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Big Birds Nest Child Care Centre

26 Darwin Street, Ayr, QLD, 4807

Meeting NQSCentre-Based CareOperating
Provider
Big Birds Nest INC
Approval number
SE-00000114
Approved places
58
Approval granted
2012-01-01
Phone
07 4783 1371
Last visit date
November 2025

NQS ratings

Issued Mar 2023

  • OverallMeeting NQS
  • QA1 Educational program and practiceMeeting NQS
  • QA2 Children's health and safetyMeeting NQS
  • QA3 Physical environmentMeeting NQS
  • QA4 Staffing arrangementsMeeting NQS
  • QA5 Relationships with childrenMeeting NQS
  • QA6 Collaborative partnershipsMeeting NQS
  • QA7 Governance and leadershipMeeting NQS

Previous overall rating: Exceeding NQS (Oct 2017)

Nature of care

  • Long day care: Yes
  • Preschool / kindergarten (part of a school): No
  • Preschool / kindergarten (stand alone): Yes
  • Outside school hours care (after school): Yes
  • Outside school hours care (before school): Yes
  • Outside school hours care (vacation care): Yes
  • Other: No

Hours

Typical weekly hours

Monday06:30 - 18:00
Tuesday06:30 - 18:00
Wednesday06:30 - 18:00
Thursday06:30 - 18:00
Friday06:30 - 18:00
SaturdayNot available
SundayNot available

Approval conditions

This service is approved to exceed the approved number of places during the period from Monday to Friday between the hours of 3:00pm to 5:00pm when it is 64 children. This service is approved to provide education and care to children from birth up to and including school children.

Source: ACECQA National Registers

Official source record

How we use ACECQA data

Last imported 26 Aug 2026

Geocode: geonames-au-postcodes

Fees and vacancies: Not available from ACECQA — see the fees guide.

How this centre compares

Big Birds Nest Child Care Centre against nearby centres, its suburb and state using published ACECQA fields and ChildcareScout Score.

Meeting NQS
  • Similar to nearby average
  • Similar to suburb average
  • Similar to state average

ChildcareScout Score

Track zoomed to 83–88 so gaps are visible

  • This centre85
  • Nearby centres (4)88
  • Ayr (5)87
  • QLD (3331)85

Exceeding / Excellent share

  • This centreMeeting NQS
  • Nearby centres25%
  • Ayr20%
  • QLD14.1%

For this centre the chart marks whether its overall rating is Exceeding/Excellent; area rows show the share of services with those ratings.

Approved places

This centre
58
Nearby centres
59
Ayr
59
QLD
83

Approved places are licensed capacity, not live vacancies.

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