Milestones Early Learning Bairnsdale – Dawson Street Campus
64 Dawson Street, Bairnsdale VIC 3875
Milestones Early Learning Bairnsdale – Dawson Street Campus is a long day care centre in Bairnsdale VIC 3875, run by Affinity Education Group Pty Limited. It is approved for 80 children. It opens 7:00am to 6:00pm on weekdays. It is rated Meeting the National Quality Standard, last assessed July 2026. It is one of 13 services in Bairnsdale; 2 of them are rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard or Excellent.
Quick facts
- Approved places
- 80
- Service type
- Long day care
- Approved since
- 09/10/2019
- Last assessed
- July 2026
Services offered
- Long day care
- Preschool / kindergarten
- Before school care
- After school care
- Vacation care
Contact & location
- 64 Dawson Street, Bairnsdale VIC 3875
- 03 5152 6322
- affinityeducation.com.au
Opening hours
- Monday
- 7:00am to 6:00pm
- Tuesday
- 7:00am to 6:00pm
- Wednesday
- 7:00am to 6:00pm
- Thursday
- 7:00am to 6:00pm
- Friday
- 7:00am to 6:00pm
- Saturday
- Closed
- Sunday
- Closed
Fees and vacancies
Milestones Early Learning Bairnsdale – Dawson Street Campus 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 (Mar 2025)
Rating maintained at Meeting
Quality area ratings
| CurrentMar 2025 | PreviousFeb 2021 | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Bairnsdale
- Bairnsdale Aquatic & Recreation Centre 90 places Outside school hours care
- Bairnsdale Childcare & Kinder 162 places Long day care
- Bairnsdale Kindergarten 60 places Preschool / kindergarten
- Bairnsdale PS TheirCare 24 places Outside school hours care
- Bairnsdale West Primary School OSHC 20 places Outside school hours care
- Cubby Care Early Learning Centre Bairnsdale 45 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 Bairnsdale
ABS Census 2021 data
- Population
- 7,905
- Median age
- 44
- Household income /wk
- $1,101
- Median rent /wk
- $270
- Avg household size
- 2.2