Australia 2025 Public Holidays and Long Weekend Guide

What's better than a three day weekend? A four day weekend. And what if we told you that you could be taking at least 10 of them this year and still have annual leave left over?

To help you make the most of your 2025 public holidays, we’ve put together a handy quick-reference long weekend guide for where you should be taking annual leave to maximise the time you have off and take more of those ultra-long weekends.

January Public Holidays 2025

Public Holiday: New Year's Day Holiday (Wed, 1 January)
Long weekend: Wednesday, 1 January – Sunday, 5 January
Tip: Take 2 day annual leave on Thursday 2nd January and Wednesday 3rd to get five days off work

Public Holiday: Australia Day (Monday, 27 January)
Long weekend: Saturday, 25 January – Monday, 27 January

March Public Holidays 2025

Public Holiday: Labour Day* (Monday, 3 March)
Long weekend: Saturday, 1 March – Monday, 3 March

*Western Australia only

Public Holiday: Labour Day* (Monday, 10 March)
Long weekend: Saturday, 8 March – Monday, 10 March
*Victoria and Tasmania only

April Public Holidays 2025

Public Holidays: Good Friday (Friday, 18 April), Easter Monday (Monday, 21 April)
Long weekend: Friday, 18 April – Monday, 21 April

Public Holidays: ANZAC Day Holiday (Friday, 25 April)
Long weekend: Friday, 25 April – Monday, 28 April
Tip: Take 1 day annual leave on 28th April to get four days off work

May Public Holidays 2025

Public Holiday: Labour Day/May Day* (Monday, 5 May)
Long weekend: Saturday, 3 May – Tuesday, 6 May
Tip: Take 1 day annual leave on 6th May to get four days off work

*Queensland and Northern Territory only

June Public Holidays 2025

Public Holiday: Reconciliation Day* (Monday, 2 June)

*ACT only

Public Holiday: Western Australia Day* (Monday, 2 June)

*Western Australia only

Public Holiday: King's Birthday* (Monday, June 9)
Long weekend: Saturday, June 7 – Tuesday, June 10

Tip: Take 1 day annual leave on 10 June to get four days off work

*National except Queensland & Western Australia

July Public Holidays 2025

Public Holiday: Alice Springs Show Day(Friday, 4 July)
Long weekend: Friday, 4 July – Monday, 7 July

Tip: Take 1 day annual leave on 7th August for four days off work

August Public Holidays 2025

Public Holiday: Picnic Day* (Monday, 4 August)
Long weekend: Friday, 1 August – Monday, 4 August

Tip: Take 1 day annual leave on 1st August for four days off work

*Northern Territory only

Public Holiday: Friday before AFL Grand Final* (TBA)

*Victoria only

September Public Holidays 2025

Public Holiday: King's Birthday* (Monday, 29 September)
Long weekend: Saturday, 27 September – Tuesday, 30 September

Tip: Take 1 day annual leave on 30th September for four days off work

*Western Australia only

October Public Holidays 2025

Public Holiday: Labour Day*, King's Birthday^ (Monday, 6 October)
Long weekend: Saturday, 4 October – Tuesday, 7 October

Tip: Take 1 day annual leave on 7th October to get four days off work

*ACT, New South Wales, South Australia

^Queensland

November Public Holidays 2025

Public Holiday: Melbourne Cup*, (Tuesday, 4 November)
Long weekend: Saturday, 1 November – Tuesday, 4 November)

Tip: Take 1 day annual leave on 3rd November to get four days off work

*Victoria on

December Public Holidays 2025

Public Holidays: Christmas Day Holiday (Thursday, 25 December)，Boxing Day (Friday, 26 December)
Long weekend: Wednesday, 24 December – Thursday, 1 January 2026

Tip: Take 4 days annual leave on 24th，29th，30th，31st December to get 9 days off work as Thursday 1st January 2026 is also a public holiday for New Year's Day

If you haven't done so already, now's the time to start pestering your boss for time off, and lock in those dates before your colleagues do.

Now get out there and start planning those holidays! If you're looking for ideas, check our Aussie Staycations page. Or, if you're feeling more adventurous, check out International Destinations Open to Australians Now.