How to stretch 20 days of leave into 52 days of holidays in the NT

With the closest Australian city to Asia and all those cheap flights to Bali and Singapore, we want you Northern Territorians to take advantage of your holidays as much as you can.

We've done the maths and figured out how you can plan your 20 days of annual leave around public holidays and long weekends to get 52 days of holidays. So you better get booking!

When to plan your holidays:

Book in annual leave for the days in italics. The other days are either weekends or public holidays.

January/February:

Wednesday 1 January (Public holiday: New Year's Day)

Thursday 2 January

Friday 3 January

Saturday 4 January

Sunday 5 January

• Holiday length: 5 days
• Annual leave used: 2 days
• Holiday suggestions: Pop up to Bali for a ripping start to the new year

Saturday 25 January

Sunday 26 January

Monday 27 January (Public holiday: Australia Day)

Tuesday 28 January

Wednesday 29 January

Thursday 30 January

Friday 31 January

Saturday 1 February

Sunday 2 February

• Holiday length: 9 days
• Annual leave used: 4 days
• Holiday suggestion: Fly to Singapore for some good grub, and if you've got time, take the train up to Malaysia

April:

Saturday 4 April

Sunday 5 April

Monday 6 April

Tuesday 7 April

Wednesday 8 April

Thursday 9 April

Friday 10 April (Public holiday: Good Friday)

Saturday 11 April

Sunday 12 April

Monday 13 April (Public holiday: Easter Monday)

• Holiday length: 10 days
• Annual leave used: 4 days
• Holiday suggestion: Consider this your perfect excuse to hit up Europe

May:

Saturday 2 May

Sunday 3 May

Monday 4 May (Public holiday: May Day)

Tuesday 5 May

Wednesday 6 May

Thursday 7 May

• Holiday length: 6 days
• Annual leave used: 3 days
• Holiday suggestion: Bliss out in Queensland

June:

Saturday 6 June

Sunday 7 June

Monday 8 June (Public holiday: Queen's Birthday)

• Holiday length: 3 days
• Annual leave used: 0 days
• Holiday suggestion: Hop across the state border and head to Adelaide for a quick city trip

August:

Saturday 1 August

Sunday 2 August

Monday 3 August (Public holiday: Picnic Day)

• Holiday length: 3 days
• Annual leave used: 0 day
• Holiday suggestion: Stay close to home and explore your own backyard with a 3-day tour of Kakadu and Litchfield National Parks

December:

Saturday 19 December

Sunday 20 December

Monday 21 December

Tuesday 22 December

Wednesday 23 December

Thursday 24 December

Friday 25 December (Public holiday: Christmas Day)

Saturday 26 December

Sunday 27 December

Monday 28 December (Public holiday: Boxing Day)

Tuesday 29 December

Wednesday 30 December

Thursday 31 December

• Holiday length: 16 days. This includes 1-3 January which is a long weekend
• Annual leave used: 7 days
• Holiday suggestion: Pick from our top destinations to celebrate New Year's Eve, then book it.

Totals:

• Total holiday days: 52 days
• Annual leave used: 20 days

Keep an eye on our Boxing Day flight sales to get these holidays booked.

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