Santa's Grotto Visit & Professional Santa Photo Bookings

SANTA'S GROTTO

and Professional Santa Photo Sittings 

Santa Photography is back at Mount Gambier Central this year along with Santa's Grotto!

Come and visit Santa at Mount Gambier Central this Christmas in Santa's New Grotto, located in the eastern mall next to Skechers.

$1 donation from each photo sitting is donated to the Mount Gambier Community Mayor's Christmas Appeal.

Booking info:

  • Bookings are now open, click the button below to book online.
  • To secure your booking you will need to purchase a Santa Photo Sitting for $7*.
  • Additional prints, packs and gifts can be purchased online or at the Santa set at the time of your booking.

Santa visit guidelines:

  • Please do not attend your photo session if you or anyone in your group is showing any signs of illness. If the team find that you or someone in your group is showing signs of illness, they will ask you to reschedule your visit.
  • For the privacy and safety of all our customers you are not permitted to use personal cameras or mobile phone cameras for photos or videos in the shopping centre.

If you don't want your photo taken but would still like to come and have a look at Santa's New Grotto and have a visit with Santa you can do so for a $1 donation to The Mount Gambier Community Mayor's Christmas Appeal.

Click here to book online

*A booking fee of 2.2% may apply

Santa's Grotto and Professional Santa Photography Dates:

  • Santa Claus arrives on Saturday, December 13, at 9.30am with a Santa Parade
  • Santa will be at his Grotto daily 10am to 2pm until Wednesday, December 24, 2025.
  • Plus 4pm to 7pm, Thursday 18th, 2025
  • $7 Santa photo per sitting which includes 6x4 Santa photo, photo mount and a free gift* must be pre-booked.
  • $1 from every sitting is donated to the Mount Gambier Community Mayor's Christmas Appeal.
  • Additional prints, packs and gifts can be purchased online or at the Santa set at the time of your booking.

*Booking fee of 2.2% may apply. *Free gift is limited to the first 1,500 children, 1 free gift per child per sitting.