Melbourne
Public holidays
Melbourne Cup Carnival
Public holidays
Victoria
January
New year's day
Monday, 1 January 2018
Australia Day
Friday, 26 January 2018
March
Labour Day
Monday, 12 March 2018
April
Good Friday
Friday, 30 March 2018
Easter Monday
Monday, 2 April 2018
ANZAC Day
Wednesday, 25 April 2018
June
Queen's Birthday holiday
Monday, 11 June 2018
September
Friday before AFL Grand Final
Friday, 28 September 2018
November
Melbourne Cup Day
Tuesday, 6 November 2018
December
Christmas Day
Monday, 25 December 2018
Boxing Day
Tuesday, 26 December 2018
Useful information
Victorian school holidays
30 March – 15 April 2018
30 June – 15 July 2018
22 September – 7 October 2018
22 December 2018 – 28 Jan 2019
6 April – 22 April 2019
29 June – 14 July 2019
21 September – 6 October 2019
21 December 2019 – 27 January 2020
Daylight saving
Ends Sunday, 1 April 2018
Starts Sunday, 7 October 2018
Ends Sunday, 7 April 2019
Don't miss
Events
Horse racing
Spring Racing Carnival
With winter behind us and spring in the air, Australians turn their attention to one of the highlights of Victoria’s sporting and social calendar. Opening...
Exhibitions
Mandela My Life: The Official Exhibition
Mandela My Life: The Official Exhibition is a new world-class, collections-rich exhibition on the inspirational life of Nelson Mandela. Produced in close...
Plays & musicals
School of Rock - The Musical
Andrew Lloyd Webber, the man who brought rock and romance to Broadway, is back with a new heart-stirring hit, School of RockBased on the hit film, this...
Festivals
Melbourne Music Week
Melbourne Music Week (MMW) returns 16 to 24 November for a nine-day celebration of the city’s thriving, world-renowned music scene. Driven by its vision...
Sports
ISPS HANDA World Cup of Golf 2018
The 59th edition of the ISPS HANDA World Cup of Golf will return to Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, with The Metropolitan Golf Club, one of the best-conditioned...
Sports
Domain Boxing Day Test: Australia vs India
Get out the zinc and the novelty hat and join up to 100,000 cricket fans at the MCG for a sporting event that's become an Australian institution.
Sports
Australian Open
Light up your January with the first tennis Grand Slam of the year. Be there as the biggest names in the game try to start the season off with a bang.
Plays & musicals
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Based on an original new story by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is coming exclusively to Melbourne from January 2019.
Cycling
Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
Inspired by Europe’s prestigious one-day classic races, the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race is the first of its kind in Australia. It has rapidly been...
Plan your trip
Things to do
Road trips and itineraries
Travel from mountains to coast to city in no time at all thanks to Victoria's compact size. Follow tourist routes or make it up as you go along.
Victoria
Accommodation
Find accommodation to suit your budget from luxury city hotels, boutique hotels, apartments and motels to B&Bs, caravan parks and backpacker hostels.
Things to do
Top attractions
There's so much to see and do across Victoria and our handy list of the top attractions helps you work out where to begin, in city or country.
Victoria
Events
Life's worth celebrating in Victoria. A packed calendar of events ensures there's a party in every corner of the state, whenever you visit.