Happy New Year! And to be nothing if not predictable, my thoughts (like most people’s) turn to planning this year’s holidays…
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As you can see, it wasn’t the school holidays when we were visiting Palm Cove, Queensland! |
So I thought it would be useful to look up when the main Australian school holidays are, as these can have a big impact on booking a trip (usually in terms of accommodation being booked up, and resorts and roads being more busy).
Right now in January is the biggest and busiest holiday time in Australia, as this is the long ‘summer holiday’ after Christmas, and all the southern states are in the middle of their hottest time of year. Lots of Australians will be on holiday for some or all of the month.
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