FIFO Roster Calendar
4/2 FIFO roster calendar 2026 — Queensland public holidays
By FIFO Planner · Published · Last updated
Queensland 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 4/2 roster (4 weeks on, 2 weeks off). It is written for workers flying out of Brisbane, Townsville, and Cairns to the Bowen Basin, Surat Basin, and Mount Isa regions, where coal, coal seam gas, and copper and zinc operations drive most QLD FIFO rosters.
About the 4/2 roster pattern
28 consecutive days on swing at site, followed by 14 days R&R at home. The 42-day cycle is common in major mining operations in WA and QLD. Because the cycle runs 42 days rather than a calendar month, holidays drift through it: across every possible swing start date, roughly 9 of QLD'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 QLD overlay shows the exact conflicts.
On swing
28 days
at site
R&R
14 days
at home
Full cycle
42 days
repeating
Your 2026 on a 4/2 roster
2026 has 365 days. A 4/2 roster completes about 8.7 full 42-day cycles in that time, which works out to roughly 243 days on site and 122 days at home. A different start date shifts the exact counts by a few days.
Cycles in the year
8.7
42 days each
Days on site
~243
expected over the year
Days at home
~122
expected over the year
Queensland 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 QLD rather than national: Easter Saturday, Easter Sunday, Labour Day, Royal Queensland Show, King's Birthday. Interstate workers on the same site may not have these days off, which matters when planning travel or crew changeovers.
How QLD compares with the other states in 2026
QLD has 13 holiday dates this year, the same as 4 other states; the six states range from 13 to 14. Only QLD has Royal Queensland Show, so crew based in other states do not get those days off. The King's Birthday is 5 Oct in QLD, but 28 Sep in WA and 8 Jun in NT, SA, NSW and VIC.
QLD holidays on a 4/2 swing: a worked example
Take a 4/2 roster whose first swing day is Monday 5 January 2026. On that schedule, 11 of QLD's 13 holiday dates land on swing and 2 land on R&R. 7 of the swing days are weekdays, which are the ones that cost real time at home: Australia Day (Mon, 26 Jan), Good Friday (Fri, 3 Apr), Easter Monday (Mon, 6 Apr), Royal Queensland Show (Wed, 12 Aug), King's Birthday (Mon, 5 Oct), Christmas Day (Fri, 25 Dec), Boxing Day (additional day) (Mon, 28 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 | 9 of 13 | 6 |
| 3/1 roster | 7 of 13 | 4 |
| 4/2 roster | 11 of 13 | 7 |
| 8/6 roster | 10 of 13 | 7 |
| 7/7 roster | 5 of 13 | 2 |
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, 2 May to Mon, 4 May (3 days off): Labour Day.
- Sat, 3 Oct to Mon, 5 Oct (3 days off): King's Birthday.
- Fri, 25 Dec to Mon, 28 Dec (4 days off): Christmas Day, Boxing Day, Boxing Day (additional day).
How FIFO Planner handles QLD holidays on your 4/2 roster
Switch on the QLD 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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