Autumn deepens across the southern states by 17 May 2028, with cooler mornings standard and the first inland frosts of the year appearing across the higher and southern parts of the country. The tropical north moves into its dry season during May, after the wet season that runs from November to April comes to its close.
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 17 May 2028 falls on the same weekday as this regional observance, which applies only within greater Brisbane and not to the rest of Queensland.
The countdown to 17 May 2028 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.