Autumn: Mar, Apr & May
March starts to cool down, bringing long evenings, a change of colour to the trees, and harvest time at orchards and vineyards.
Once Daylight Saving has gone in early April, it’s still balmy in the north, but cooling down in the south, with a growing intensity to those autumn colours – a great time to travel.
Easter is busy - and there are two weeks of public school holidays in mid to late-April to consider, often overlapping Easter.
May is decidedly cooler, there are few visitors on the road, and the ski towns are preparing for winter.