Long weekends in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Your working week and workplace closures
In the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, one long weekend is left in 2026 with no leave: Christmas Day and Boxing Day (December 25 to 28). Best value: take December 29 to December 31 off (3 days) for ten days in a row around Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day.
| Holiday | Days off in a row without leave | Take these days off | You get |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christmas Day and Boxing Day | 4 days, December 25, 2026 to December 28, 2026 | December 29, 2026 to December 31, 2026 (3 days) | 10 days, December 25, 2026 to January 3, 2027 |
Earlier in 2026 (8)
| Holiday | Days off in a row without leave | Take these days off | You get |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Year's Day | None on its own | January 2 (1 day) | 4 days, January 1 to January 4 |
| Australia Day | 3 days, January 24 to January 26 | January 27 to January 30 (4 days) | 9 days, January 24 to February 1 |
| Hari Raya Puasa | 3 days, March 20 to March 22 | March 16 to March 19 (4 days) | 9 days, March 14 to March 22 |
| Good Friday, Easter Monday and Act of Self Determination Day | 5 days, April 3 to April 7 | April 8 to April 10 (3 days) | 10 days, April 3 to April 12 |
| Anzac Day | 3 days, April 25 to April 27 | April 28 to May 1 (4 days) | 9 days, April 25 to May 3 |
| Hari Raya Haji | None on its own | May 25 to May 26 (2 days) | 5 days, May 23 to May 27 |
| King's Birthday | 3 days, June 6 to June 8 | June 9 to June 12 (4 days) | 9 days, June 6 to June 14 |
| Hari Maulaud Nabi | None on its own | August 24 to August 25 (2 days) | 5 days, August 22 to August 26 |
Planning ahead? Long weekends in 2027.
How the planner works
Each row starts from a holiday that is a day off in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands holiday calendar we use, with its substitute day where the calendar gives one for a holiday on a weekend. It takes Saturday and Sunday as the weekend, as in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. If you work other days, or your workplace closes for a stretch, set them under “Your working week and workplace closures”: the rows, the leave budget and the calendar file then count leave only on days you would work. A holiday on a day you do not work adds no day off here; some employers give another day instead. The suggested leave days join the holiday to the nearest weekend or other holiday, using at most four days of leave, and the row shows the option with the most days off for each day of leave.
Islamic holidays follow the moon. Their dates here are the ones in the official list; if the government moves one after the moon is sighted, the break around it moves too.
The planner follows the public holidays of the Public and Bank Holidays Act 1972 (WA)(CKI) and the special public holidays the Administrator proclaims for each year: Act of Self Determination Day, the King’s Birthday, Hari Raya Puasa, Hari Raya Haji and Hari Maulaud Nabi.
Employers, schools and regional calendars can add or move days. Check your own working pattern before booking.