Autumn Street Sweeping 2026

Whitehorse City Council is well known for its tree lined streets and autumn is synonymous with falling leaves.  Council's street  sweepers will be out in force again this year sweeping leaves and other debris from the streets.

Resident reminders - how you can help us

  • While we understand it’s a challenging time of year, we ask you to be patient and understanding when calling our customer service staff.
  • Once the sweeper passes your property, it will not turn around to accommodate moving of vehicles, as this helps us stay on schedule.
  • To ensure more effective street sweeping, we kindly ask residents not to park on the street on scheduled ( PDF 71.72KB) sweeping days.
  • Sweeping is focused on collecting leaves and debris from Council trees, not from private properties.
  • Please avoid raking or blowing leaves onto the road after the sweeper has passed. Wait until the next scheduled sweep.
  • Do not place branches or rocks under leaves, as this can damage the sweepers and cause operational delays
  • Please refrain from emptying green bins in front of the sweepers, as this creates a safety hazard and can cause traffic disruptions.

The autumn street sweeping program will commence on Monday 16 March 2026 and concludes Friday 26 June 2026. 

Whitehorse has 154 streets that experience significant heavy leaf falls. These streets will be swept every two weeks from 16 March 2026. For the month of May, the frequency will be increased to every week. At the end of May, the streets will revert to being swept every two weeks. 

All other streets not on the heavy leaf program are swept once per month, dependant on leaf volume and weather conditions.

Sweeping of nominated 154 streets that experience heavy leaf falls commence the week of:

  • 16 March 2026
  • 30 March 2026
  • 13 April 2026
  • 27 April 2026
  • 4 May 2026
  • 11 May 2026
  • 18 May 2026
  • 25 May 2026
  • 8 June 2026**
  • 22 June 2026

Download the heavy leaf sweeping schedule ( PDF 71.72KB) of when your street will be swept.

It is planned to sweep streets on the days listed however, if this day is missed the street will be swept the next working day.

**NOTE**

  • There will be no sweeping on Good Friday 3 April 2026, instead these streets will be swept on Thursday 2 April 2026.  
  • There will be no sweeping on King’s Birthday Monday 8 June 2026, instead these streets will be swept on Friday 5 June 2026.  

To find out more about the street sweeping program please phone 9262 6200.