours on some days across the long weekend. Here's a list of where and when to shop, how to get around, where to go in case of an emergency and how to keep entertained this Easter.
Supermarkets
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Coles
Good Friday: Closed
Easter Saturday: Normal trading hours
Easter Sunday: Open, but some stores have reduced hours
Easter Monday: Normal trading hours
Woolworths
Good Friday: Closed
Woolworths stores will be open on Saturday, Easter Sunday and Easter Monday. Customers are encouraged to check their local store for trading hours.
Supa IGA Brunswick, 614 Sydney Road, Brunswick: 8am - 9pm every day
Queen Victoria Market: Good Friday: Closed, Easter Saturday: 6am - 3pm, Easter Sunday: 9am - 4pm, Easter Monday: Closed
Shopping Centres
Chadstone: Good Friday: Closed, Easter Saturday: 9am - 6pm, Easter Sunday: 10am - 5pm, Easter Monday: 10am - 6pm
Highpoint: Good Friday: Closed, Easter Saturday: 9am - 6pm, Easter Sunday: 10am - 5pm, Easter Monday: 10am - 5pm
Myer Bourke Street Mall: Good Friday: Closed, Easter Saturday, Sunday, Monday: 9am - 7pm
David Jones Bourke Street Mall: Good Friday: Closed, Easter Saturday 8.30am - 7pm, Easter Sunday 9.30pm - 7pm, Easter Monday: 9.30am - 7pm
Emporium Melbourne: Good Friday: Closed, Easter Saturday, Sunday, Monday: 10am - 6pm
Public Transport
Metro Trains
Good Friday: All services will run to a Sunday timetable
Easter Monday: All services will run to a Saturday timetable, with no late-night trains
V/Line Trains
Good Friday, Easter Monday: Regional transport operates to a special timetable on Good Friday and Easter Monday.
Normal weekend services operate on Saturday and Sunday. Some services may require bookings.
Yarra Trams
Good Friday: Trams will operate to a Sunday frequency. Route 30 and City Circle trams will not operate
Easter Monday: Trams will operate to a Saturday frequency, with the last tram about one hour earlier than usual. Extra trams will operate to special events. Route 30 will not operate.
Please note that frequency means if your tram normally operates every seven minutes it will continue to do so. However, times may differ slightly from the normal published timetable.
GPs
Home Doctor Service: 13 7425 or 9429 5677
Medical at Home: 8341 1888
Mill Park Super Clinic, Childs Road, Mill Park: 24 hours every day
Medical One, Elwood, 61 Brighton Road, Elwood: 9am - 6pm every day
Medical One, Frankston, 47 Davey Street: 9am - 2pm every day
Medical One, Sunshine, 324 Hampshire Road: 9am - 2pm every day
Medical One, Moonee Ponds, 14 Pascoe Vale Road: 8am - 1pm every day
Medical One, QV Melbourne, 292 Swanston Street: 9am - 1pm every day
Geelong Super Clinic, Colac Road, Belmont: Good Friday: Closed, Easter Saturday: 9am - 1pm, Easter Sunday: 10am - noon, Easter Monday: 10am - noon
Pharmacies
Casey Superclinic Pharmacy Berwick, 50 Kangan Drive, Berwick: 24 hours every day
Mill Park Superclinic Pharmacy, Childs Road, Mill Park: 24 hours every day
Mulqueeny Midnight Pharmacy, Cnr Williams Road & High Street, Prahran: 9am - midnight every day
Tambassis Pharmacy, 32 Sydney Road, Brunswick: 8am - midnight every day
Chapel Gate Pharmacy, Balaclava, Cnr Carlisle St & Chapel Street, Balaclava: 9am - 9pm every day
Slade Pharmacy Richmond, 89 Bridge Road, Richmond South: 8am - 10pm every day
Chemist Warehouse St Albans, 327 Main Rd East, St Albans Good Friday: 9am - 9pm, Easter Saturday 9am - 6pm, Easter Sunday 10am - 6pm, Easter Monday 9am - 9pm
Footscray Pharmacy, 2/76 Nicholson Street: 10am - 5pm every day
Pet Services
24-hour Vet: Centre for Animal Referral and Emergency (CARE) Collingwood (03) 9417 6417
Lort Smith Animal Hospital North Melbourne (03) 9328 3021: 8.30am - midnight every day
Lost Dogs Home, North Melbourne: Good Friday: Closed, Easter Saturday: 9am – 3.30pm, Easter Sunday, Monday: 9am – 12.30pm
Melbourne Attractions
There's no shortage of options to keep the family entertained over Easter, with these places open every day:
Sealife Melbourne Aquarium: 9.30am to 6pm
Crown Entertainment Complex: Good Friday: Closed 4am - noon, open 24 hours thereafter
Eureka Skydeck 88: 10am to 10pm
Medibank Icehouse: Good Friday: 9am to midnight, Easter Saturday, Sunday Monday: 9am - 10pm
Melbourne Zoo: 9am to 5pm
Royal Botanic Gardens: 7.30am to sunset (visitor centre open 9.30am – 5pm every day)
Wonderland Fun Park Docklands: 11am to 5pm
IMAX Melbourne Museum: 9.45am to late
Cooks' Cottage: 9am to 5pm
Melbourne Museum: Closed Good Friday, but open 10am - 5pm otherwise.
Melbourne Aquarium: Open 9.30am - 6pm.
National Gallery of Victoria: Good Friday: Closed, Easter Saturday, Sunday, Monday: 10am - 5pm
Airport Transfers
Melbourne Airport: Skybus operates to normal schedule (24 hours); Starbus: 5am-10pm.
Avalon Airport: Avalon Airport Transfers operates to normal schedule
Visitor Information Services
Melbourne Visitor Centre: Good Friday: 10am - 5pm, Easter Saturday, Sunday, Monday: 9am - 6pm
Melbourne Visitor Shuttle: 9.30am - 4.30pm
Melbourne Visitor Booth, City Ambassadors and the Melbourne Greeter Service will not operate on Good Friday, but operate as usual all other days.
Good Friday church services
St Patrick's Cathedral: 10.30am, 3pm, 7.30pm
St Paul's Cathedral: 9am, 10am, 12.30pm, 7.00pm
Easter Sunday church services
St Patrick's Cathedral: 8am, 9.30am, 11am, 6.30pm
St Paul's Cathedral: 6am, 8am, 9am, 10.30am, 2pm, 6pm
