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Random Acts of Kindness Day is February 17th!
⊜ Happening at Australia
Tuesday 17th February 2026 Change the world with kindness in less than a minute! Make kindness the norm starting TODAY Being KIND will change our world, a future without hate, greed or...

What's Open Christmas Day 2025
⊜ Happening at Melbourne
What's open Christmas Day in Melbourne on Thursday 25th of December 2025. There are plenty of things to explore and keep you entertained. Have a wonderful day Melbourne! Page updated late...

What's Open! Melbourne Cup Day 2025
⊜ Happening at Melbourne
This year, the Melbourne Cup Day public holiday falls on Tuesday 4 November 2025. Melbourne Cup Day is a public holiday in Victoria only (not interstate). Many take the Monday off turning the...

5 Tips to Help Keep Your Kids Safe This Summer
⊜ Happening at Australia
After a long year of staying indoors, we can finally start to safely venture outside just in time for the warmer summer months. But this doesn't mean we can just throw caution to the wind when it...

Afterpay Day 2025
⊜ Happening at Australia
Afterpay Day is a biannual shopping event, and the second one of 2025 is expected to take place in August, with the first one having already occurred in March 2025. Afterpay Day is FOUR days of...

Anthony Douglas: 2022 World Barista Champion
⊜ Happening at Melbourne
Anthony Douglas of Axil Coffee Roasters was crowned World Barista Champion at 2022 Melbourne International Coffee Expo. Shih Yuan Hsu (Sherry) from Taiwan won the World Brewers Cup. Thank you...

April Fool's Day 2026
⊜ Happening at Melbourne
Wednesday 1st April 2026 We celebrate April Fool's Day on the 1st of April every year by playing pranks, practical jokes, and hoaxes on our friends, family and work mates. The celebration...

Australia Dominates Most Liveable Cities 2024
⊜ Happening at Australia
Australia continues to dominate placings in the Economist's Global Liveability Index with 5 Australian cities in the top 20. The EIU's 2024 report released this week places Melbourne 4th in the...

Australia's Favourite Instagram Spot 2024
⊜ Happening at Australia
MortgageBroker have analysed hashtags on Instagram and pins on Pinterest to see the spots that are snapped and posted all over social media, determining Australia's most beautiful and most...

Australian Citizenship Day 2025
⊜ Happening at Australia
Wednesday 17th September 2025 Australian Citizenship Day is celebrated each year on 17 September. Australian Citizenship Day is a special day to reflect on and celebrate being an Australian...

Baby Pig On Wheels
⊜ Happening at Kilmore
Introducing Leon Trotsky, the once broken piglet now breaking hearts. He was a regular farm pig until an accident involving his mum killed two of his siblings and crushed Leon's little...

Bastille Day 2025 | Melbourne
⊜ Happening at Melbourne
Monday 14th July 2025 Bastille Day is the French National Day celebrated on the 14th of July each year. In France, it is called La Fete Nationale and commemorates the 1790 Fete de la...

Batman Day 2025
⊜ Happening at Melbourne
Sunday 21st September 2025 Celebrating 86 years in 2025 as the World's Greatest Detective, Batman is the ultimate crusader against injustice. Since those early comic book appearances, Batman...

Be Kind Day 2026 - Monday 2nd March 2026
⊜ Happening at Melbourne
Australia's national Be Kind Day is on Monday 2nd March 2026. BE THE CHANGE Everyday children, young adults, & adults are bullied online, at work & at school. Being KIND is about...

Change Smoke Alarm Batteries Day
⊜ Happening at Melbourne
Firebrigades and fire specialists urge all Australians to change their smoke detector alarm batteries whenever Daylight Saving starts or ends. Residents are urged to change every smoke detector...

Children's Book Week 2025
⊜ Happening at Melbourne
Saturday 16th August 2025 - Friday 22nd August 2025 We are encouraging kids to be curious about the wonders in our world. It is a positive and affirming message for our young people. The...

Clean Up Australia Day 2026
⊜ Happening at Melbourne
Sunday 1st March 2026 - STEP UP TO CLEAN UP THIS MARCH Since it began 18+ million Australians have donated their time as part of Clean Up Australia Day activities. That equates to 35 million...

Coming To Melbourne: What's on NEXT Week
⊜ Happening at Melbourne
Check out what's coming to Melbourne and Victoria, next week. Monday 19th May 2025 - Sunday 25th May 2025 Click on the event link to see details, dates, times and ticket sales. Featured...

Coward Punch Campaign
⊜ Happening at Australia
Stop The Coward Punch We are on a mission to eliminate the coward punch from our society and save lives in the process. Spreading awareness about the devastating effects the coward punch has on...

Day for Daniel 2025
⊜ Happening at Melbourne
Friday 31st October 2025 | Day for Daniel is all about 'Keeping Kids Safe', remember to Wear Red, Educate and Donate. Wear Red, Educate and Donate. Day for Daniel is Australia's largest child...

Daylight Saving 2025/2026 | Ends
⊜ Happening at Melbourne
This is a reminder to turn your clocks BACK one hour for the end of the 2025/2026 daylight saving period on Sunday 5 April 2026. Clocks are moved anti-clockwise one hour from 3am to...

Daylight Saving 2025/2026 | Starts
⊜ Happening at Melbourne
This is a reminder to turn your clocks FORWARD one hour for the start of the 2025/2026daylight saving period on Sunday 5 October 2025. Clocks are moved clockwise one hour from 2am to...

Dementia Action Week 2025
⊜ Happening at Australia
This Dementia Action Week (15-21 September) we're encouraging everyone to take the first step to learn more about dementia and how you can help shape our communities for the better. Dementia...

Do It For Dolly Day 2026
⊜ Happening at Australia
Help make our world a kinder place and register for this year's Do It For Dolly Day on Friday 8th May 2026*. Dolly's Dream was started by Northern Territory couple Kate and Tick Everett in 2018 ...

Do Not Knock | Sticker
⊜ Happening at Melbourne
The national Do Not Knock campaign aims to stop unwelcome dishonest and intimidating door-to-door salespeople. Being visited by salespeople at home can be an unnerving experience particularly for...

DonateLife Week 2025
⊜ Happening at Australia
Sunday 27th July 2025 - Sunday 3rd August 2025 Could you be the reason someone else gets a second chance at life? This DonateLife Week we want all Australians to register as organ and tissue...

DonateLife | Thank You Day 2025
⊜ Happening at Australia
Thank You Day 2025 will be held on Sunday 16th November 2025* Each year many Australian lives are saved and transformed through the generosity of organ and tissue donors and their...

Dry July 2025
⊜ Happening at Australia
No one asks for cancer so we're asking you to help. Go Dry this July and raise funds for people affected by cancer. Dry July is a fundraiser that challenges you to go booze-free for a month to...

Earth Day 2026
⊜ Happening at Australia
EARTH DAY - APRIL 22 INVEST IN OUR PLANET This is the moment to change it all - the business climate the political climate and how we take action on climate. Now is the time for the...

Earth Hour 2026
⊜ Happening at Melbourne
Join us for #EarthHour on Saturday 28th March 2026 @ 8:30 pm (your local time) and together let's #Connect2Earth Earth Hour will celebrate a worldwide commitment to ongoing change for the...

First Moon Landing: 20 July 1969
⊜ Happening at Melbourne
It was 56 years ago on Sunday 20th July 1969 at 8:17 am (UTC) that man first landed on the moon. One Giant Leap For Mankind | NASA Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first two...

Free Comic Book Day 2026
⊜ Happening at Melbourne
Saturday 2nd May 2026 Free Comic Book Day is a single day when comic book shops around the world give away comic books absolutely FREE* to anyone who comes into their stores. Free Comic Book...

Go Skateboarding Day 2025
⊜ Happening at Melbourne
Every year on June 21, skateboarders around the globe celebrate the pure exhilaration, creativity, and spirit of one of the most infuential activities in the world by blowing off all other...

Grand Final Parade - Grand Final Friday 2025 - Public Holiday
⊜ Happening at Melbourne
Friday 26th September 2025 is a public holiday in Victoria, starting a long weekend that includes the AFL grand final. Grand Final Friday gives Victorians a day off to get ready for the big day,...

Gravy Day 2025
⊜ Happening at Australia
Sunday 21st December 2025 Australian singer Paul Kelly's hit How to Make Gravy is written from the perspective of a man (Joe) in jail writing to his family ahead of Christmas in Australia,...

Greek Independence Day 2026
⊜ Happening at Rye Foreshore Rye
Wednesday 25th March 2026 This day is Greece's National Day and is always celebrated on 25 March. Greece's Independence Day is actually a holiday that has blended over time with an older...

Groundhog Day 2026
⊜ Happening at Melbourne
Monday 2nd February 2026 Groundhog Day is celebrated every year on the 2nd February. According to folklore, if it is cloudy when a groundhog emerges from its burrow on this day, then spring...

Heart Health Check | 45+ Free
⊜ Happening at Melbourne
Australia has introduced a Medicare-funded Heart Health Check for all Australians at risk of developing heart disease. Are you at risk? Do you need a Heart Health Check? Every day 51...

Herring Island | Punt Service 2026
⊜ Happening at Como Landing Alexandra Ave South Yarra
Access to Herring Island Environmental Sculpture Park is accessible only by punt from Como Landing to Herring Island Jetty and Landing. A punt service operates on weekends (Saturdays and Sundays)...

Horses' Birthday 2025
⊜ Happening at Melbourne
In Australia, every horse has its birthday on the first day of August each year.. Friday 1st August 2025 All thoroughbreds have the same birthday so that their ages can be standardized for...

I Touch Myself | Breast Cancer Awareness
⊜ Happening at Melbourne
CHRISSY AMPHLETT (Christine Joy Amphlett) October 25, 1959 - April 21, 2013 She sang it. She shouted it. And we couldn't help but listen. Now Chrissy wants us to hear her words again. For...

IDAHOBiT 2025 | International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia and Transphobia
⊜ Happening at Australia
May 17th is IDAHOBIT - International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia and Transphobia. A day to go rainbow and show your pride and support for the LGBTQIA+ community, whether you're a...

International Coffee Day 2025
⊜ Happening at Melbourne
Celebrate International Coffee Day on Wednesday 1st October 2025. The 77 Member States of the International Coffee Organization (ICO) and dozens of coffee associations from around the globe will...

International Day of Happiness 2026
⊜ Happening at Melbourne
Happy International Day of Happiness Melbourne! Friday 20th March 2026 In 2012, the United Nations (UN) declared March 20 to be observed as the International Day of Happiness. The day...

International Day of People with Disability 2025
⊜ Happening at Melbourne
Wednesday 3rd December 2025 is International Day of People with Disability. International Day of People with Disability (IDPwD) is a United Nations sanctioned day that aims to promote an...

International Day of Potato 2025: Shaping history, feeding the future
⊜ Happening at Australia
Let's celebrate the International Day of Potato 2025 Friday 30th May 2025 In 2023, the United National General Assembly declared May 30th, 2024, as the first-ever International Day of Potato,...

International Hamburger Day 2025
⊜ Happening at Melbourne
Wednesday 28th May 2025 In case any of us needed an excuse to eat a burger, Australia's best burger joints are celebrating National Hamburger Day on 28 May with a flurry of deliciousness....

International Men's Day 2025
⊜ Happening at Australia
International Men's Day (IMD) is celebrated on 19 November every year and is marked in around 80 countries worldwide. The objectives of celebrating an International Men's Day include focusing on...

International Talk Like A Pirate Day 2025
⊜ Happening at Melbourne
September 19th (every year) is International Talk Like A Pirate Day But first ... enjoy our First Annual Talk Like A Pirate Day Sing-Along! Talking like a pirate is fun. It's really that...

International Tea Day 2025
⊜ Happening at Australia
Wednesday 21st May 2025 The five basic styles of tea are White, Green, Oolong, Black and Pu'erh. All tea comes from the leaves of the Camellia sinensis plant. The world celebrates two TEA...

International Women's Day 2026
⊜ Happening at Melbourne
International Women's Day is a global day celebrating the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future. Sunday 8th March 2026 marks 115 years since the first...

Julian Assange: Bring Him Home
⊜ Happening at Australia
This World Press Freedom Day, May 3, supporters of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange are out in full force to show candidates in the Australian Federal Election where they stand. Assange remains...

Kind July 2025
⊜ Happening at Melbourne
31 days 31 kind acts One pledge of one act of kindness by each of us would be 25 million acts of kindness in Australia. Kind July is an annual event where you do a simple act of kindness every...

Kindness Factory
⊜ Happening at Australia
The Kindness Factory started from one person's incredible story of courage, hope and adversity and has now become a global kindness movement, touching the lives of hundreds of thousands of people...

Liptember 2025 | Women's Mental Health Campaign
⊜ Happening at Melbourne
Wear a splash of colour while raising funds for women's health. Liptember is a campaign raising funds and awareness for women's mental health during the month of September. Liptember is a...

Love Your Bookshop Day 2025
⊜ Happening at Melbourne
Saturday 9th August 2025 Where's your favourite bookshop? Is it a modern two-storey building in the heart of the city, a converted church in a country town or a tiny but carefully curated...

Mad March in Melbourne: Featured Events
⊜ Happening at Melbourne
There's really no better time than Autumn to be out and about, enjoying Melbourne. From galleries to gigs, there's lots to see and do in March. The Age has compiled a list of festivals, art...

Mad March | so many things to do
⊜ Happening at Melbourne
If there were any doubt about Australia's leading events city, a glance at Melbourne in March would settle it - world-class events fill the calendar. Melbourne proudly holds the title of...

Melbourne City Rooftop Honey
⊜ Happening at 401 Swanston Street, Melbourne
Melbourne City Rooftop Honey is a project to bring bees back to the city and suburbs of Melbourne supporting a world wide effort to help save the honey bee. Vanessa Kwaitkowski and Mat Lumalasi...

Melbourne Day 2025
⊜ Happening at Melbourne
Saturday 30th August 2025 marks 190 years since the city of Melbourne was founded - the day the first European settlers landed on the north bank of the Yarra River from the schooner Enterprize in...

Melbourne Day Celebrations 2025
⊜ Happening at Melbourne
Join the celebrations on Melbourne Day, 30 August to cheer your city and help hoist the Melbourne and Aboriginal flags atop the 20m flagpole at Enterprize Park. Cheer Melbourne's 190th birthday...

Melbourne Water Saving Rules | 2011 > Current
⊜ Happening at Melbourne
Melbourne now has Water Use Rules (previously Stage 1 water restrictions). They are no longer 'restrictions' but permanent Water Use Rules to help manage our drinking water efficiently. These...

Melbourne's Best Kept Secrets
⊜ Happening at Melbourne
Shhhh, keep this to yourself, don't tell a soul.. Melbourne's Best Kept Secrets Melbourne is well-known for its hidden things; concealed bars, secret cafes, quirky museums, or undiscovered...

More.. things to see hear & do this weekend
⊜ Happening at Melbourne
Make the most of your weekend in Melbourne with these fabulous events. No city does it better than Melbourne so get out and discover the very best shows festivals dining community exhibitions...

NAIDOC Week 2025: The Next Generation: Strength, Vision & Legacy
⊜ Happening at Australia
The National NAIDOC Committee has announced NAIDOC Week celebrations will be held from 6 - 13 July 2025. Held across the country, NAIDOC Week will celebrate and recognise the history culture and...

National Children's Week 2025
⊜ Happening at Melbourne
Children's Week recognises the talents skills achievements and rights of children. Children's Week 2025: Monday 20th October 2025 - Sunday 26th October 2025 - tbc The theme for Children's Week...

National Diabetes Week 2025
⊜ Happening at Australia
National Diabetes Week runs from 13 - 19 July 2025 At Diabetes Australia we want a future where diabetes can do no harm. People living with diabetes should be able to access the life-saving...

National Missing Persons Week 2025
⊜ Happening at Melbourne
Sunday 3rd August 2025 - Saturday 9th August 2025 National Missing Persons Week is an annual event to raise community awareness of the issues and impacts surrounding missing persons. There...

National Police Remembrance Day 2025
⊜ Happening at Melbourne
Monday 29th September 2025 National Police Remembrance Day commemorates police officers from all Australian police services who have made the ultimate sacrifice to protect the community. Each...

National Puppy Day 2026
⊜ Happening at Australia
March 23 is National Puppy Day; keep reading for ways to celebrate with your best mate while recognising the plight of dogs at puppy farms in Australia. Remembered on 23 March, National Puppy Day...

National Reconciliation Week 2025 - Bridging Now to Next
⊜ Happening at Australia
National Reconciliation Week (NRW) is a time for all Australians to learn about our shared histories cultures and achievements and to explore how each of us can contribute to achieving reconciliation...

National Recycling Week 2025
⊜ Happening at Melbourne
Monday 10th November 2025 - Sunday 16th November 2025 Planet Ark's National Recycling Week campaign promotes the importance of reducing reusing and recycling! Whether it's hosting a swap...

National Sorry Day 2025
⊜ Happening at Australia
Monday 26th May 2025 - National Sorry Day is an Australia-wide observance held on May 26 each year. This day gives people the chance to come together and share the steps towards healing for the...

National Stroke Week 2025
⊜ Happening at Melbourne
Monday 4th August 2025 - Sunday 10th August 2025 National Stroke Week encourages the community to know the F.A.S.T. (Face, Arms, Speech and Time) signs of stroke so that they can save a life in...

National Tree Day 2025
⊜ Happening at Melbourne
Get Outside & Grow for National Tree Day Planet Ark's National Tree Day is Australia's biggest community tree-planting event. Since Tree Day started in 1996 over 10.5 million native trees and...

National Wattle Day 2025
⊜ Happening at Melbourne
1st September 2025 - falls on a Monday Since 1992 National Wattle Day has been 1 September in all of Australia's States and Territories. Before then, Australians in different States have...

Neighbour Day 2026
⊜ Happening at Melbourne
Join our annual day of action on Sunday 29th March 2026 The annual day of action for Neighbours Every Day is called Neighbour Day - celebrated on the last Sunday in March. Neighbour Day...

One Tree Per Child | National Tree Day
⊜ Happening at Australia
The aim of One Tree Per Child is to get every child to plant at least one tree before they leave school. The One Tree Per Child campaign has already planted hundreds of thousands of trees and...

Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month 2026
⊜ Happening at Melbourne
February is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month and is held to raise awareness of the signs and symptoms of ovarian cancer, how many women are affected by the disease each year, the impact it has on these...

Pancake Day | Shrove Tuesday 2026
⊜ Happening at Melbourne
Shrove Tuesday is known as Pancake Day in Australia. Tuesday 17th February 2026 It is the last day before Lent for many Christians. Many Australians make and share pancakes on Shrove...

Plastic Free July 2025
⊜ Happening at Melbourne
Join millions of people reducing their plastic waste. Plastic Free July is a global movement that helps millions of people be part of the solution to plastic pollution - so we can have cleaner...

Police Blue Ribbon Day 2025
⊜ Happening at Melbourne
Blue Ribbon Day is 29 September, which coincides with National Police Remembrance Day. Blue Ribbon Day is a chance for the community to say thank you to those who protect and serve our community...

QUIT | World No Tobacco Day 2025
⊜ Happening at Melbourne
Every year World No Tobacco Day on May 31, aims to raise awareness of the devastating toll of tobacco through smoking-related death and disease. Quitline is available from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm,...

R U OK? Day 2025
⊜ Happening at Melbourne
Ask R U OK? on Thursday 11th September 2025 or ANY day because life happens every day. A lot can happen in a year, a month, a week. Whether it's your friend, family member, colleague, partner,...

Recalls: Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
⊜ Happening at Melbourne
View products like the compulsory Takata airbag recall Product Safety Australia - Recalls The ACCC's role is to identify and address the risk of serious injury and death from safety hazards in...

Red Nose Day 2025
⊜ Happening at Melbourne
The next Red Nose Day is on Friday 8th August 2025. Every year on the second Friday in August, we invite Australian's everywhere to get silly for a serious cause to raise much needed funds to...

SAMSN | Supporting Male Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse
⊜ Happening at Ground Floor, 8-10 Palmer Street, Parramatta
Survivors & Mates Support Network (SAMSN) is Australias leading organisation for male survivors of child sexual abuse and their supporters All male survivors of child sexual assault should know...

Secret Yarra River plan revealed
⊜ Happening at Melbourne
The Victorian Government has agreed to participate in a historic project to improve Melbourne's appearance and encourage tourists to view the city as an environmentally progressive centre for...

Silent Letter Day 2026
⊜ Happening at Australia
Sunday 8th February 2026 is the next international "Silent Letter Day." A day when we celebrate words with a silent letter in them! Oh yes, there are thousands of them: Hour, Half, suBtle,...

Sky High: Australia's Best Views
⊜ Happening at Melbourne
Looking out a plane window is one thing but if you really want to see the most iconic parts of Australia from a higher persepctive, here are 8 of the best views in the nation.. 1. Adelaide Oval...

Speakers Forum | Soapbox Oratory
⊜ Happening at Corner Swanston St and Latrobe Street, Melbourne
Every Sunday afternoon, soapbox orators take turns speaking on various topics from differing viewpoints on the State Library Lawns. Questions, comments, heckling and interjections are welcome. ...

Star Wars Day 2026 | May the 4th
⊜ Happening at Melbourne
The next annual Star Wars Day is Monday 4th May 2026 May the force be with you International Star Wars Day The International Star Wars Day date is 'May the 4th' (sounds like 'May the force')....

Sugar Free September 2025
⊜ Happening at Australia
Sugar Free September challenges Aussies to give up added and refined sugar for the month of September to raise funds and awareness for kids adults and families impacted by muscular dystrophy a rare...

Support free sports for all Australian's
⊜ Happening at Australia
No aerial? No free sport. The Communications Legislation Amendment (Prominence and Anti-siphoning) Bill 2023 is in Parliament now. But it needs to be changed to ensure all Australians can...

Tradesman: Genuine or Fake
⊜ Happening at Australia
Sadly a growing issue in Australia is the emergance of fake / bogus tradies. Gauging by the number of posts on the issue, we should be calling them TRADIES (not tradesman) so as not to offend...

TV Reception Issue? | How to Fix
⊜ Happening at Australia
Experiencing picture loss, poor reception, pixelation or not able to receive a channel? Common issues include: only one channel doesn't work, some channels work, only mornings or only nights are...

Unfinished OZ
⊜ Happening at Melbourne
Ten years ago, over 30,000 Australians showed their support for reconcilliation by walking as one over the Sydney Harbour Bridge. It was a momentous gesture of unity, but at its heart, true...

Victorian Public Holiday: 2026 King's Birthday
⊜ Happening at Melbourne
The next declared public holiday in Victoria is King's Birthday Monday 9th June 2025 King's Birthday King's Birthday Guide.. Long weekend: Saturday 7th June 2025 - Monday 9th June 2025...

What's On In Bendigo
⊜ Happening at 51-67 Pall Mall, Bendigo
Every corner you turn in Bendigo reveals another living treasure; another vivid reminder of the city's glorious and heady past - whether it is the outrageous opulence of a boomtown hotel, or the...

What's Open ANZAC Day 2026
⊜ Happening at Melbourne
ANZAC Day (public holiday) falls on Saturday 25th April 2026 On Anzac Day we commemorate those who've served their country. Whether you're looking for a place to feast with loved ones, refuel...

What's Open | King's Birthday 2025
⊜ Happening at Melbourne
Pretty much everything is OPEN on Monday 9th June 2025 in Melbourne this King's Birthday! Unlike other public holiday's where business is restricted by law, there are no restrictions covering...

What's Open! New Year's Day 2025
⊜ Happening at Melbourne
This year, New Year's Day public holiday falls on Thursday 1st January 2026 New Year's Day (Gazetted Public Holiday) What's open?.. pretty much everything! It would be easier having a...

White Ribbon Day 2025: Stop Violence Against Women
⊜ Happening at Melbourne
White Ribbon Day will be back on Tuesday 25th November 2025* This White Ribbon Day, our focus is on the action men can take to end men's violence against women. We're asking 'How Can Men Make...

World AIDS Day 2025
⊜ Happening at Melbourne
Monday 1st December 2025 marks the 37th annual 'World AIDS Day'. World AIDS Day is an international day of remembrance and support for those people who have lost their lives to, and for those...

World Alzheimer's Day 2025
⊜ Happening at Australia
Dementia Awareness Week is held during September each year with World Alzheimer's Day occurring on 21 September. Alzheimer's Australia has a vision to develop dementia-friendly communities and...

World Chocolate Day 2025
⊜ Happening at Melbourne
Monday 7th July 2025 As if we need a reason to eat more chocolate... Get your friends and family together to celebrate the best day of the year! World Chocolate Day (also called...

World Diabetes Day 2025
⊜ Happening at Australia
World Diabetes Day is Friday 14th November 2025. Diabetes research has led to better understanding and the development of new technologies and new medicines that have transformed the lives of...

World Down Syndrome Day 2026
⊜ Happening at Melbourne
Saturday 21st March 2026 March 21st is World Down Syndrome Day, which has been officially recognised by the United Nations since 2012. On this day, people all around the world celebrate the...

World Environment Day 2025
⊜ Happening at Australia
World Environment Day celebrates its 25th anniversary on 5th of June 2025. World Environment Day reminds us to take action to conserve and protect our natural environment. This World...

World Gin Day 2025
⊜ Happening at Melbourne
Saturday 14th June 2025 Gin lovers of the world rejoice as World Gin Day returns for its 16th year in 2024! World Gin Day is a global celebration of all things gin, on the second Saturday in...

World Kindness Day 2025
⊜ Happening at Australia
World Kindness Day is Thursday 13th November 2025 Every November 13th, the world joins together to celebrate World Kindness Day - a global reminder of how small acts of kindness can create a...

World Laughter Day 2026
⊜ Happening at Melbourne
World Laughter Day (WLD) is on Sunday 3rd May 2026 Be part of this global attempt to laugh for World Peace, Health & Happiness to make our world a better place for all. The celebration will...

World Mental Health Day 2025
⊜ Happening at Melbourne
Mental Health Week aims to activate educate and engage Australians around mental health and related issues through the organisation of a huge variety of events by individuals and organisations across...

World Password Day 2026
⊜ Happening at Australia
Thursday 7th May 2026 World Password Day is a recognition of the need for people to strengthen the passwords they use for the myriad online personal and business accounts, and a reminder that...

World Suicide Prevention Day 2025
⊜ Happening at Melbourne
September 10 is World Suicide Prevention Day. We all have a role to play in preventing suicide Join us this September as we rally together for World Suicide Prevention Day on Sunday,...

World Water Day 2026
⊜ Happening at Melbourne
World Water Day is on 22 March, is about water and climate change - and how the two are inextricably linked. Adapting to the water effects of climate change will protect health and save...