We can all agree that 2021 was a bit of a clusterf**k of a year and we're agonisingly close to kicking off a new year.
Everyone will likely be hoping to make up for lost time by going on holidays and spending more time outdoors if it's safe.
Well, 2022 could be a very good year for Aussies to take some much needed R&R and, if you time it right, you could get much more than you're usually allowed.
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Depending on your company, you usually get about three weeks of paid time off in Australia.
But thanks to certain public holidays falling on or around weekends, you can carefully select your holidays to get more bang from your buck.
The first moment comes right on New Year's Day. While we usually only get January 1 off around the country to nurse those midnight countdown hangovers, that auspicious day falls on a Saturday.
That means the public holiday actually gets extended to January 3, meaning you'll have a cheeky three days off to start 2022 with a bang.
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The next hack comes around Australia Day (January 26), which falls on a Wednesday next year. If you take four days of annual leave either side of the public holiday, you could be off from Saturday January 22 until Sunday January 30.
That's a cheeky nine days off for just four days of leave.
The next one that comes through is an absolute monster, so buckle up.
Easter and Anzac Day will be just a few days apart in 2022 and you could get upwards of 23 days off for nearly half the annual leave.
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If you take Monday April 11 to Thursday April 14 off, you'll then get the Good Friday and Easter Monday off. Then, if you take Tuesday April 19 to Friday April 22 off, it'll be the weekend plus the Anzac Day public holiday on Monday April 25.
Then you just need to take Tuesday April 26 until Friday April 29 and you've got the weekend again.
Twelve days of annual leave being turned into 23 days off would be absolutely juicy.
Aussies could take Tuesday September 27 off and that will score them a four-day weekend thanks to it being the Queen's Birthday on the Monday.
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The final clanger comes at the end of the year where Christmas falls on a Sunday.
That means Aussies will get the day off on December 26 for the missed Christmas public holiday and then another day off on Tuesday December 27 because Boxing Day wasn't a proper day off.
All you need to do is take Wednesday December 28 to Friday December 30 off because then you'll get Saturday for NYE then NYD falls on a Sunday, which means we get another public holiday on January 3.
There are few other public holidays that are observed at different times in different states that people can use to their advantage.
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New South Wales residents can manipulate the calendar the least with a maximum of 52 days off, while people in Tassie, Victoria and The ACT can get the most with 58.
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