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Is 1 November a public holiday?

No Sunday 1 November 2026 is not a public holiday anywhere in Australia. The nearest public holidays are Royal Hobart Show on Thu 22 Oct (parts of TAS), and Recreation Day on Mon 2 Nov (parts of TAS).

Public holidays are set state by state, so the same date can be a day off in one state and a normal Monday in the next. Here is what 1 November looks like in every published year.

  1. Saturday 1 November 2025 Working day

    No public holiday in any state or territory.

  2. Sunday 1 November 2026 Working day

    No public holiday in any state or territory.

  3. Monday 1 November 2027 Regional only

    • Recreation Day regional
      TAS
      Northern Tasmania only

    A Monday, so it makes a three-day weekend in TAS (in the areas that observe it). The long weekend planner shows what a few days of leave either side would add.

  4. Wednesday 1 November 2028 Working day

    No public holiday in any state or territory.

The holidays that fall on 1 November

  • Recreation Day

    Recreation Day is a public holiday on the first Monday in November for northern Tasmania. It exists to balance the Royal Hobart Regatta holiday, which only the south of the state gets in February: the Statutory Holidays Act gives each half of Tasmania one regional day, and Recreation Day is the north's. It has no particular event attached, which is why it is simply called Recreation Day. It applies in the northern municipalities, including Launceston, and not in Hobart or the south. As with all of Tasmania's regional days, what counts is where you work, so an employer in the north is required to give the day off while one in the south is not.

    More about Recreation Day

November in the public holiday calendar

November is Victoria's month. Melbourne Cup Day on the first Tuesday is a public holiday in metropolitan Melbourne, and many regional councils substitute a local show or race day. Northern Tasmania takes Recreation Day on the first Monday, and Devonport's show holiday falls at the end of the month. For the other six jurisdictions every November date is a working day, and the run from the October long weekend to Christmas is the longest holiday-free stretch of the year in NSW, Queensland, SA, WA and the ACT.

How public holidays are decided, and what you are owed

1 November FAQ

Is 1 November a public holiday in 2025?

Saturday 1 November 2025 is not a public holiday anywhere in Australia. The nearest public holidays are Royal Hobart Show on Thu 23 Oct (parts of TAS), and Recreation Day on Mon 3 Nov (parts of TAS).

Is 1 November a public holiday in 2026?

Sunday 1 November 2026 is not a public holiday anywhere in Australia. The nearest public holidays are Royal Hobart Show on Thu 22 Oct (parts of TAS), and Recreation Day on Mon 2 Nov (parts of TAS).

Is 1 November a public holiday in 2027?

Monday 1 November 2027 is Recreation Day in parts of TAS (Northern Tasmania only). It is a normal working day everywhere else.

Is 1 November a public holiday in 2028?

Wednesday 1 November 2028 is not a public holiday anywhere in Australia. The nearest public holidays are Royal Hobart Show on Thu 26 Oct (parts of TAS), and Recreation Day on Mon 6 Nov (parts of TAS).

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