Daylight saving returns on the first Sunday of October in New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and the ACT, putting the clocks forward an hour. 13 October 2027 falls in this month of change, while Queensland, Western Australia and the Northern Territory keep the same clock they run all year, unaffected by the switch.
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 13 October 2027 falls on the same weekday as this regional observance, which applies only within greater Brisbane and not to the rest of Queensland.
2027 has 365 days on the calendar. Leap years add a single extra day to February, giving those years 366 days instead of 365 and shifting the day-of-year number for every date from March onward by one compared with an ordinary year. This is the only irregularity in the length of the Australian calendar year.