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3/1 FIFO roster calendar 2026 — New South Wales public holidays
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New South Wales has 13 public holiday dates in 2026, and 9 of them fall on a weekday. This page lists each one with the day it lands on, and shows how they sit against a 3/1 roster (3 weeks on, 1 week off). It is written for workers flying out of Sydney and Newcastle to the Hunter Valley, New England, and Central West regions, where coal, gold, and copper operations drive most NSW FIFO rosters.
About the 3/1 roster pattern
21 consecutive days on swing at site, followed by 7 days R&R at home. The 28-day cycle is common in oil & gas and remote operations with longer travel distances. Because the cycle runs 28 days rather than a calendar month, holidays drift through it: across every possible swing start date, roughly 10 of NSW's 13 public holiday dates in 2026 land while you are on site. Where yours fall depends on your own start date — set it in FIFO Planner and the NSW overlay shows the exact conflicts.
On swing
21 days
at site
R&R
7 days
at home
Full cycle
28 days
repeating
Your 2026 on a 3/1 roster
2026 has 365 days. A 3/1 roster completes about 13 full 28-day cycles in that time, which works out to roughly 274 days on site and 91 days at home. A different start date shifts the exact counts by a few days.
Cycles in the year
13
28 days each
Days on site
~274
expected over the year
Days at home
~91
expected over the year
New South Wales public holidays 2026
Source: Fair Work Ombudsman 2026 list, checked 2026-10-03. Part-day and local holidays are not listed.
4 of these fall on a weekend in 2026 (Easter Saturday on Saturday 4 Apr, Easter Sunday on Sunday 5 Apr, Anzac Day on Saturday 25 Apr, Boxing Day on Saturday 26 Dec), so they are worth less to anyone already rostered off on weekends, and the remaining 9 are the ones to plan R&R around.
Holidays specific to NSW rather than national: Easter Saturday, Easter Sunday, King's Birthday, Labour Day. Interstate workers on the same site may not have these days off, which matters when planning travel or crew changeovers.
How NSW compares with the other states in 2026
NSW has 13 holiday dates this year, the same as 4 other states; the six states range from 13 to 14. Every holiday NSW has is also observed somewhere else, though often on a different date. The King's Birthday is 8 Jun in NSW, but 28 Sep in WA and 5 Oct in QLD.
NSW holidays on a 3/1 swing: a worked example
Take a 3/1 roster whose first swing day is Monday 5 January 2026. On that schedule, 8 of NSW's 13 holiday dates land on swing and 5 land on R&R. 5 of the swing days are weekdays, which are the ones that cost real time at home: Good Friday (Fri, 3 Apr), Easter Monday (Mon, 6 Apr), Anzac Day (additional day) (Mon, 27 Apr), King's Birthday (Mon, 8 June), Christmas Day (Fri, 25 Dec).
A different start date moves holidays between swing and R&R.
The same holidays on other patterns
| Pattern | On swing | Weekday on swing |
|---|---|---|
| 2/1 roster | 10 of 13 | 7 |
| 3/1 roster | 8 of 13 | 5 |
| 4/2 roster | 10 of 13 | 6 |
| 8/6 roster | 11 of 13 | 8 |
| 7/7 roster | 7 of 13 | 4 |
Every pattern starts on Monday 5 January 2026 for this comparison.
Long weekends in 2026
- Sat, 24 Jan to Mon, 26 Jan (3 days off): Australia Day.
- Fri, 3 Apr to Mon, 6 Apr (4 days off): Good Friday, Easter Saturday, Easter Sunday, Easter Monday.
- Sat, 25 Apr to Mon, 27 Apr (3 days off): Anzac Day, Anzac Day (additional day).
- Sat, 6 June to Mon, 8 June (3 days off): King's Birthday.
- Sat, 3 Oct to Mon, 5 Oct (3 days off): Labour Day.
- Fri, 25 Dec to Mon, 28 Dec (4 days off): Christmas Day, Boxing Day, Boxing Day (additional day).
How FIFO Planner handles NSW holidays on your 3/1 roster
Switch on the NSW holiday overlay and these dates appear on the same calendar as your swing and R&R days. Export to ICS with holidays included, and use it offline at camp.
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