With Christmas just around the corner, you're probably not even thinking about next year's holidays yet.
But with a little planning, you could more than double your 2018 annual leave if you play your days off right.
If you're living in the ACT you could turn your 20 days of annual leave into a whopping 55 days of holidays thanks to your schedule of public holidays.
The analysis by finder.com.au found the figures varied state by state, but not by much. Following the ACT is WA where annual leave could be turned into 54 days by bridging leave around public holidays.
Victoria, Queensland, Tasmania and the Northern Territory followed with 53 days. South Australians could take 52 days and those in NSW could take 51 days.
Analysts made a list of public holidays on offer in each state and combined them with the standard 20 days of annual leave to make the most of the weekends either side, but it's best to start booking these days off now.
Angus Kidman, editor-in-chief of finder.com.au says booking around public holidays can give you a longer break, but if you leave it too late, it can get expensive.
"The basic rules of travel apply for public holidays: book early and be flexible with dates. A lot of people will have the same idea, particularly around Easter and Anzac Day."
"Look to leave midweek, like on a Tuesday or Wednesday, and avoid popular departure times such as 9am or straight after a working day."
HOW TO MAXIMISE YOUR LEAVE STATE BY STATE
NEW SOUTH WALES (maximum 51 days)
Take off the following days in italics as annual leave:
JANUARY 2018
Monday 1 January (Public holiday - New Year's Day)
Tuesday 2 January
Wednesday 3 January
Thursday 4 January
Friday 5 January
Saturday 6 January
Sunday 7 January
Total run: 7 days / 4 annual leave days
Thursday 25 January
Friday 26 January (Public holiday - Australia Day)
Saturday 27 January
Sunday 28 January
Total run: 4 days / 1 annual leave day
MARCH
Saturday 24 March
Sunday 25 March
Monday 26 March
Tuesday 27 March
Wednesday 28 March
Thursday 29 March
Friday 30 March (Public holiday - Good Friday)
Saturday 31 March
Sunday 1 April
Monday 2 April (Public holiday - Easter Monday)
Tuesday 3 April
Wednesday 4 April
Thursday 5 April
Friday 6 April
Saturday 7 April
Sunday 8 April
Total run: 16 days / 8 annual leave days
APRIL
Saturday 21 April
Sunday 22 April
Monday 23 April
Tuesday 24 April
Wednesday 25 April (Public holiday - Anzac Day)
Thursday 26 April
Friday 27 April
Saturday 28 April
Sunday 29 April
Total run: 9 days / 4 annual leave days
JUNE
Saturday 9 June
Sunday 10 June
Monday 11 June (Public holiday - Queen's Birthday)
Total run: 3 days / 0 annual leave days
SEPTEMBER & OCTOBER
Saturday 29 September
Sunday 30 September
Monday 1 October (Public holiday - Labour Day)
Total run: 3 days / 0 annual leave days
DECEMBER
Saturday 22 December
Sunday 23 December
Monday 24 December
Tuesday 25 December (Public holiday - Christmas Day)
Wednesday 26 (Public holiday - Boxing Day)
Thursday 27 December
Friday 28 December
Saturday 29 December
Sunday 30 December
Total run: 9 days / 3 annual leave days
QUEENSLAND (maximum 53 days)
Take off the following days in italics as annual leave:
JANUARY
Monday 1 January (Public holiday: New Year's Day)
Total run: 1 days / 0 annual leave days - though you can couple this up with the weekend of 30-31 December for a three-day weekend
Friday 26 January (Public holiday: Australia Day)
Saturday 27 January
Sunday 28 January
Total run: 3 days / 0 annual leave days
MARCH
Friday 30 March (Public holiday: Good Friday)
Sunday 31 March
Sunday 1 April
Monday 2 April (Public holiday: Easter Monday)
Tuesday 3 April
Wednesday 4 April
Thursday 5 April
Friday 6 April
Saturday 7 April
Sunday 8 April
Total run: 10 days / 4 annual leave days
APRIL-MAY
Saturday 21 April
Sunday 22 April
Monday 23 April
Tuesday 24 April
Wednesday 25 April (Public holiday: Anzac Day)
Thursday 26 April
Friday 27 April
Saturday 28 April
Sunday 29 April
Monday 30 April
Tuesday 1 May
Wednesday 2 May
Thursday 3 May
Friday 4 May
Saturday 5 May
Sunday 6 May
Monday 7 May (Public holiday - Labour Day)
Total: 17 days / 9 annual leave days
AUGUST
Saturday 11 August
Sunday 12 August
Monday 13 August
Tuesday 14 August
Wednesday 15 August - (Public Holiday - Ekka Wednesday - Brisbane only)
Thursday 16 August
Friday 17 August
Saturday 18 August
Sunday 19 August
Total run: 9 days / 4 annual leave days, or 5 if you're outside Brisbane
SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER
Saturday 29 September
Sunday 30 September
Monday 1 October (Public holiday - Queens Birthday)
Total run: 3 days / 0 annual leave days
DECEMBER
Saturday 22 December
Sunday 23 December
Monday 24 December
Tuesday 25 December (Public holiday - Christmas Day)
Wednesday 26 December (Public holiday - Boxing Day)
Thursday 27 December
Friday 28 December
Saturday 29 December
Sunday 30 December
Total run: 9 days / 3 annual leave days
