The Festival of Public Holidays Continues

One of the wonders of living in Australia is the amount of Public Holidays (I still call 'em Bank Holidays, much to the puzzlement of most Aussies) the Australian's can fit into one year. Starting with Easter, they start coming thick and fast over April, May & June.

According to the Australian Government website which says: Public holidays in Australia are designated on a state and territory basis with the exception of national public holidays such as Australia Day, ANZAC Day, Christmas Day and New Years Day.

Nice to know even State Governments can't change the date of Christmas or New Year's Day to suit themselves!

As we're in Queensland we'll stick to that. So, after Easter's four days off (or at least getting double time), the festival of Public Holidays continues with Labour Day (shouldn't that be non-labour day?) on Monday 4 May.

Labour Day is followed by my particular favourite Public Holiday, The Queen's Birthday on Monday 8 June. Considering that the Queen's Birthday isn't a Public, sorry, Bank Holiday in the UK it amuses me highly that the Aussies are so keen to have a day off to celebrate it. In fact it's been suggested that the referendum on Australia becoming a Republic failed only because the Fore's forgot to mention they'd be swapping the Queen's Birthday Holiday for the President's Birthday Holiday ...

And it doesn't stop there! Thank goodness you chose the Sunshine Coast!

• 29 May, Sunshine Coast Region - the area of the former Caloundra City Council -
  Maleny Annual Show
• 12 June, Sunshine Coast Region - the area of the former Maroochy Shire - Sunshine Coast Annual Show
• 11 September - Sunshine Coast Region - the area of the former Noosa Shire -
  Noosa Country Show

Which can all get a bit confusing if you live in one 'former' place, work in another, and possibly have a child going to school in yet another. i.e if you live in Noosa, work in Caloundra and your child goes to school somewhere in the former Maroochyshire, you've got a lot of organising to do ... as well as the difficulty of choosing which show to visit! Lucky you've got a Public Holiday to help you recover.

If I've confused you - here's some links from the horse's mouth (Australian Government)

http://www.australia.gov.au/topics/australian-facts-and-figures/public-holidays
http://www.wageline.qld.gov.au/publicholidays/index.html