TRAVEL INFORMATION

Public and School Holidays

To make planning your holiday just that bit easier, we've got all of the school and public holidays here in this calendar. And for those of you travelling interstate, we've even got your holidays here too. So now there's no excuse for you to start planning!

 

Public Holiday	2012
New Year's Day	Mon 2 Jan
Australia Day	Thur 26 Jan
Labour Day (WA)	Mon 5 Mar
Labour Day (VIC), Adelaide Cup (SA), Eight Hours Day (TAS), Canberra Day (ACT)	Mon 12 Mar
Good Friday	Fri 6 Apr
Easter Monday	Mon 9 Apr
Anzac Day	Wed 25 Apr
May Day (NT), Labour Day (QLD)	Mon 7 May
Foundation Day (WA)	Mon 4 Jun
Queen's Birthday (ex WA), Queen's Diamond Jubilee (QLD)	Mon 11 Jun
Bank Holiday (NSW), Picnic Day (NT)	Mon 6 Aug
Exhibition Holiday (Brisbane, QLD)	Wed 15 Aug
Labour Day (NSW, ACT, SA), Queen's Birthday (QLD & WA)	Mon 1 Oct
Family & Community Day (ACT)	Mon 8 Oct
Melbourne Cup (Melb, VIC)	Tue 6 Nov
Christmas Day	Tue 25 Dec
Boxing Day	Wed 26 Dec

School Holidays

States in Australia have different school holiday periods. The following list is a guide only (dates are inclusive). Confirm dates with your State's education department (see links below).

 

2012	Autumn	Winter	Spring	Summer
Queensland	2 - 16 Apr	25 Jun - 9 Jul	24 Sep - 8 Oct	16 Dec - 29 Jan 2013
New South Wales	6 - 20 Apr	2 - 13 Jul	24 Sep - 5 Oct	24 Dec - 28 Jan 2013
Victoria	2 - 16 Apr	2 - 16 Jul	24 Sep - 8 Oct	24 Dec - 31 Jan 2013
South Australia	9 - 23 Apr	2 - 16 Jul	24 Sep - 8 Oct	17 Dec - 29 Jan 2013
Tasmania (3 terms)	22 Apr - 1 May	6 - 17 Jun	10 - 24 Sep	21 Dec - 13/14 Feb 2013
Western Australia	6 - 25 Apr	7 - 23 Jul	29 Sep - 15 Oct	20 Dec - 4 Feb 2013
Northern Territory	6 - 13 Apr	25 Jun - 20 Jul	1 - 5 Oct	14 Dec - 29 Jan 2013
Australian Capital Territory	16 - 30 Apr	9 - 23 Jul	1 - 15 Oct	22 Dec - 1 Feb 2013

Links to State Education Term dates

Queensland:
http://education.qld.gov.au/public_media/calendar/holidays.html

New South Wales:
http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/calendar/viewvacationdates.php

Victoria:
http://www.education.vic.gov.au/about/keydates/default.htm

Western Australia:
http://www.det.wa.edu.au/education/Termdates/future.html

Australian Capital Territory:
http://www.det.act.gov.au/school_education/term_dates_and_public_holidays

Tasmania:
http://www.education.tas.gov.au/school/termdates

South Australia:
http://www.decs.sa.gov.au/custserve/

Northern Territory:
http://www.det.nt.gov.au/students/at-school/term-dates