All long weekends in Australia
Dec 25 – 28, 2026

Christmas and Boxing Day 2026

Four days off everywhere at once, in peak summer. Book this one early.

An Australian Christmas is a summer one: beach days, backyard cricket and the Boxing Day Test at the MCG. Because Boxing Day falls on a Saturday, the Monday is observed as an additional public holiday nationwide.

  • Christmas Day (Fri 25 Dec)
  • Boxing Day (Sat 26 Dec), observed Mon 28 Dec - nationwide
Flying from
Sydney (SYD) / Melbourne (MEL)
Comfortable range
Up to about 7 hours in the air

Where to go

Good ideas for 4 days off

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Stay in Australia 5 ideas

Gold Coast & Byron Bay
~1.5h

The classic east-coast long weekend.

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Cairns & the Reef
~3h

Warm all winter, reef on the doorstep.

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Tasmania
~1.5h

Food, wilderness and cool-climate wine.

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Uluru & the Red Centre
~3.5h

Best in the cooler months.

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Margaret River
~3.5h

Wine and coast, three hours from the east.

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Head abroad 3 ideas

New Zealand
~3.2h

Three hours, no time-zone shock.

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Fiji
~4h

Four hours to a resort that takes kids seriously.

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Bali
~6h

Still the best-value week Australians take.

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Before you book

Worth knowing about this break

  • The only fully synchronised national break of H2
  • The most expensive travel week of the Australian year - book months ahead
  • Domestic coastal demand is extreme; Southeast Asia is often better value

Flights out of Sydney (SYD) / Melbourne (MEL)

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