Busy Bees at Fraser Coast

5 (5 reviews)

6.30am – 6.30pm | Monday – Friday

"Garden World" at Busy Bees Hervey Bay day care with a wooden arch entrance, into a fenced area with vegetable and herb gardens and a wheelbarrow.

1300 851 331 Email Centre

Vacancies Limited

19 Southerden Street, Torquay QLD 4655

Long day care 6 weeks – 5 years

Kindergarten 4 – 5 years

Vacancies Limited

1300 851 331 Email Centre

6.30am – 6.30pm | Monday – Friday

19 Southerden Street, Torquay QLD 4655

Long day care 6 weeks – 5 years

Kindergarten 4 – 5 years

5 (5 reviews)

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A children's outdoor playground at Hervey Bay Childcare featuring a colorful water play area with tipping buckets, water misters and a hand water pump. In the background is a timber fort and spacious green lawn areas surrounded by trees.

A children's playground at a day care in Hervey bay with red tricycles lined up on grass, play structures, a sandpit and trees in the background.

The outdoor play space at Hervey Bay Childcare centre featuring a wooden bridge crossing a dry creek bed surrounded by tall trees and green lawn.

A brightly lit kindergarten classroom with wooden furniture, educational toys, shelves, and tables. The room has plants, rugs, and wall decorations, creating a welcoming early learning environment at Hervey Bay Day Care.

A early learning educator and kindergarten boy smile at the camera showing their muddy hands and faces after a messy play experience at Busy Bees Fraser Coast located in Hervey Bay

A fenced barnyard area featuring two pet goats at Busy Bees childcare in Hervey Bay.

A young brown and black goat with a blue collar, looking towards the camera.

Two guinea pigs with brown, white, and black fur are grazing on green grass at Hervey Bay day care.

A brightly lit classroom at Busy Bees Hervey Bay featuring colorful bookshelves, woven chairs, and a variety of toys and educational materials.

Looking for childcare they’ll adore? Busy Bees at Fraser Coast is in the coastal city of Hervey Bay in the suburb of Torquay. Serenely surrounded by natural bushland, our Hervey Bay childcare is around the corner (and in walking distance) from Sandy Straits State School and Urangan High School.

Come see our state-of-the-art facilities including nurturing learning environments with an art studio. Explore our adventurous playgrounds with a water park, garden world, barnyard, sandpits, bike track, fort, slide, mud kitchen, native stingless bee hive, and a dry creek bed with a hand water pump. Additionally, we feature an expertly designed Kindergarten room.

Book an obligation-free tour to explore our Hervey Bay Day Care and Kindergarten and meet the team.

Buzzworthy Features.

Our centre offers a diverse range of exciting features to keep your child engaged, learning new skills and boosting confidence for a bright future.

Two young children wearing sun hats are outdoors in a garden at their daycare. One child is handing a small green item to the other, fostering early learning through play. Both are casually dressed and surrounded by greenery.

Bush Kindy

Our Bush Kindy Program encourages little adventurers to explore nature, learning about Aussie plants and animals along the way.

A child wearing a hat labeled "Busy Bees" pets a guinea pig inside a small fenced enclosure on a grassy area.

Barnyard Animals

Boost your child’s understanding of responsibility, care and empathy through hands-on experiences with our chickens, goats, guinea pigs, birds and native stingless bees.

A preschool child dressed in a silver astronaut costume points forward against a space-themed backdrop with planets and stars.

STEAM Program

An exciting STEAM program ignites your child's curiosity with Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics.

A young child, part of a vibrant preschool program, wears a chef's hat and apron as they mix ingredients with a whisk in a green bowl within a lively kitchen setting.

Cooking Program

Interactive cooking classes, led by our chef or Educators, teach children about nutrition and food safety.

A woman and a child sit on the floor looking at a book together. The child, excited with hands raised, eagerly listens as the woman points to the book and smiles. They are in a bright, cozy daycare room.

Inclusion Support Plan

We’re proud to have an Inclusion Support Plan embracing all abilities, cultures, beliefs, values and learning styles.

Three children are joyfully engaged in a planting activity, using gardening tools and small pots, fostering early learning. An adult from the day care is attentively assisting them.

Green Goals Galore

Join us in our mission to reduce, reuse, and recycle with our veggie and herb garden, community garden, worm farm, compost, paper-making and using recycled materials in art.

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Thrive in our Hive.

“I don’t know where they learnt that…” We do. At our Hervey Bay Day Care and Kindergarten, we embrace a child-centered approach that recognises each child's unique individuality. Our philosophy emphasises self-discovery, creativity, and a sense of belonging through hands-on experiences and engaging activities. With dedicated educators and a supportive environment, we inspire a lifelong love for learning in every child.

All-inclusive Care

Nappies & Wipes

Sunscreen & insect repellent

Fresh meals provided

Allergy aware

Secure facilities

Playground, books & toys

Incursions & excursions

Community

Family & local community focus

Inclusive & culturally aware

Parent Services

Government subsidies

Flexible times & casual days

Daily Storypark updates

Parking

Education and Learning

Approved Kindergarten program

Qualified educators

Play-based curriculum

Here Every Step of the Way.

Nursery

Encouraging their natural curiosity, creativity and love for learning, we provide a stimulating and nurturing environment for our nursery children.

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Toddlers

Fostering growth through engaging experience tailored to their needs to support their cognitive, social, emotional, and physical development.

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Kindergarten

Developing curious, confident and capable children with all the tools they need to take their next big steps in school and life.

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Daily Fees.

0 – 2 years

$146.50

2 – 3 years

$144.50

3 – 5 years

$142.50

Life’s stressful enough without you trying to understand confusing childcare fees and the Child Care Subsidy (CCS). We’re here to simplify your life with transparent fees and flexible options.

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Meet our Team.

Melanie Gapes
Service Manager

Hello, I’m Melanie and I've had the privilege of nurturing and educating children for the past 21 years.

My mission is to lead and inspire our wonderful team of dedicated Educators to provide a space for children that is warm, respectful, fun and stimulating.

Book a visit to our centre today to meet me and see firsthand the difference our incredible team can make in your child's life.

Juelle Freeleagus
2IC & Kindy Teacher

Hello, I’m Juelle a Bachelor qualified Early Childhood Teacher.

I’m passionate about creating a warm, welcoming and friendly environment where children are supported and appreciated in their own individual ways.

Outside of the centre, I’m a mother of 3 children who enjoys sewing and craft.

We can't wait to welcome you into our Busy Bees family.

What our Families say.

Ashleigh Beer

Amazing Centre. Educators care about your children. I would give a 10000/10. Best day care in the bay.

Bianca Edwards

Busy Bees day care is an amazing place! The staff are always friendly and welcoming. I would recommend this place to everyone with little ones looking for quality care!

Arina-rose Te Awe Awe

I couldn't talk more highly about Busy Bees at Fraser Coast. I've had my son at Busy Bees for the past 3 years and my daughter for about a year now.

There's just a calm organised feeling at anytime of attending, this plays a huge positive influence on both my kids — there is a organised energy that feels really nice (as appose to children just running wild). The education is amazing and my 3 year old can talk into anything on his classroom walls & tell me all about it in detail.

The diversity on culture love & respect — especially to our first nations people — is of high standard that I am incredibly grateful for and LOVE learning along with my kids.

The teachers really know the children personally and it shows in how they speak/write to or about them. I love knowing they know them as I do. I absolutely trust the team whole heartily and know a lot of hard work is put into Busy Bees to have them running with such a high standard. Thank you.