Warmer weather returns in earnest across the southern states by 25 November 2026, with the first genuinely hot days of the season arriving during November, ahead of summer's official start on 1 December and the cyclone season that runs through the tropical north until April.
The Ekka public holiday in greater Brisbane is held on a Wednesday during the Royal Queensland Show each August, one of the few recurring public holidays fixed to this day of the week. Wednesday 25 November 2026 falls on the same weekday as this regional observance, which applies only within greater Brisbane and not to the rest of Queensland.
The quarter containing 25 November 2026 is based on the calendar year running January to December, a separate system from the Australian financial year, which runs from 1 July to 30 June and splits into its own four quarters. Businesses often track both systems side by side, one for tax filings and one for calendar-year planning.
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