| Use these 2010 School Holiday Term Dates for | | | | April |
| Australian schools to plan your next holiday. | | | | Winter Holidays - Saturday 3 July - Sunday 18 |
| Confirm the term dates with your child's school as | | | | July |
| some schools may vary the dates at their own | | | | Spring Holidays - Saturday 25 September - |
| discretion. | | | | Sunday 10 October |
| If you are planning to travel interstate, some of | | | | Summer Holidays - Begins Thursday 16 |
| the states have school holidays at the same time | | | | December 2010 |
| and some of the others overlap one week. | | | | |
| We live in Victoria and we have friends in Sydney | | | | Victoria |
| and usually we have one week of the holidays | | | | School Starts - Monday 1 February 2010 |
| that overlaps. So to be able to get a week | | | | Easter Break - Friday 2 to Monday 5 April |
| together we have to make it the overlap week | | | | Autumn Holidays - 27 March to 11 April |
| or if we plan a holiday for several weeks we | | | | Winter Holidays - 26 June to 11 July |
| work it around the overlap week and take our | | | | Spring Holidays - 18 September to 3 October |
| kids out of school for another week or two. Here | | | | Summer Holidays - Begins Saturday 18 |
| is a guide for each holiday break so you can work | | | | December |
| out interstate holidays easier. | | | | |
| Autumn Holidays - SA, NSW, WA have | | | | South Australia |
| same autumn holidays 2-18th April. ACT, QLD, | | | | School Starts - Tuesday 27 January |
| NT, VIC autumn holiday dates overlap with the | | | | Easter Break - Friday 2 to Monday 5 April |
| above states & territory one week, check | | | | Autumn Holidays - Friday 2 to 18 April |
| holiday dates below. | | | | Winter Holidays - Saturday 3 to 18 July |
| Winter Holidays - NSW, SA, WA, NT, ACT | | | | Spring Holidays - Saturday 25 September to 10 |
| have same winter holidays 3 - 18th July (NT has | | | | October |
| extended holidays 19th June to 18th July). VIC | | | | Summer Holidays - Begins Saturday 11 |
| & QLD winter holidays overlap one week | | | | December |
| with the above states & territory, check | | | | |
| holiday dates below. | | | | Northern Territory |
| Spring Holidays - NSW, WA, SA, ACT have same | | | | School starts - Monday 25 January 2010 |
| spring holiday dates 25 September to 10 October. | | | | Easter Break - Friday 2 to Monday 5 April |
| VIC, QLD, NT spring holidays overlap one week | | | | Autumn Holidays - Saturday 2 April |
| with the above states & territory, check | | | | - Sunday 11 April |
| holiday dates below. | | | | Winter Holidays - Saturday 19 June - Saturday |
| Tasmania has 3 terms so none of their holidays | | | | 18 July |
| match with the other states or territorys. | | | | Spring Holidays - Saturday 25 September |
| | | | | - Sunday 3 October |
| Queensland | | | | Summer Holidays - Begin Friday 10 December |
| School Starts - Wednesday 27 January 2010 | | | | 2010 |
| Easter Break - Friday 2 - Monday 5 April | | | | |
| Autumn Vacation - Tuesday 6 April - Sunday 11 | | | | ACT |
| April | | | | School Starts - Thursday 28 January |
| Winter Vacation - Saturday 26 June - Sunday 11 | | | | Easter Break - Friday 2 to Monday 5 April |
| July | | | | Autumn Holidays - Saturday 10 April to 26 April |
| Spring Vacation - Saturday 18 September - | | | | Winter Holidays - Saturday 3 to 18 July |
| Sunday 3 October | | | | Spring Holidays - Saturday 25 September to 10 |
| Summer Vacation - Begins Saturday 11 | | | | October |
| December 2010 | | | | Summer Holidays - Begins Saturday 18 |
| | | | | December |
| New South Wales | | | | |
| School Starts - Tuesday 27th January | | | | Tasmania |
| Easter Break - Friday 2 to Monday 5 April | | | | School Starts - Tas North and North West |
| Autumn Holidays - Friday 2 April to 18 April | | | | Tuesday 9 February 2010 |
| Winter Holidays - Saturday 3 July to Sunday18 | | | | School Starts - Tas South Wednesday 10 |
| July | | | | February |
| Spring Holidays - Saturday 25 September to | | | | Easter Break - Friday 2 to Monday 5 April |
| Sunday 10 October | | | | (includes Easter) |
| Summer Holidays - Begins Saturday 18 | | | | Winter Holidays - Saturday 29 May to 14 June |
| December 2010 | | | | Spring Holidays - Saturday 5 September to 19 |
| | | | | September |
| Western Australia | | | | Summer Holidays - Begins Friday 17 December |
| School Starts - Monday 1 February 2010 | | | | to TBC |
| Easter Break - Friday 2 to Monday 5 April | | | | Always check holiday dates with your childs |
| Autumn Holidays - Friday 2 April - Sunday 18 | | | | school. |