Thread: Who is saving the daylight?

OK, way OT but here goes. Had to chuckle over the banner headline on this site advising that all except Queensland should put the clocks ahead by an hour. I can only assume the centre of the universe resides somewhere between Sydney and Melbourne.
Fact is that Qld, NT and WA, yes over 2/3rds of the nations land mass do not subscribe to Daylight Saving. It possbly has some relevance for the South Eastern population centres living near the Eastern edge of their time zone, but for the rest of the nation it is pointless. WA has tried it twice and voted it down each time.
Surely in this era of flexi-time and workplace democracy individual enterprises could decide on their starting and finishing times and help to spread traffic and public transport loads over a longer period. Also hear that SA is considering moving their time to a full hour behind the Eastern bloc, which would further reduce confusion. Now if only NT could do the same!
Pity the persons who have to re-write airline , transport, radio/TV schedules and distribute them twice every year, my prayers go with them.
Rant over.
Combustor.

Personally, I love (I should say we love since its the whole family) DS. It's now daylight at about 5:00am instead of 4:00am and when I get home, it's still daylight.

I do have some sympathy for people like dairy farmers though.

Simon

My understanding is that DS is for the people. More daylight time available in the evening. I am with Simon. It gives me more time to work/play outside.

Pity the persons who have to re-write airline , transport, radio/TV schedules and distribute them twice every year, my prayers go with them.

It is all done with computers and is probably automatic.

I believe SA has given the idea some thought and dropped it.

Dean

As at June 2011, Australia's population centroid (the effective centre of the universe for Australia's population) was some 39 km east of Ivanhoe in western New South Wales. It has not moved significantly in the last century.

Originally Posted by Combustor

Pity the persons who have to re-write airline , transport, radio/TV schedules and distribute them twice every year, my prayers go with them.
Rant over.
Combustor.

Why would anyone need to re-write them? DS is pre-determined, it's not like it's a random event. Besides, just because the clock goes forward an hour, things scheduled at (say) 0900 still happen at 0900. I can only see a potential for confusion if something was scheduled at 0200 but who does that? If I happen to work a nightshift at the start or the finish of DS, it makes no difference to me. I still get paid the same if I work an hour more or less.

Simon

Originally Posted by Combustor

Also hear that SA is considering moving their time to a full hour behind the Eastern bloc,

Originally Posted by Oldneweng

I believe SA has given the idea some thought and dropped it.

It was to move forward 1/2 an hour to line up with Eastern States.

I have not heard that the idea has been dropped at this stage. Lots of flack going on about tho.

I love daylight savings.
I put blinds on the shed window so there's no worries about that extra hour of sunlight fading the curtains.

Originally Posted by eskimo

It was to move forward 1/2 an hour to line up with Eastern States.

I have not heard that the idea has been dropped at this stage. Lots of flack going on about tho.

Correct. Slipped there.

There is always talk. You can't please everybody.

Dean

Originally Posted by kwijibo99

I love daylight savings.
I put blinds on the shed window so there's no worries about that extra hour of sunlight fading the curtains.

Now thats smart....can I pinch that idea

I get an extra hour of retirement each day.

Roger

I get to take the kids for a walk before bed, quality time and I get some exercise. Win-win.

Originally Posted by simonl

Personally, I love (I should say we love since its the whole family) DS. It's now daylight at about 5:00am instead of 4:00am and when I get home, it's still daylight.

I do have some sympathy for people like dairy farmers though.

Simon

Originally Posted by Oldneweng

My understanding is that DS is for the people. More daylight time available in the evening. I am with Simon. It gives me more time to work/play outside.



It is all done with computers and is probably automatic.

I believe SA has given the idea some thought and dropped it.

Dean

Originally Posted by kwijibo99

I love daylight savings.
I put blinds on the shed window so there's no worries about that extra hour of sunlight fading the curtains.

I note these replies are all from "Mexicans" or "bloody Victorians" if you prefer.

The further north you go, the less effective "daylight saving" becomes
Mid December to Mid January, Hobart experiences nearly 16-1/2 hours of daylight -- measured from start to end of civil twilight
In Melbourne it's roughly 15-3/4 hours, in Brisbane it's roughly 14-3/4 hours, and in Townsville it's only 14.

Originally Posted by eskimo

Now thats smart....can I pinch that idea

In the winter time, I move the blinds to the inside of the windows. That keeps the electric light in.

My only concern is at the end of day light savings, when they wind the clock back an hour. I make it a point to never be on an airplane.

What if they run out of fuel, on that holding pattern circling the airport for that extra hour.

With daylight saving we should now see more projects in metal posted on the forum.

Originally Posted by .RC.

With daylight saving we should now see more projects in metal posted on the forum.

Yes, but only from Victoria. That leaves you out.

Dean