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Do you wish you could have more than one holiday a year? Are you keen for an extended trip to New Zealand, but also want a couple of city breaks as well? With a bit of holiday-hacking know-how and clever annual leave planning, you can be on holidays for a whopping 54 days of 2021, with no unpaid leave.
20 days is the legal minimum amount of annual leave for full-time employees in Australia. So this hack is doable for full-time workers working Monday-Friday (non-rostered).
Just book your days off early, before your colleagues discover this idea too.
Book in annual leave for the days in italics. The other days are either weekends or public holidays.
Friday 1 January (Public holiday: New Year's Day)
Saturday 2 January
Sunday 3 January
Saturday 23 January
Sunday 24 January
Monday 25 January
Tuesday 26 January (Public holiday: Australia Day)
Saturday 27 March
Sunday 28 March
Monday 29 March
Tuesday 30 March
Wednesday 31 March
Thursday 1 April
Friday 2 April (Public holiday: Good Friday)
Saturday 3 April
Sunday 4 April
Monday 5 April (Public holiday: Easter Monday)
Tuesday 6 April
Wednesday 7 April
Thursday 8 April
Friday 9 April
Saturday 10 April
Sunday 11 April
Saturday 24 April
Sunday 25 April
Monday 26 April (Public holiday: ANZAC Day)
Saturday 12 June
Sunday 13 June
Monday 14 June (Public holiday: Queen’s Birthday)
Tuesday 15 June
Wednesday 16 June
Thursday 17 June
Friday 18 June
Saturday 19 June
Sunday 20 June
Saturday 2 October
Sunday 3 October
Monday 4 October (Public holiday: Labour Day)
Tuesday 5 October
Wednesday 6 October
Thursday 7 October
Friday 8 October
Saturday 9 October
Sunday 10 October
Saturday 25 December
Sunday 26 December
Monday 27 December (Public holiday: Christmas Day)
Tuesday 28 December (Public holiday: Boxing Day)
Wednesday 29 December
Thursday 30 December
Friday 31 December
Saturday 1 January
Sunday 2 January
Monday 3 January (Public holiday: New Year's Day)
That's a lot of travelling. Keep an eye on our Boxing Day flight sales to get these holidays booked.