School Term 4, the final term of the school year, begins across every state during October, following the short holiday break after Term 3. October 2029 carries the start of this last term before the long summer holidays that close out the school year in December and hand over to the new school year the following late January. The self-lodgement tax deadline falls on 31 October, at the very end of October.
Labour Day gives New South Wales, South Australia and the ACT a long weekend at the start of October 2029, while the rest of the country works through an equivalent week without one. Leave planned around the spring racing carnival commonly falls later in the month, ahead of the Melbourne Cup in November. Labour Day applies only in New South Wales, South Australia and the ACT during October, on the first Monday.
October 2029 closes with the spring racing carnival reaching its final build-up and the tax deadline just passed. November follows with the Melbourne Cup on the first Tuesday, Remembrance Day on 11 November, and the start of the tropical north's cyclone season, which runs from November through to the following April. The self-lodgement tax deadline falls on 31 October, at the very end of October.