Journey Early Learning Centre - Lucas
25 Harris Dr, Lucas VIC 3350
Journey Early Learning Centre - Lucas is a long day care centre in Lucas VIC 3350, run by Journey ELC Pty Ltd. It is approved for 95 children. It opens 6:30am to 6:30pm on weekdays. It is rated Meeting the National Quality Standard, last assessed June 2025. It is one of 6 services in Lucas; none of them is rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard or Excellent.
Quick facts
- Approved places
- 95
- Service type
- Long day care
- Approved since
- 16/09/2016
- Last assessed
- June 2025
Services offered
- Long day care
Contact & location
- 25 Harris Dr, Lucas VIC 3350
- 03 8746 6988
- journeyelc.com.au
Opening hours
- Monday
- 6:30am to 6:30pm
- Tuesday
- 6:30am to 6:30pm
- Wednesday
- 6:30am to 6:30pm
- Thursday
- 6:30am to 6:30pm
- Friday
- 6:30am to 6:30pm
- Saturday
- Closed
- Sunday
- Closed
Fees and vacancies
Journey Early Learning Centre - Lucas sets its own fees, and kid.com.au does not hold them. Long day care in Victoria averaged $14.65 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 (Dec 2024)
This service improved from Working Towards to Meeting
Quality area ratings
| CurrentDec 2024 | PreviousFeb 2023 | |
|---|---|---|
| QA1Educational program & practice | Meeting | Working Towards |
| 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 | Working Towards |
Nearby in Lucas
- Aspire Early Education & Kindergarten Lucas 120 places Long day care
- Journey Early Learning Centre - Lucas Rise 114 places Long day care
- Lucas Kindergarten 99 places Preschool / kindergarten
- Lucas LEAP 60 places Outside school hours care
- Camp Australia - Siena Catholic Primary School OSHC Lucas 24 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 Lucas
ABS Census 2021 data
- Population
- 2,994
- Median age
- 32
- Household income /wk
- $1,956
- Median rent /wk
- $380
- Avg household size
- 2.8