2008 Celebrations

• 1 Tue
  New Year’s Day
• 1 Tue
  Christmas
• 5 Sat
  National Whipped Cream Day
• 7 Mon
  Orthodox Christmas
• 18 Fri
  Ashura
• 20 Sun
  National Penguin Day
• 22 Tue
  Mahayana New Year
• 23 Wed
  National Handwriting Day
• 26 Sat
  Australia Day
• 31 Thu
  National Hot Chocolate Day

• 1 Fri
  Kick Day
• 2 Sat
  Groundhog Day 2025
• 5 Tue
  Mardi Gras
• 6 Wed
  Ash Wednesday
• 7 Thu
  Lunar New Year
• 7 Thu
  Rose Day
• 8 Fri
  Propose Day
• 9 Sat
  National Pizza Day
• 9 Sat
  Chocolate Day
• 10 Sun
  Teddy Day
• 11 Mon
  Royal Hobart Regatta
• 11 Mon
  Promise Day
• 12 Tue
  Hug Day
• 13 Wed
  Galentine's Day
• 13 Wed
  Kiss Day
• 13 Wed
  World Radio Day 2025
• 14 Thu
  Valentine's Day
• 15 Fri
  Slap Day
• 15 Fri
  Singles Awareness Day
• 16 Sat
  National Tim Tam Day
• 17 Sun
  Random Acts of Kindness Day
• 17 Sun
  Perfume Day
• 18 Mon
  Flirting Day
• 19 Tue
  Confession Day
• 20 Wed
  Missing Day
• 21 Thu
  Breakup Day
• 26 Tue
  National Letter to an Elder Day

• 1 Sat
  National Pig Day
• 1 Sat
  Baby Sleep Day
• 1 Sat
  Sleep Awareness Month
• 1 Sat
  International Ideas Month
• 2 Sun
  Clean Up Australia Day
• 3 Mon
  What If Cats and Dogs Had Opposable Thumbs Day
• 4 Tue
  Organize Your Home Office Day
• 7 Fri
  National Dress in Blue Day
• 7 Fri
  Denim Day For Dementia
• 8 Sat
  International Fanny Pack Day
• 8 Sat
  International Women's Day
• 10 Mon
  Canberra Day
• 10 Mon
  Adelaide Cup Day
• 14 Fri
  Pi Day
• 14 Fri
  White Day
• 15 Sat
  True Confessions Day
• 15 Sat
  The Ides Of March: What Day is It And What Does It Mean?
• 16 Sun
  Palm Sunday
• 16 Sun
  National Poison Prevention Week
• 17 Mon
  Saint Patrick's Day
• 20 Thu
  Autumnal Equinox (Australia)
• 20 Thu
  International Day of Happiness
• 20 Thu
  Alien Abductions Day
• 21 Fri
  Good Friday 2025
• 21 Fri
  Good Friday Appeal
• 21 Fri
  World Poetry Day
• 21 Fri
  Harmony Day
• 22 Sat
  Holi
• 22 Sat
  Holy Saturday
• 23 Sun
  Easter Sunday
• 23 Sun
  National Eucalypt Day
• 23 Sun
  National Chip and Dip Day
• 24 Mon
  Easter Monday
• 26 Wed
  Purple Day
• 27 Thu
  International Whiskey Day

• 1 Tue
  April Fool's Day
• 1 Tue
  International Fun At Work Day
• 1 Tue
  Edible Book Day
• 1 Tue
  Fossil Fools Day
• 2 Wed
  Autism Awareness Day
• 3 Thu
  Don't Go to Work Unless it's Fun Day
• 3 Thu
  National Tweed Day
• 3 Thu
  National Rainbow Day
• 4 Fri
  National Hug a Newsman Day
• 4 Fri
  Walk Around Things Day
• 4 Fri
  World Rat Day
• 5 Sat
  National Dandelion Day
• 5 Sat
  National Deep Dish Pizza Day
• 6 Sun
  Plan Your Epitaph Day
• 12 Sat
  American Civil War
• 12 Sat
  Cosmonautics Day
• 17 Thu
  International Bat Appreciation Day
• 17 Thu
  Blah Blah Blah Day
• 22 Tue
  Passover
• 22 Tue
  Earth Day
• 25 Fri
  Anzac Day
• 26 Sat
  Hug An Australian Day
• 27 Sun
  Morse Code Day

• 1 Thu
  Aussie Wine Month
• 1 Thu
  Marshall Islands Constitution Day
• 1 Thu
  Ascension Day
• 3 Sat
  Free Comic Book Day
• 3 Sat
  World Press Freedom Day
• 4 Sun
  World Laughter Day
• 5 Mon
  Cinco de Mayo
• 11 Sun
  Mother's Day
• 11 Sun
  Pentecost
• 11 Sun
  Mother's Day In Australia
• 12 Mon
  Whit Monday
• 12 Mon
  International Nurses Day
• 12 Mon
  International Women in Mathematics Day
• 15 Thu
  National Chocolate Chip Day
• 15 Thu
  National Families Week
• 15 Thu
  International Day of Families
• 18 Sun
  Trinity Sunday
• 18 Sun
  International Museum Day
• 20 Tue
  Buddha Day (Vesak)
• 21 Wed
  International Tea Day
• 22 Thu
  Corpus Christi
• 22 Thu
  International Day for Biological Diversity
• 25 Sun
  Towel Day
• 26 Mon
  National Sorry Day
• 26 Mon
  World Redhead Day
• 27 Tue
  National Reconciliation Week
• 28 Wed
  National Burger Day
• 31 Sat
  World No Tobacco Day

• 1 Sun
  National Meat Pie Day
• 1 Sun
  National Dairy Month
• 2 Mon
  Western Australia Day
• 3 Tue
  Mabo Day
• 4 Wed
  National Cheese Day
• 5 Thu
  World Environment Day
• 6 Fri
  Queensland Day
• 6 Fri
  National Donut Day
• 8 Sun
  World Oceans Day
• 9 Mon
  Queen's Birthday
• 9 Mon
  King's Birthday
• 11 Wed
  Shavuot
• 13 Fri
  Ganga Dussehra
• 15 Sun
  Father's Day
• 16 Mon
  National Vegemite Day
• 18 Wed
  International Sushi Day
• 20 Fri
  World Refugee Day
• 21 Sat
  Winter Solstice (Australia)
• 21 Sat
  International Yoga Day
• 27 Fri
  International Pineapple Day
• 29 Sun
  International Mud Day

• 6 Sun
  NAIDOC Week
• 7 Mon
  Picnic Day (Northern Territory)
• 7 Mon
  World Chocolate Day
• 11 Fri
  World Population Day
• 14 Mon
  Bastille Day
• 21 Mon
  National Lamington Day
• 25 Fri
  Christmas In July
• 27 Sun
  Parents' Day
• 30 Wed
  Isra and Mi'raj

• 3 Sun
  Sustainable Living Festival (Victoria)
• 4 Mon
  Bank Holiday (New South Wales)
• 4 Mon
  National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day
• 9 Sat
  The International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples
• 10 Sun
  National Science Week
• 14 Thu
  World Lizard Day
• 16 Sat
  National Rum Day
• 19 Tue
  National Potato Day
• 19 Tue
  World Humanitarian Day
• 21 Thu
  Daffodil Day
• 22 Fri
  Be An Angel Day

• 1 Mon
  Wattle Day
• 1 Mon
  National Suicide Prevention Month
• 1 Mon
  First Day of Ramadan
• 3 Wed
  Flag Day
• 3 Wed
  Australian National Flag Day
• 3 Wed
  Ganesh Chaturthi
• 5 Fri
  International Day of Charity
• 7 Sun
  National Threatened Species Day
• 7 Sun
  Father's Day (Australia)
• 8 Mon
  International Literacy Day
• 10 Wed
  Bravehearts Day (White Balloon Day)
• 10 Wed
  International Makeup Day
• 11 Thu
  R U OK? Day
• 14 Sun
  National Bilby Day
• 17 Wed
  Australian Citizenship Day
• 21 Sun
  International Day of Peace
• 22 Mon
  World Car-Free Day
• 24 Wed
  World Gorilla Day
• 27 Sat
  AFL Grand Final
• 27 Sat
  Australian Football League (AFL) Grand Final
• 27 Sat
  World Tourism Day

• 1 Wed
  International Coffee Day
• 1 Wed
  Breast Cancer Awareness Month
• 1 Wed
  Eid al-Fitr
• 5 Sun
  Daylight Saving Time (DST) in Australia
• 5 Sun
  World Teachers’ Day
• 6 Mon
  King's Birthday (Holiday in QLD)
• 10 Fri
  World Mental Health Day
• 18 Sat
  International Archaeology Day
• 24 Fri
  World Polio day
• 25 Sat
  World Pasta Day
• 26 Sun
  Grandparents Day in Australia
• 31 Fri
  Halloween

• 1 Sat
  Movember
• 3 Mon
  Recreation Day
• 4 Tue
  Melbourne Cup
• 13 Thu
  World Kindness Day
• 16 Sun
  International Day for Tolerance
• 20 Thu
  Universal Children’s Day
• 26 Wed
  Thanksgiving Day (Australia)
• 30 Sun
  St Andrew's Day

• 8 Mon
  Eid al-Adha
• 10 Wed
  Human Rights Day
• 21 Sun
  Winter Solstice
• 23 Tue
  Festivus
• 24 Wed
  Christmas Eve
• 25 Thu
  Christmas Day
• 25 Thu
  Hanukkah
• 25 Thu
  Sydney To Hobart Yacht Race
• 26 Fri
  Proclamation Day (South Australia)
• 26 Fri
  Boxing Day
• 26 Fri
  Kwanzaa
• 31 Wed
  New Year's Eve