TT·01 Long day care · Merewether, Newcastle

Big trees, small hands.

Three rooms for 6 months to 5 years, a treehouse, and a kitchen that cooks every meal. Work out what you'd pay after the subsidy, right here.

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7amto 6pm
$136daily fee, 11 hours
MeetingNational Quality Standard

What you'd payAn estimate using the 2026–27 Child Care Subsidy rules. Services Australia works out your actual subsidy.

Family income, before tax

Days a week

Daily fee (11-hour day)

We have an older child aged 5 or under in care too (a higher rate applies to this one). Each parent works, studies or volunteers 48 or more hours a fortnight (more than 72 subsidised hours).

You'd pay about

Everyone gets at least 72 subsidised hours a fortnight (the 3 Day Guarantee). Your real rate depends on your family's income for the financial year.

TT·02 Rooms

Three rooms, one big family.

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6 to 24 months

Gumnuts

A calm room with its own sleep room and a little garden.

1 educator : 4 children12 children a day

2 to 3 years

Wombats

Toilet learning, mud kitchen, music every morning.

1 educator : 5 children15 children a day

3 to 5 years

Kookaburras

A preschool program led by an early childhood teacher, ready for school.

1 educator : 10 children30 children a day

TT·03 Quality

How we're rated.

The full rating, area by area, is on our quality page.

National Quality Standard · assessed August 2024

Meeting NQS overall, Exceeding in two areas

Exceeding in relationships with children and partnerships with families. We're rebuilding our outdoor area before our next assessment, and we'll tell you how it goes.

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TT·04 Visit

Come and climb the treehouse.

Tours any weekday at 10am or 3pm. Bring your little one; they'll show you around.

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