Anzac Day trading hours: Coles, Woolworths, Bunnings, Westfield and more
As the nation prepares to mark Anzac Day, trading hours across Australia will be affected. Here's what you need to know.
Anzac Day is a time to reflect and pay our respects to those who served in battle as dawn services are held across the country.
But like every other public holiday, there will be some changes to store trading hours across the country – with virtually nothing open in Queensland – so Aussies will need to plan ahead.
Whatever way you decided to spend the day, it’s important to be prepared so here is a handy list of what will be open across the nation on Thursday, April 25.
Coles
New South Wales, Victoria and ACT
All Coles stores will be open from 1pm, but some stores may have reduced trading hours in the evening.
Queensland
All stores will be closed on Anzac Day.
Western Australia
Most stores will be closed, except Vasse, Busselton, Pinjarra, Dunsborough, Margaret River, Karratha, Chinatown, Kununurra, Tom Price, Albany, South Hedland, Orana, Eaton Fair and Busselton Central which will be open with reduced trading hours.
South Australia
Most stores will be closed except Port Lincoln, Port Pirie, Berri, Port Augusta, Mount Barker, Adelaide Rundle Place, Whyalla, Murray Bridge Green, Mount Gambier, and Victor Harbour.
Northern Territory
All stores will open after 12pm with reduced trading hours.
Tasmania
All stores will open after 12:30pm and operate with reduced hours.
Customers shopping at Coles between now and Anzac Day can support veterans by buying Coles Bakery Anzac Biscuits with 40c from each purchase donated to military charity, Bravery Trust. For more information visit the Coles website.
Woolworths
NSW and ACT
All stores are open from 1pm.
Queensland
Most stores are closed. Except Brisbane Airport, which will be open from 1pm.
Victoria
Most stores are open from 1pm.
Western Australia and South Australia
Most stores are closed.
Northern Territory
Most stores open from 12pm.
Tasmania
All stores open from 12:30pm.
For more information visit the Woolworths website.
IGA
IGA stores are independent and often family-owned businesses. Their store opening hours will vary from store to store on Anzac Day.
An IGA spokesperson said: "Some stores will be trading as normal, some will be closed and others will have reduced hours".
Check how your local store will be operating on the IGA website.
Aldi
NSW, ACT and Victoria
All stores open.
Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia
Store times will vary.
Customers are encouraged to visit the Aldi store locator for information on individual store trading hours.
Costco
There are now a total of 15 Costco Warehouses operating around Australia with stores in every state and territory except for Tasmania and the NT.
All the stores in NSW, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia and the ACT will be closed on Anzac Day.
To find out more about the stores opening hours go to the Costco website.
Big W
NSW, Northern Territory, Tasmania and Victoria
Stores will open with reduced hours.
Queensland and Western Australia
Stores will be closed.
South Australia
Stores will be closed except for Renmark, Port Augusta, Victor Harbor, Murray Bridge, and Mount Gambier which will open with reduced hours.
Times are a general indicators and may be subject to individual store opening and closing hours. Details can be found at Big W's website.
Bunnings
NSW, Victoria and ACT
Stores will be open from 1pm.
Queensland
Stores will be closed.
Western Australia
Stores will be open from 12pm, except for Bunbury & Armadale which will be closed.
South Australia
Open from 12pm.
Northern Territory
Darwin and Palmerston stores will open from 12pm, Alice Springs will open from 1pm.
Tasmania
Stores will be open from 12.30pm.
All Trade Centres will be closed (nationally). Customers are advised to jump onto the Bunnings website to check their local store’s trading hours.
Westfield
NSW
All centres will trade from 1pm to 9pm.
Victoria
Westfield Airport West, Doncaster, Fountain Gate, Knox, Plenty Valley and Southland will trade from 1pm to 9pm and Westfield Geelong will trade from 1pm to 9pm.
Queensland
All centres closed.
ACT
All centres will trade from 1pm – 5pm.
Western Australia, South Australia
All centres closed.
For more information visit the Westfield website.
Target
NSW
Goulburn, Griffith, Leichhardt, Lithgow and Wollongong will be 1.15pm to 5pm. Albury and Tweed Heads will be open from 1.15pm to 6pm.
Cessnock, Glenquarie, Grafton, Shell Harbour, Tamworth, Taree will be open from 1.15pm to 7pm. Carlingford will be open from 1.15pm to 8pm.
Blacktown, Broadway, Burwood, Castle Hill, Charlestown, Chatswood, Coffs Harbour, Eastgardens, Glendale, Hornsby, Kotara, Macarthur Square, Merrylands, Mt Druitt, Narellan, Parramatta, Port Macquarie and Tuggerah will be open from 1.15pm to 9pm.
Victoria
Wangaratta will be open from 1pm to 5pm.
Cranbourne, Frankston, Horsham, Mildura, Sale, Shepparton, Somerville, Warrnambool and Wodonga will be open from 1pm to 6pm.
Ballarat, will be open from 1pm to 7pm.
Geelong will be open from 1pm to 8pm.
Airport West, Bendigo, Brimbank, Chirnside Park, Eastland, Forest Hill, Fountain Gate, Glen Waverley, Greensborough, Knox, Northland, Plenty Valley, Point Cook, Southland, Sunbury, Waurn Ponds and Werribee will be open from 1pm to 9pm.
Chadstone will be open from 1pm to 10pm.
Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia
All store closed except Centrepoint, SA, which will be open from 12pm to 5pm.
ACT
Belconnen will be open from 1.15pm to 6pm and Tuggeranong from 1.15pm to 5pm.
Northern Territory
Alice Springs and Palmerston will be open from 1pm to 5pm.
Tasmania
Burnie, Hobart, Launceston will be open from 1pm to 6pm and Mowbray will be open from 1pm to 7pm.
For more information visit Target's website.
Kmart
NSW
Forbes and Mudgee will be open from 1.30pm to 5pm.
Gunnedah, Bega, Yass, Tumut, Ulladulla, Bowral, Lismore, Tweed Heads, Ballina, Yamba and Ocean Shores will be open from 1.30pm to 6pm.
Moree, Picton, Katoomba and Windsor will be open from 1.30pm to 7pm.
Forster South, Batemans Bay, Griffith, Rhodes and Dubbo will be open from 1.30pm to 8pm.
Tamworth, Maitland, Salamander Bay, Port Macquarie, Coffs Harbour, Kotara, Armidale, Green Hills, Toormina, Wagga Wagga, Goulburn, Westfield Bondi, Warriewood, Bateau Bay, Woy Woy, Castle Hill, Macquarie, Tuggerah, Fairfield, Bathurst, Broken Hill and Albury will be open from 1.30pm to 9pm.
Miranda, Glendale, Queanbeyan, Tuggeranong, Gungahlin, Bankstown, Ashfield, Bondi Junction, Pagewood, Marrickville, Hurstville, Lidcombe, Bass Hill, Roselands, North Rocks, Hornsby, Chatswood, Gorokan, Erina, Top Ryde, Warringah Mall, Nowra, Campbelltown, Narellan, Shellharbour, Minto, Wetherill Park, Liverpool, Merrylands, Orange, Burwood and Rouse Hill will be open from 1.30pm to 10pm.
Parramatta will be open from 1.30pm to 11pm.
Waratah, Broadway will be open from 1.30pm to midnight.
Sylvania, Figtree, Casula, Blacktown, Mt Druitt, Penrith will be open from 1.30pm to 24 hours.
Queensland
All stores closed.
Victoria
Cobra, Mansfield and Yarrawonga will be open from 1pm to 6pm.
Castlemaine, Woodend, Ararat, Hamilton, Portland, Colac, Echuca, Seymour, Swan Hill, Wonthaggi, Leongatha and Lakes Entrance will be open from 1pm to 7pm.
Horsham, Maryborough, Moe and Hastings will be open from 1pm to 8pm.
Melbourne CBD, Rosebud, Bairnsdale, Wangaratta, Albury and Wodonga will be open from 1pm to 9pm.
Wendouree, Corio Village, Warrnambool, Waurn Ponds, Leopold, Delacombe, Bendigo, Mildura, Brunswick, Preston, Shepparton, Casey, Moonee Ponds, Footscray, Highpoint, Rowville, Eastland, Chadstone, Southland, Dandenong, Knox, Clayton, Camberwell, Doncaster, Traralgon, Frankston, Carrum Downs, Endeavour Hills, Warragul, Altona Gate, Keilor, Sanctuary Lakes, Tarneit, Manor Lakes, Caroline Springs, Watergardens, Greensborough, Airport West, South Morang, Broadmeadows, Templestowe, Epping and Craigieburn will be open from 1pm to 10pm.
Richmond, Reservoir, Boronia, Keysborough, Chirnside Park, Melton, Werribee and Cranbourne will be open from 1pm to 12pm.
Belmont, Burwood, Narre Warren and Campbellfield will be open from 1pm to 24 hours.
ACT
Tuggeranong and Gungahlin will be open from 1.30pm to 10pm and Belconnen from 1.30pm to 11pm
Western Australia
All stores closed except: Albany will open from 1pm to 5pm, Busselton will open from 1pm to 6pm, South Hedland, Broome and Karratha will open from 1pm to 9pm, and Eaton Fair will open from 1pm to 10pm.
South Australia
All stores closed except Rundle Mall which will open from 1pm to 5pm, Mt Barker, Port Lincoln Victor Harbour, Murray Bridge Port Pirie, Whyalla, Berri, Port Augusta and Kadina which will open from 1pm to 6pm. Mt Gambier will be open from 1pm to 9pm.
Northern Territory
Darwin, Alice Springs, Coolalinga and Katherine will open from 1pm to 6pm.
Tasmania
Rosny and Burnie will open from 1pm to 9pm, Devonport will open from 1pm to 10pm, Newtown and Launceston will open from 1pm to 24 hours.
For more information visit Kmart's website.
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IKEA
NSW
Marsden Park (1.30pm-8pm), Tempe and Rhodes (1pm-9pm) and Belrose (1pm-5.30pm).
Victoria
Richmond, Highpoint and Springvale is open between 1pm-9pm.
Queensland
Logan and North Lakes are closed.
ACT
Canberra store opens from 1pm-6pm.
Western Australia
Perth and Cannington are closed.
South Australia
Adelaide store will open at 12pm and close at 5pm.
For more details visit Ikea's website.
BWS
All states and territories
Most stores will trade from 1pm and close between 8pm and 9pm. For more details, visit the BWS website.
Dan Murphy's
NSW and ACT
Stores will open at 1.15pm and close between 6pm and 7pm.
All other states and territories
Stores will open at 1pm and generally close between 6pm and 7pm.
For more details, visit Dan Murphy's website.
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