Australians - please explain.

[Twisterdog]

Yep, I can see how it would confuse someone - so let me share this too - here in Melbourne, we have a Public Holiday for a horserace!!!!! No, I am NOT kidding!!!

Thank you for answering.

Hey, I understand the horserace holiday concept, truly. I live in Wyoming, and when I was a kid we had a day where all public schools were out on holiday ... the first day of hunting season. Really.

[Lilith Cherry]

Hey Sparks, we do have at least one different holiday between provinces in Canada - Quebec has St Jean Baptistes Day in June while the rest of us have August Bank holiday.

We all have Boxing Day as a leftover from our Colonial past; it's a British holiday

[G535]

The Melbourne Cup is supposed to be the richest horse race in the world, everyone in the racing industry everywhere has heard of it, no wonder it's also a public holiday.

[lizbud]

If you were referring to me, I wasn't asking where Australia is on the globe. I think I might be able to find it.

I was asking about customs of the country ... why does one state have different holidays from the others? Seemed a legitimate question to me.

Rather like a citizen of Australia might ask a citizen of the USA, "Why does the state of Utah celebrate holidays that no other state does?" The answer being, of course, the citizens of Utah are predominately members of the LDS church, and celebrate holidays specific to their religion.

I was simply wondering if there was a similar reason in SA, Australia.

Sorry Twister, I meant no criticism to you or anyone else. It was just
a question in general. Maybe it should have been posted as it's own thread.
Honestly, it was not meant as a slam.

[Husky_mom]

I know this thread is a bit old but I wanted to add....

here in Mexico when "work day" holiday WE DON´T WORK!! haha.... whereas other places they work and even more.....

I think it´s like Labor day or something