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Australian public holidays are weird. This weekend, Tasmania has an extra day off for '8 hours day', a very specific Labour Day celebration. Victoria also celebrates Labour Day this weekend commemorating the establishment of an 8 hour working day. Meanwhile, Queensland celebrates Labour Day at the start of May, like most of the rest of the World, while NSW has Labour Day in October for reasons I don't know.

This weekend Canberra celebrates Canberra Day because politicians would rather talk about themselves than the average person.

South Australia has Adelaide Cup Day this weekend, because workers like nothing better than to lose their money to bookies and other crooks, while seeing whether their horse wins or dies.

WA had Labour Day last week because they are on a completely different time zone while Northern Territory doesn't have a Labour Day because it's too bloody hot to work there.

#Australia #Holiday #LabourDay

Mar 3 at 9:50pmWeb
Show threadFrankMar 3
@chestas 🥳
Show threadJude🇵🇸Mar 3
@chestas Also: Moomba PH next Monday in Vic! Wtf???
Show threadPinkyMar 3
@sister_ratched @chestas A PH for Moomba would be great!
Show threadchestasMar 3

@sister_ratched

I only spent a couple of times at Moomba, I was usually in Ballarat over this weekend when I lived in Vic. Ballarat has a big chess tournament and a magnificent flower festival, the Begonia Festival, over the Labour Day weekend

Show threadJude🇵🇸Mar 4
@chestas Noice!
Show threadMark AsserMar 3
@chestas South Australia has Labour Day in October. I've never heard it called anything other than The October Long Weekend. Reasons don't matter; a day off is a day off.
Show threadChookMother 🇦🇺🦘Mar 3
@chestas And the King's Birthday holiday is not on his birthday (or the late Queen's) and Australia Day is when we snarl at each other and bicker.
Show threadCara BruarMar 4
@chestas Canberra Day is for the nearly half a million people who live there, almost as many as the whole of Tasmania. Nothing to do with FIFO politicians.
Show threadJude🇵🇸Mar 4
@CaraBruar @chestas 💯
Show threadchestasMar 4

@CaraBruar

Well enjoy your day off, and I apologise for my flippancy.

Show threadCara BruarMar 5
@chestas I don't live there so no need to apologise. But I used to, and it got old. Flippancy is fine 🙂
Show threadCara BruarMar 5
@chestas better to poke fun at Canberra people's own many flaws. The deadly speeding. The obsession with town planning. The whingeing about parking or the endless tram construction. Parking is a big one.