I find Stellarium is useful for this too (get a free copy at
http://www.stellarium.org/ ). Once you have set it up for your location, zoom it out a bit, hit the "," button to bring up a red line for the ecliptic (the line of our solar system, which goes right through the sun), and then experiment with speeding things up: the "+" button moves it a day at a time, the "]" a week at a time, and repeated pushes on the "L" speeds it up each day ("k" brings it back to normal speed, and "j" retards it. "8" brings it to the current time.) Watch how the sun moves each time.
Alternatively, come to my portable planetarium
- only trouble is that I am in Adelaide! -Or check out a local Perth one.
All the best,
Dean