Spring begins on 1 September, and by 28 September 2027 warmer days return across the southern states after the winter months. The AFL finals series runs through September, ahead of the Grand Final that follows in late September or early October, drawing national attention as one of the biggest fixtures on the Australian sporting calendar.
The Melbourne Cup is held on the first Tuesday of November every year, a public holiday in metropolitan Melbourne. Tuesday 28 September 2027 falls on this day of the week, the same weekday the race runs on every year regardless of the date it lands on, drawing national attention well beyond Victoria's own borders.
The countdown to 28 September 2027 is measured from today's date and updates once every day, since the number of days, hours and minutes remaining changes continuously as the current date moves closer to it. Each visit to this page recalculates the figure fresh from the current moment, rather than storing a fixed number that would go stale over time.