Mayor's Summer Holiday Program

• Entrants must be a library member of Fairfield City Open Libraries. Sign up for a membership at any one of our library branches for free and register for the Mayor's Summer Holiday Program. A parent or carer must accompany the child and provide proof of identity during the registration process. 
• Registrations will open Monday 1 December 2025 at 9.30am and close Saturday 31 January 2026 at 5pm.

• Theme: Fly into your next adventure!
• Registrations open Monday 1 December 2025 at 9.30am and close Saturday 31 January 2026 at 5pm.
• Registration for the Mayor's Summer Holiday Program must be completed in-person. For opening hours and locations, please visit our website here.
• Collect your passport and bookmark when you register. Participants aged 0-4 collect your reading passport, pack of crayons and colouring in sheet. Participants aged 5-13 collect your reading passport, colour pencils and activity booklet.  
• One entry per child. The participant must have their own library membership. Registration is free, however, all children under the age of 16 must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian when signing up for a library membership. The adult must have identification (i.e. valid licence, photo ID or passport) and a legal document or Medicare as proof of their relationship with the child.
• Fairfield City Council employees and their immediate families are excluded from entering the competition.
• Read alone, read in a group or listen to at least 15 books including eResources: eBooks, graphic novels, magazines, Vox books, iVOX, LOTE Online for Kids, Era Books, indyreads, eAudiobooks, Comic Plus - Children's Library or watch Story Box Library.  
• Return your completed passport to the library where you registered by Saturday 31 January 2026 for the chance to win some great prizes. 
• Participants must be able to collect their prize at Whitlam Library Cabramatta. All information regarding collection will be provided to the winner via email.
• The winners will be notified and published on Facebook together with the winners' details (first name and age) by Friday 27 February 2026.
• This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or associated with Facebook.
• There is an additional bingo activity bonus challenge for 5-13 years. 

Individual prizes will be drawn from three prize groups 0-4 years, 5-8 years and 9-13 years for the following library branches:

• Bonnyrigg Library
• Fairfield Library
• Smithfield Library and Wetherill Park Library*
• Whitlam Library Cabramatta 
• *(entries from both branches will be combined into the same draw)

Prizes include: 

• Family day passes to Aquatopia, books and Duplo.

There are incentives for participants along the way. 

0-4 years - Read 15 books to complete the challenge and collect your puzzle and library bag. 

5-13 years - Read 15 books to complete the challenge and collect your Cleverkit bookmark and library bag. 

•  All entries become the property of Fairfield City Open Libraries.
• All entries will be entered into a database and the entrants' details and personal information will not be published and only kept on Council's database.