We've all been there - the last-minute dash to the shops for Easter eggs and pantry fillers, only to be closed when you arrive.
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To avoid Easter disappointment this year, we've got your guide to what is open this long weekend in Canberra:
Supermarkets
Coles:
- Thursday, 1 April: 7am-11pm
- Good Friday, 2 April: Closed
- Saturday, 3 April: 7am-11pm
- Sunday, 4 April: 7am-11pm
- Monday, 5 April: 7am-11pm
Woolworths:
- Thursday, 1 April: 6am-10pm
- Good Friday, 2 April: Closed
- Saturday, 3 April: 6am-10pm
- Sunday, 3 April: 8am-8pm
- Monday, 4 April: 7am-10pm
Aldi:
- Thursday, 1 April: 8:30am-9pm
- Good Friday, 2 April: Closed
- Saturday, 3 April: 8:30am-8pm
- Sunday, 4 April: 9am-6pm (Queanbeyan Closed)
- Monday, 5 April: 8:30am-8pm
Costco:
- Thursday, 1 April: 10am-8:30pm
- Good Friday, 2 April: Closed
- Saturday, 3 April: 9:30am-6pm
- Sunday, 4 April: Closed
- Monday, 5 April: 10am-6pm
IGA Deakin:
- Thursday, 1 April: 7:30-8pm
- Good Friday, 2 April: 8am-7pm
- Saturday, 3 April: 8am-7pm
- Sunday, 4 April: 8am-7pm
- Monday, 5 April: 9am-7pm
IGA Lyneham
- Thursday, 1 April: 8am-8:30pm
- Good Friday, 2 April: 8am-7pm
- Saturday, 3 April: 8am-8pm
- Sunday, 4 April: 9am-7pm
- Monday, 5 April: 8am-7pm
IGA Kambah
- Thursday, 1 April: 8am-8pm
- Good Friday, 2 April: 8am-8pm
- Saturday, 3 April: 8am-8pm
- Sunday, 4 April: 8am-8pm
- Monday, 5 April: 8am-8pm
Shopping centres
Canberra Centre:
- Thursday, 1 April: 9am-5:30pm
- Good Friday, 2 April: Closed
- Saturday, 3 April: 9am-5pm
- Sunday, 4 April: 10am-4pm
- Monday, 5 April: 9am-5:30pm
Westfield (Woden & Belconnen):
- Thursday, 1 April: 9am-5:30pm
- Good Friday, 2 April: Closed
- Saturday, 3 April: 9am-5pm
- Sunday, 4 April: 10am-4pm
- Monday, 5 April: 10am-4pm
Southpoint Tuggeranong:
- Thursday, 1 April: 9am-5:30pm
- Good Friday, 2 April: Closed
- Saturday, 3 April: 9am-5pm
- Sunday, 4 April: 10am-4pm
- Monday, 5 April: 10am-4pm
Fyshwick Fresh Food Markets:
- Thursday, 1 April: 6am-5:30pm
- Good Friday, 2 April: Closed
- Saturday, 3 April: 6am-5:30pm
- Sunday, 4 April: Closed
- Monday, 5 April: 7am-5:30pm
Canberra Outlet Centre:
- Thursday, 1 April: 10am-6pm
- Good Friday, 2 April: Closed
- Saturday, 3 April: 10am-6pm
- Sunday, 4 April: 10am-6pm
- Monday, 5 April: 10am-6pm
Gungahlin Marketplace:
- Thursday, 1 April: 10am-5:30pm
- Friday, 2 April: Closed
- Saturday, 3 April: 10am-4pm
- Sunday, 4 April: 10am-4pm
- Monday, 5 April: 9am-5:30pm
Pharmacies
Capital Chemist O'Connor
- Thursday, 1 April: 8am-11pm
- Good Friday, 2 April: 8am-11pm
- Saturday, 3 April: 8am-11pm
- Sunday, 4 April: 8am-11pm
- Monday, 5 April: 8am-11pm
Capital Chemist Wanniassa
- Thursday, 1 April: 7am-9pm
- Good Friday, 2 April: 9am-9pm
- Saturday, 3 April: 9am-9pm
- Sunday, 4 April: 9am-9pm
- Monday, 5 April: 9am-9pm
Capital Chemist Calwell
- Thursday, 1 April: 8.30am-8pm
- Good Friday, 2 April: 9am-6pm
- Saturday, 3 April: 9am-6pm
- Sunday, 4 April: 9am-6pm
- Monday, 5 April: 9am-6pm
Capital Chemist Charnwood
- Thursday, 1 April: 7.30am-9pm
- Good Friday, 2 April: 9am-9pm
- Saturday, 3 April: 9am-9pm
- Sunday, 4 April: 9am-9pm
Capital Chemist Chisholm
- Thursday, 1 April: 8.30am-7pm
- Good Friday, 2 April: 10am-4pm
- Saturday, 3 April: 9am-5pm
- Sunday, 4 April: 10am-4pm
- Monday, 5 April: 10am-4pm
Capital Chemist Crace
- Thursday, 1 April: 8am-7pm
- Good Friday, 2 April: 9am-2pm
- Saturday, 3 April: 9am-4pm
- Sunday, 4 April: 9am-2pm
- Monday, 5 April: 9am-2pm
Capital Chemist Dickson
- Thursday, 1 April: 8.30am-7pm
- Good Friday, 2 April: 9am-6pm
- Saturday, 3 April: 8.30am-6pm
- Sunday, 4 April: 9am-6pm
- Monday, 5 April: 9am-6pm
Capital Chemist Isabella Plains
- Thursday, 1 April: 8.30am-7pm
- Good Friday, 2 April: 9am-noon
- Saturday, 3 April: 9am-2pm
- Sunday, 4 April: closed
- Monday, 5 April: 9am-noon
Capital Chemist Kingston
- Thursday, 1 April: 8am-7pm
- Good Friday, 2 April: 10am-2pm
- Saturday, 3 April: 8.30am-5pm
- Sunday, 4 April: 9am-4pm
- Monday, 5 April: 10am-2pm
Capital Chemist Southlands
- Thursday, 1 April: 8.30am-7pm
- Good Friday, 2 April: 10am-4pm
- Saturday, 3 April: 8.30am-7pm
- Sunday, 4 April: 9am-6pm
- Monday, 5 April: 10am-4pm
The Pharmacy on Northbourne
- Thursday, 1 April: 8am-11pm
- Good Friday, 2 April: 8am-11pm
- Saturday, 3 April: 8am-11pm
- Sunday, 4 April: 8am-11pm
- Monday, 5 April: 8am-11pm
Florey Pharmacy
- Thursday, 1 April: 8am-9pm
- Good Friday, 2 April: open
- Saturday, 3 April: 9am-9pm
- Sunday, 4 April: 9am-9pm
- Monday, 5 April: open
Colbee Court Chemist
- Open each day. Check for hours
Bottleshops
Dan Murphy's:
- Thursday, 1 April: 9am-9pm
- Good Friday, 2 April: Closed
- Saturday, 3 April: 9am-7pm
- Sunday, 4 April: 10am-6pm
- Monday, 5 April: 10 am-6pm
Liquorland (reduced delivery):
- Thursday, 1 April: 10am-8pm
- Good Friday, 2 April: Closed
- Saturday, 3 April: 10am-9pm
- Sunday, 4 April: 10am-7pm
- Monday, 5 April: 10am-8pm
BWS:
- Thursday, 1 April: 9am-9pm
- Good Friday, 2 April: Closed
- Saturday, 3 April: 9am-9pm
- Sunday, 4 April: 9am-9pm
- Monday, 5 April: 9am-9pm
Cafes
Two Before Ten Aranda:
- Good Friday, 2 April: 8am-2pm
- Saturday, 3 April: 8am-2pm
- Sunday, 4 April: 8am-2pm
- Monday, 5 April: 8am-2pm
The Cupping Room:
- Good Friday, 2 April: 8am-3pm
- Saturday, 3 April: 8am-3pm
- Sunday, 4 April: 8am-3pm
- Monday, 5 April: 8am-3pm
Local Press Cafe, Kingston:
- Good Friday, 2 April: 8am-3pm
- Saturday, 3 April: 8am-3pm
- Sunday, 4 April: 8am-3pm
- Monday, 5 April: 8am-3pm
La Empanada, Gungahlin:
- Good Friday, 2 April: 7am-2pm
- Saturday, 3 April: 7am-2pm
- Sunday, 4 April: Closed
- Monday, 5 April: 7am-2pm
Wineries
Lerida Estate:
- Good Friday, 2 April: 10am-5pm
- Saturday, 3 April: 10am-5pm
- Sunday, 4 April: 10am-5pm
- Monday, 5 April: 10am-5pm
Pialligo Estate:
- Good Friday, 2 April: 12pm-3:30pm and dinner from 6
- Saturday, 3 April: 11am-3:30pm, dinner from 6
- Sunday, 4 April: 11am-3:30pm.
- Monday, 5 April: Closed
Gundog Estate:
- Good Friday, 2 April: 11am-4pm
- Saturday, 3 April: 11am-5pm
- Sunday, 4 April: 11am-5pm
- Monday, 5 April: 10am-5pm
Collector Wines:
- Good Friday, 2 April: 10am-4pm
- Saturday, 3 April: 10am-4pm
- Sunday, 4 April: 10am-4pm
- Monday, 5 April: 10am-4pm
Cinemas
Dendy Canberra Centre:
- Session times as normal, see website.
Palace Electric:
- Session times as normal, see website.
Hoyts (Belconnen & Woden):
- Session times as normal, see website.
Limelight Tuggeranong:
- Session times as normal, see website.
City services
Bin collections
Bin collections will not take place on Good Friday. For residents who normally have a Friday bin collection, it will take place on Saturday.
Normal schedule returns next week.
Libraries:
All libraries will be closed over the Easter long weekend, from Good Friday through to Easter Monday.
Public Transport
Transport Canberra and Canberra Metro will run on Sunday timetables from Good Friday through to Easter Monday.
A link to the timetable can be found here.
Double demerits
Double demerit points will apply in the ACT from Thursday 1 April until Monday 5 April. For all speeding, seatbelt, riding without a helmet and mobile phone offences, double the usual demerit points will apply, and as a further long-weekend road safety measure, an additional demerit point applies for all other traffic offences.
Weather
Canberrans can prepare for beautiful, fine and sunny Easter long weekend, with barely a cloud forecast until Monday.
A particularly warm start to April is expected with Good Friday to hit a top of 27 with just a chance of early fog in the morning and a low of 9.
Saturday will be much the same and Easter Sunday will welcome a sunny top of 28.
Cloud cover will likely return on Monday with a top of 26 forecast.
Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Helen Reid said there was a higher chance of Canberrans at the south coast experiencing a shower on Monday.
