Good Friday.
Call it the most important holiday, if you will, as the entire country grinds to a halt on Good Friday. No mail, no commerce, no libraries or casino, no school or work, no newspaper, no public services, the pubs & liquor stores are closed as well. You might find the odd bakery doing a few hours trade in the morning selling hot cross buns, but they fall silent in short order.
One wonders.
Don't worry about Easter itself, lots of activity then. The hardware stores do land office business and even offer do-it-yourself classes for kids on Sunday. It's actually a four-day weekend. Easter Monday is considered a federal holiday also so a lot of people hit the road for mini-vacations.
All of this sounds odd for a country considered far less conservative than the U.S. Christmas, New Year's, ANZAC Day don't get this kind of treatment. Don't know why. I just go with the flow here.
Happy Easter. Happy Good Friday. 
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