In the US they have the Labor Day national holiday next Monday Sept 3rd - some peeps will take the whole week off as their final chance of a summer holiday.
In Europe everyone goes back to work in the first week of September. There is a National Holiday in the UK this week.
Children return to school in Europe about 5th to 7th September, and in the US sometime in the week of Sept 3rd.
I hear it's been cold down there in Canberra. Never been there but am up for a trip sometime. Might do a drive down from Brisbane to Sydney, across to Canberra, then on to Melbourne via the Coast Road. Does that sound feasible? Do you know if the Parliament Buildings in Canberra require a property release?