All long weekends in Australia
Oct 3 – 5, 2026

Labour Day and King's Birthday 2026

The biggest multi-state break before Christmas. Domestic will be packed.

A rare alignment where New South Wales, the ACT and South Australia take Labour Day while Queensland observes the King's Birthday, all on the same Monday. It is the largest synchronised long weekend of the Australian spring.

  • Labour Day (Mon 5 Oct) in NSW, ACT and SA; King's Birthday (Mon 5 Oct) in QLD
Flying from
Sydney (SYD) / Melbourne (MEL)
Comfortable range
Up to about 4 hours in the air

Where to go

Good ideas for 3 days off

Tell us who is going and we'll match the kind of stay to the trip.

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Stay in Australia 5 ideas

Gold Coast & Byron Bay
~1.5h

The classic east-coast long weekend.

Couple stays →
Cairns & the Reef
~3h

Warm all winter, reef on the doorstep.

Couple stays →
Tasmania
~1.5h

Food, wilderness and cool-climate wine.

Couple stays →
Uluru & the Red Centre
~3.5h

Best in the cooler months.

Couple stays →
Margaret River
~3.5h

Wine and coast, three hours from the east.

Couple stays →

Head abroad 2 ideas

New Zealand
~3.2h

Three hours, no time-zone shock.

Couple stays →
Fiji
~4h

Four hours to a resort that takes kids seriously.

Couple stays →

Before you book

Worth knowing about this break

  • Coastal NSW and QLD book out - the Gold Coast and Byron especially
  • New Zealand and Fiji are both comfortable in three days
  • Book six weeks ahead or look offshore for better value

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

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