Book your Santa photo at Westfield Southland today

What feels more like Christmas than experiencing the joy and happiness of your Santa photo moment?

As the home of Christmas, Westfield Southland is here to make this time of year festive and easy.

With a variety of photo packages available, book your Santa photography session today to secure a time that is convenient for you.

This year, Westfield Southland have a range of photography sessions to suit everyone, with your choice of:

Family and friends
Sensitive Santa
Pet photography

All children who visit Santa will also receive a Gingerbread Cookie Crown to take home. You can find out more info on each of the above sessions via the booking link above.

Where to find Santa and where to park

Our Santa Photography set is located: Level 1, Near David Jones
Best parking: P1 Yellow Carpark

Santa Photography Sessions on offer:

Family and Friends sessions

Christmas is more magical with our loved ones, so get together with your friends, family, sports teams, school groups, work crew and any other loved ones to create a memory to last a lifetime.

We've made it easy with an online booking system offering a range of photo session times and a photo package to suit every size group and every budget.

Book your Santa photo session today.

Sensitive Santa

Everyone gets their time with Santa this Christmas with our Sensitive Santa option.

Join us for our Sensitive Santa experience where families can have a photo taken in a relaxed environment, tailored to children with sensory challenges. These calm and comfortable photography sessions take place before stores open when the centre is quieter to create a relaxed and sensory-friendly Santa experience.

Book your Sensitive Santa experience today.

Note: Online bookings are essential for Sensitive Santa photography sessions.

Pet Photography

Why should your four-legged family members miss out on all the fun? Bring them along for a Santa photo with the whole family.

Dress-ups are welcomed, so dress your pet in their best festive outfit to create the paw-fect Christmas memory to cherish for years to come.

Book your pet photography session today.

Note: Online bookings are essential, and sessions book out quickly. There will be no walk-ins available (no matter how persuasive those puppy eyes may be).

Entry Point:

For Pet Photography bookings, please wait outside the door to centre near NAB and wait for the Santa Photography team member to greet you. Best parking is in the P1 Yellow car park.

Please also note that when you book a pet photography session, you are automatically opting in to the below terms and conditions:

Owner/s must be responsible for their pet at all times.
Owner/s must bring waste disposal bags for their pet's use if required. Please note that waste is prohibited from being placed in bins inside the centre.
In the event that any animal exhibits aggressive behaviour, we will ask that they are removed from the centre.
Owner/s must wait at the designated entrance, outside of the centre, prior to your allocated booking time. At the time of your booking, a staff member will meet you at the designated entrance and escort you to the Santa photography set. Pets must be brought into the centre on a lead or in a cage.
Every endeavour will be made to adhere to your booking time, however in the event that another photography session is being completed, we appreciate your patience while the current pet photography session is finishing up.

Which pets are allowed?