Days of Interest 2024

 

Special Days and Weeks of Interest for 2024:

Date in 2024 Special day of interest
1/01/2024 New Year's Day  (Public Holiday)
4/01/2024 World Braille Day 
21/01/2024 National Hug Day
24/01/2024 International Day of Education
26/01/2024 Australia Day  (Public Holiday)
27/01/2024 Chocolate Cake Day
28/01/2024 National Lego Day 
29/02/2024 Leap Day
2/02/2024 World Tutu Day
4/02/2024 World Cancer Day 
5/02/2024 Healthy Lunchbox Week
5/02/2024 World Nutella Day
6/02/2024 Safer Internet Day 
10/02/2024 Chinese New Year 
11/02/2024 International Day of Women and Girls in Science Day
13/02/2024 Pancake Day 
14/02/2024 Valentine's day 
14/02/2024 Ash Wednesday
17/02/2024 Random Acts of Kindness Day 
20/02/2024 World Love your Pet Day
20/02/2024 World Day of Social Justice
21/02/2024 International Mother Language Day 
1/03/2024 First day of Autumn
1/03/2024 World Compliment Day 
1/03/2024 Employee Appreciation Day 
3/03/2024 World Wildlife Day 
3/03/2024 World Hearing Day 
3/03/2024 Clean Up Australia Day
1-7/03/2024 Hearing Awareness Week
8/03/2024 International Women's Day 
10/03/2024 Ramadan Starts
17/03/2024 St Patrick's Day 
20/03/2024 International Day of Happiness 
20/03/2024 World Storytelling Day
20/03/2024 French Language Day 
21/03/2024 National Close The Gap Day
21/03/2024 World Down Syndrome Day 
21/03/2024 World Poetry Day 
21/03/2024 Harmony Day 
21/03/2024 International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 
22/03/2024 World Water Day 
23/03/2024 Earth Hour  
26/03/2024 Epilepsy (Purple Day) 
29/03/2024 Good Friday  (Public Holiday)
30/03/2024 Easter Saturday (Public Holiday)
31/03/2024 Easter Sunday  (Public Holiday)
1/04/2024 April Fools Day
1/04/2024 Easter Monday (Public Holiday)
2/04/2024 World Autism Awareness Day
2/04/2024 International Childrens Book Day
7/04/2024 Daylight Saving time Ends
7/04/2024 World Health Day 
9/04/2024 Eid
12/04/2024 International Day of Human Space Flight
20/04/2024 Chinese Language Day 
21/04/2024 World Creativity and Innovation Day 
22/04/2024 Passover
22/04/2024 Earth Day 
23/04/2024 World Book & Copyright Day
23/04/2024 Spanish Language Day
23/04/2024 English Language Day 
24-30/04/2024 International World Immunisation Week 
25/04/2024 World Penguin Day
25/04/2024 ANZAC Day  (Public Holiday)
1/05/2024 May Day
3/05/2024 Orthodox Good Friday
4/05/2024 Star Wars Day 
4/05/2024 International Fire Fighters Day 
5/05/2024 Orthodox Easter
7/05/2024 World Asthma Day 
8/05/2024 World Red Cross Day
10/05/2024 National Walk Safely to School Day
12/05/2024 Mothers Day 
15/05/2024 International Day of Families 
15-21/05/2024 National Families Week
16/05/2024 International Day of the Boy
20/05/2024 World Bee Day
21/05/2024 International Tea Day
22/05/2024 National Simultaneous Storytime 
26/05/2024 National Sorry Day 
27/05 - 03/06 National Reconciliation Week
30/05/2024 Australia's Biggest Morning Tea 
1/06/2024 First day of Winter
1/06/2024 Global Day of Parents
3/06/2024 World Bicycle Day
5/06/2024 World Environment Day 
7/06/2024 Doughnut Day
8/06/2024 World Oceans Day 
12/06/2024 World Day against Child Labour
14/06/2024 World Blood Donor Day
16-22/06/2024 National Refugee Week
20/06/2024 World Refugee Day
20-26/05/2024 National Volunteer Week
21/06/2024 World Music Day
21/06/2024 International Day of Yoga
21/06/2024 Winter Solstice/International Day of the Celebration of the Solstice
24/06/2024 International Fairy Day 
30/06/2024 International Asteroid Day
4/07/2024 USA Independence Day
7/07/2024 World Chocolate Day 
7-14/07/2024 NAIDOC Week 
14/07/2024 Bastille Day
14-20/7/2024 National Diabetes Week
19/07/2024 National Pyjama Day
26/07/2024 Schools Tree Day
26/7 - 11/8/2024 Olympic Games
28/07/2024 National Tree Day 
30/07/2024 International Day of Friendship 
1/08/2024 Horses Birthday (Southern Hemisphere)
2/08/2024 Jeans for Genes Day 
4/08/2024 National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Childrens Day
4-10/08/2023 Dental Health Week
5-11/08/2024 Keep Australia Beautiful Week
9/08/2024 International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples
9/08/2024 Red Nose Day
12/08/2024 International Youth Day 
13/08/2024 International Left Handers Day
16/08/2024 National Day of Action against Bullying and Violence 
17-23/08/2024 Book Week
19/08/2024 World Humanitarian Day
23/08/2024 Daffodil Day
1/09/2024 First day of Spring
1/09/2024 National Wattle Day 
1/09/2024 Fathers Day 
1-7/09/2024 National Asthma Awareness Week
1-7/09/2024 National Child Protection Week
3/09/2024 Australian National Flag Day
4/09/2024 Early Childhood Educators Day
5/09/2024 International Day of Charity
6/09/2024 Walk to Work Day 
8/09/2024 International Literacy Day 
12/09/2024 R U OK? Day
16/09/2024 International Day for Preservation of the Ozone Layer
17/09/2024 Australian Citizenship Day 
19/09/2024 Talk Like a Pirate Day 
21/09/2024 International Eat an Apple Day 
21/09/2024 International Day of Peace 
23/09/2024 International Day of Sign Languages 
1/10/2024 International Day of Older Persons
1/10/2024 International Coffee Day
2/10/2024 World Habitat Day
2/10/2024 Rosh Hoshana
4/10/2024 World Smile Day
4-10/10/2024 International Space Week 
5/10/2024 World Teachers Day 
6/10/2024 Daylight Savings Time Starts
6/10/2024 World Cerebral Palsy Day 
10/10/2024 World Mental Health Day
10-18/10/2024 National Science Week
11/10/2024 International Day of the Girl
11/10/2024 Yom Kippur
16/10/2024 World Food Day 
16/10/2024 Restart a Heart Day
19-27/10/2024 National Children's Week 
24/10/2024 United Nations Day
25/10/2024 Day for Daniel 
27/10/2024 National Grandparents Day 
31/10/2024 Halloween 
1/11/2024 Diwali 
5/11/2024 Melbourne Cup 
10/11/2024 National Directors Day
11/11/2024 Remembrance Day 
11-17/11/2024 National Recycling Week 
13/11/2024 World Kindness Day
14/11/2024 World Diabetes Day 
16/11/2024 International Day for Tolerance
19/11/2024 International Men's Day 
20/11/2024 World Childrens Day 
22/11/2024 White Ribbon Day 
24/11/2024 National Fairy Bread Day
1/12/2024 First Day of Summer
3/12/2024 International Day of Persons with Disabilities 
5/12/2024 International Volunteer Day
10/12/2024 Human Rights Day 
18/12/2024 Arabic Language Day 
22/12/2024 Summer Solstice 
24/12/2024 Christmas Eve 
25/12/2024 Christmas Day   (Public Holiday)
25/12/2024 Hanukkah
26/12/2024 Boxing Day   (Public Holiday)
31/12/2024 New Year's Eve 

 

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