All long weekends in Australia
Oct 31 – Nov 3, 2026

Melbourne Cup (Victoria) 2026

Bridge the Monday for four days. Enough for Bali or a week of New Zealand.

The race that stops a nation, and one of very few public holidays anywhere granted for a horse race. It applies across Victoria unless a regional council has substituted an alternative local date.

  • Melbourne Cup Day (Tue 3 Nov) - Victoria, metropolitan Melbourne
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.

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 3 ideas

New Zealand
~3.2h

Three hours, no time-zone shock.

Couple stays →
Fiji
~4h

Four hours to a resort that takes kids seriously.

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Bali
~6h

Still the best-value week Australians take.

Couple stays →

Before you book

Worth knowing about this break

  • Take Monday 2 November off for a four-day break
  • Melbourne hotels are at their annual peak during Cup week
  • Four days makes Bali, Fiji and New Zealand all realistic

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

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