2025 End of Year Dates

We will be closing for the year on 3pm Friday 19 December 2025, and resuming regular business hours from 11am Monday 12 January 2026.

To help you plan over the next few weeks, we're outlining our deadlines for final services. All orders placed before these deadlines will be completed by close of business Friday 19 December 2025. All orders placed after these deadlines will be fulfilled chronologically once we return in 2026. 

Please see our following timeline for all final services for the year:

Final C-41 colour development Tuesday 16 December 2025
Local drop offs must be dropped off by 3pm Tuesday 16 December 
Final B&W & E6 development Tuesday 16 December 2025
Local drop offs must be dropped off by 3pm Tuesday 16 December 
ECN2 outsource development Monday 8 December 2025
Final online orders for film and negatives posted
Thursday 18 December 2025
Final drop-box collection 10am Tuesday 9 December 2025 for interstate drop-boxes
10am Tuesday 16 December 2025 for Victorian drop-boxes
Lab closes Friday 19 December 3pm 2025
Lab re-opens Monday 12 January 11am 2026

 

We'll still be accepting orders in our drop-boxes over the break while we're closed. The turn around time will be approximately 2-3 weeks at the beginning of 2026. Please use our RUSH JOB service on your C-41 order if you require a job to be processed within the first week we are back in 2026.

For any questions during the break period, please email develop@hillvale.com.au. Please note that emails, phones & DM's won't be monitored over the break.

Thank you for your continued support throughout this year. We appreciate each you all. We hope you can enjoy some much-needed rest and relaxation with friends and family over this period and look forward to seeing you in the new year.

— Hillvale Photo