The Redcliffe Markets Festival of Frights runs on Redcliffe Parade from 4pm to 9pm on Saturday 31 October 2026, with free entry and no plan to cancel in bad weather. If you take a bus there, three stops on the Parade close from 10am that morning, so you will be using a different stop.
The new Southwest Metro opens to passengers at 4:31am on Friday 30 October 2026, and the NSW Government and Sydney Metro have said they will celebrate with a community day on Sunday 1 November from 10am to 1pm at Bankstown Metro Station and Dulwich Hill Metro Station. For people in Canterbury-Bankstown that makes the first weekend the time to try the line: trains run more often than usual on Saturday and Sunday, and the Southwest Link buses stay in service.
If you take the train to the Dabble Darts ANZ Premier League night at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre on Saturday 31 October 2026, you change at Northgate: Shorncliffe line weekend trains run only between Northgate and Shorncliffe, and Boondall is on that stretch. Driving costs $18 a car at the venue, and the venue lists a ticketed start of 7:00pm.
The newest Park and Ride in Greater Hobart is at Claremont, which opened on Monday 20 July 2026 with 239 car spaces, and the older sites at Moonah, Kingston Denison Street and Huntingfield are listed by Metro Tasmania as free to park at. Midway Point and Firthside have also been delivered, according to the Tasmanian Government, and a site at Rokeby is planned.
Sunday 1 November is a double header at HBF Park: Perth Glory v Adelaide United in the men’s A-League at 4pm, then Glory v Wellington Phoenix in the A-League Women at 6:45pm. The simplest way in is the train to Claisebrook Station, because your ticket includes travel on all Transperth services for three hours before, during and three hours after the event. Parking around the stadium is very limited.
There is no planned trackwork on Friday 30 October 2026, the night 5 Seconds of Summer play Afterpay Arena at Sydney Olympic Park, according to Transport for NSW. Doors open at 6pm, the show starts at 8pm and it finishes at 11pm, and trains run to Olympic Park from Lidcombe every 10 minutes until late. Sydney is on daylight saving time (AEDT) in October, so all times here are Sydney time.
The Cairns Taipans host Melbourne United at the Cairns Convention Centre on Saturday 31 October 2026, with tip-off at 6:30pm, and the club’s game-day guide says there is no parking available at the venue. If you are driving, plan to park in the CBD and walk; if you are not, a single Cairns bus ticket costs $0.50. Cairns is in Queensland and runs on Brisbane time all year, so every time below is Australian Eastern Standard Time with no daylight saving.
If you are driving to Australia v Cook Islands at Queensland Country Bank Stadium on Saturday 31 October, park at Lou Litster Park and take the free park ‘n’ ride shuttle, or walk in over Lowths Bridge from the CBD. The stadium says it has limited event-day parking on site, and the City of Townsville says Dean Street Carpark closes from 2pm on event days. Kick-off is 7:05pm on the stadium’s and the council’s pages.
The Red Hot Summer Tour plays Roche Estate in Pokolbin on Saturday 31 October 2026, with gates at 12:30pm and Australian Crawl on stage from 8:15pm. The tour’s own page lists the Hunter Valley show as sold out, so this guide is for people who already have tickets and need to sort out the day: set times, buses, parking, what you can carry in and what happens if it rains. Times are New South Wales local time, which is on daylight saving in October.
If you are going to Hilary Duff at RAC Arena on Thursday 29 October, the train is the plan Transperth builds its event page around: your ticket includes travel on all Transperth services for three hours before, during and three hours after the show, and Perth Station and Perth Underground are a short walk from the arena. If you live on the Yanchep Line, check the closure section first. The line is disrupted between Clarkson and Yanchep that night, the last full-line train leaves Perth Underground at 7.51pm, and the show starts at 7:30pm.