Australia School Holidays Dates
For Your Holiday And Travel Planning

During the Australia school holidays you will find many activities for your children to enjoy. Include going to zoos or wildlife parks, water and theme parks, swimming, fishing and playing at the beach, gokarts or rock climbing and exploring nature's wonders and so much more.

Always be on the look out for activities or attractions that are unique to the town or area. Sometimes the free or cheap activities and attractions can be very interesting and memorable.

The page links for details of the 2012 and 2013 Australia school holidays are listed below. A Free download is available for each year.

If you don't have to travel in the school holidays it's a good idea to avoid travelling then as most destinations have many more people visiting them, therefore attractions are very busy and accommodation is harder to find and may be more expensive.

Each State or Territory manages their school holidays so they do vary - Tasmania has 3 terms and the other States and territories have 4 terms. Please note in 2013 Tasmania will commence having 4 terms.

Generally Australia school holidays occur over the summer from late December to the end of January, then 2 weeks in Autumn, Winter and Spring.

If you are planning a holiday to travel interstate, some of the states or territories have school holidays at the same time and some of the others overlap one week. To find out how each state or territory compares to each other click on the school holidays link below for the year you are interested in.

These National Public Holiday dates may also help you plan your holiday.

Each school can change the holiday dates slightly so confirm the dates with your childs school before making holiday plans.

School Holidays Australia 2012 Dates

School Holidays Australia 2013 Dates

Australia School Holidays Memories To Keep

Several times we have added a few weeks on to the school holidays for a longer holiday so we could travel further and have more adventures.

Our children's teachers encouraged the experience and asked them to make a travel diary. Most days they enjoyed doing it and a few days they weren't so keen, with some persuasion they got it done. It is the best keepsake ever, they are so special and great to look back at.

For each day they wrote a short story, pasted in pictures from brochures or postcards and sometimes they added things they picked up like a feather, leaf etc. The results are priceless.

The Flinders Ranges in South Australia

"The Flinders Ranges start about 200 kilometres north of Adelaide and continues north to Leigh Creek and the Gammon Ranges.

An excellent adventure destination for an Australia school holidays getaway. You will discover ancient land with rugged rocky landscapes, beautiful gorges, valleys and waterholes.

You can discover unique towns like Quorn, Arkaroola, Wilpena Pound, Hawker and Leigh Creek and attractions like aboriginal art, a 4WD ridge top ride, sample bush tucker, visit Bunyip Chasm and so much more."

Visiting Flinders Ranges Information
www.southaustralia.com/regions/flinders-ranges

www.wilpenapound.com.au/resort

The Great Ocean Road in Victoria

"Australia's most scenic drive is the Great Ocean Road along the southern coast of Victoria. The trip is about 200 kilometres plus any extra side tracking.

Allow at least 2 days to a week to really experience and enjoy the drive and attractions. You will find a stunning view around every bend and many beautiful beaches to explore.

The drive takes you from Torquay to Warnambool through many seaside towns like Anglesea, Apollo Bay, Port Campbell and Lorne.

Your Australia school holidays road trip could include the Great Ocean Road and along the way you maybe be lucky enough to see the whales migrating, Loch Ard Gorge is a 'must see', the Otway Ranges are an excellent change of scenery, if you love surfing visit Bells Beach which is home to many surfing competitions."

Visiting the Great Ocean Road Information
www.visitgeelongbellarine.com

You can Camp at most Holiday Destinations

"Camping can be the cheapest and most versatile way to travel Australia. Most towns have holiday parks, campgrounds or there are many National parks to camp at cheaply and explore.

Camping can be done many ways, using a tent or staying in cabins would be the most common, but now days the range of camper trailers, caravans up to 5th wheelers is huge and the choice is amazing.

The photo above is of one of our many campsites on the Murray River, our kids absolutely love camping as they have done it from a very young age.

Camping in the Australia school holidays can be done in many ways and in many destinations. For example camping at Alice Springs and day tripping to many attractions in the area. You may enjoy camping at the beach and relaxing most days with the occasional sightseeing drive.

When we went to the Gold Coast theme parks we camped nearby at the very 'family friendly' Treasure Island Holiday Park at 'Biggera Waters' QLD instead of staying in expensive accommodation - If you are interested you will need to book ahead.
www.treasureisland.com.au

Camping in the Outback is an unbeleivable experience, the scenery is so unique, the sunrises and sunsets are so colourful and sitting around a campfire with thousands of stars shining above is fun."

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