ANZAC Day falls on the fixed date of 25 April, marked nationwide with dawn services regardless of which day of the week it lands on. Easter moves from year to year but falls within or close to April 2029 in most years, giving the month two of the busiest public holiday periods on the Australian calendar, sometimes close enough together to bridge with a single block of leave.
Easter and ANZAC Day both fall within or close to April 2029, and workers commonly bridge the days between them with annual leave when the two observances land close enough together. Term 1 school holidays overlapping the same weeks make April one of the more leave-heavy months on the Australian calendar. ANZAC Day falls on the fixed date of 25 April every year, regardless of which day of the week it lands on.
The shift from April into May brings whale migration season into full swing along much of the coastline and cooler nights becoming the norm across the southern states. April 2029 hands over a month carrying two national observances to one with only a single state-based public holiday, in Queensland and the Northern Territory alone. Term 1 school holidays overlap with the Easter break across every state during April.