Winter's grip loosens across most of the country by 31 August 2028, even while the far south can still record its coldest weather of the year during August. The ski season across the Snowy Mountains and Victorian Alps continues through to its usual close in September, drawing visitors for the last weeks of snow.
Thursday sits one working day ahead of the weekend, making it the point in the week where plans for Friday, Saturday and Sunday commonly get finalised. 31 August 2028 falls on this day of the week, the second-to-last working day before the standard Monday-to-Friday week comes to a close and the weekend takes over.
The hours and minutes shown in the countdown to 31 August 2028 are calculated against the clock and time zone set on the device displaying this page, and the countdown reaches zero at midnight local to that device. Two people in different time zones will see slightly different figures at the exact same moment, each reflecting their own local midnight.