Daylight saving returns on the first Sunday of October in New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and the ACT, putting the clocks forward an hour. 9 October 2030 falls in this month of change, while Queensland, Western Australia and the Northern Territory keep the same clock they run all year, unaffected by the switch.
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 9 October 2030 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 9 October 2030 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.