8 August 2026
Cadence versus the Queensland calendar
A cadence designed in a northern hemisphere textbook assumes weeks are interchangeable. Queensland operators know they are not. January, Easter, and the September school holidays are not rounding errors.
We keep a paper calendar in the Mount Ommaney room with the state’s public holidays and the two-week school breaks marked in pencil. When a client shows us a “weekly” ritual that has failed eight times in a year, those eight dates are usually sitting on the page already.
Designing around the year means writing down what happens when the huddle owner is away, when a site is shut, and when a public holiday turns a five-day week into three. It means not comparing this Thursday with last Thursday if last Thursday was a shutdown. Averages that ignore those facts become arguments.
Interstate groups have a further problem. A scoreline that blends Victoria’s week with Queensland’s week will hide a location that is quietly failing. Name the calendar the number lives on. If you need a group view, show the exception first, then the blend.
Software will not save you from this. A well-written deputy rule might. That is why the intensive spends a whole session on leave cover rather than on dashboard colour palettes.