Autumn begins on 1 March, and by 29 March 2030 the southern states see shorter days and cooler mornings settling in. The northern wet season continues through March, with cyclone activity still active ahead of its April end, while the south moves out of its summer bushfire peak as the season turns over into the cooler months.
Some employers close early or run a shortened day on Friday, ahead of the weekend that follows. 29 March 2030 falls on this day, the last of the five working days counted in the total shown above for its week, immediately before Saturday and Sunday begin the two-day break most standard working arrangements observe.
2030 has 365 days on the calendar. Leap years add a single extra day to February, giving those years 366 days instead of 365 and shifting the day-of-year number for every date from March onward by one compared with an ordinary year. This is the only irregularity in the length of the Australian calendar year.