Confusing Queensland

matt · #1 24-12-2007, 09:35 PM

OK.

So here's something which has confused me a little for a while.

I've always lived in areas of the world where daylight saving is in operation, but Queensland (where I now live) is an entirely different proposition.

The argument I hear most often is that it might be OK for the south of the state but it would not work at all up FNQ.

Can someone explain why?

I understand that when you are that close to the equator, you get roughly equal amounts of day and night pretty much all year round, but why would daylight saving throw such a spanner in the works?

jjjnettie (Jeanette) · #2 24-12-2007, 09:38 PM

We don't have daylight in Queensland because all the extra hours of daylight fade our curtains.

matt · #3 24-12-2007, 09:47 PM

But apart from that very valid reason?

(and that the cows will stop giving milk...etc etc)

jjjnettie (Jeanette) · #4 24-12-2007, 09:49 PM

Lolol

Ric · #5 24-12-2007, 09:55 PM

Hi Matt, I think it all stemmed from the days when Joh was in power. He never did like conforming with the other states and always did things his way.

Cheers

Mick (Michael) · #6 24-12-2007, 10:25 PM

QLD had a referendum and the vote was NO to DST.

matt · #7 24-12-2007, 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Mick

QLD had a referendum and the vote was NO to DST.

Yes...but why, Mick?

Mick (Michael) · #8 24-12-2007, 10:42 PM

Mate like I tell the kids because that's why. If there was another vote and it was yes well I guess someone would be asking why, see that's why lol. This is way to confusing for Christmas eve, Merry Christmas Matt and welcome to the banana bending confusing state.

matt · #9 24-12-2007, 10:57 PM

No worries, Mick.

The only reason I ask was that we had the girlfriend's folks over today for Xmas drinks/dinner. Very older generation Queenslanders.

Somehow the topic of conversation got around to daylight saving and they couldn't really explain why it wouldn't be such a good idea up north, but were very certain it was a bad idea.

I just wanted to know why....as you do, with these things that don't seem to make sense on the face of it.

No worries, anyway, mate...and all the best to you and yours. Take care.

Matt.

ballaratdragons (Ken) · #10 24-12-2007, 11:30 PM

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Originally Posted by matt

I just wanted to know why....as you do, with these things that don't seem to make sense on the face of it.
Matt.

Coz Queenslanders don't know how to move a clock back or forward!

Bobj · #11 25-12-2007, 07:12 AM

Question from a QUEENSLANDER...
Why change the clock twice a year and delude yourselves?????

GrahamL · #12 25-12-2007, 07:37 AM

The milk processers are geared around no daylight savings ,there pickups
are done a few hours after sunup , turning back the clock an hour means the dairy herd would have to be milked an hour earlier almost in darkness .
This in turn cuts into litres produced as moving your herd towards the bails in near darkness means the cows are unlikely to feed in transit as the do a little later in the morning..cutting your afternoon yield.!!

acropolite (Phil) · #13 25-12-2007, 09:09 AM

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The milk processers are geared around no daylight savings ,there pickups
are done a few hours after sunup , turning back the clock an hour means the dairy herd would have to be milked an hour earlier almost in darkness .

Funny, the rest of Australia doesn't have a problem with their cows and processers...

Daylight saving was reintroduced in Tasmania in the 60's as a way of conserving power in years where our hydro catchments were low. I'm not sure of how effective it was at reducing power demands.

Louwai (Bryan) · #14 25-12-2007, 10:36 AM

I wonder how they'd (Qld'rs, of which I am one) would get on in say China. It is a wider country than Australia from east to west but due to the socialist government & the need for 'everyone to be equal' the entire contry is on the one time zone.
So people in Urumqi near the Afgan border are on the same time as Shanghai.

In a 'normal' situation Urumqi would be about 3hrs later than Shanghai.

A bit similar to Brisbane & Perth. (2hrs)

Dooghan (Dooghan) · #15 25-12-2007, 01:04 PM

Up here in Rocky we seem to get enough daylight. It s daylight about 4:30-5am to about 7pm at night. That's enough for me. But what I remember about daylight saving was it was a pain when we had the trial many moons ago. I was living out in Western QLD at the time and was in high school. It was an hours ride on the bus to school. Half hour motorbike ride to the bus stop. It meant I had to get up earlier which I hated at the time and still do. Had to play sport in the hottest part of the day. I would get home from school and it was still to hot to do anything. The heat and having to get up an hour earlier is what I hated about it. When I think about it now the heat would still be a pain as I like to watch the news and other programs. Just to hot to watch TV in my lounge room an hour earlier.

I just did a google search and came across this h ttp://www.nodaylightsavingqld.com/

matt · #16 25-12-2007, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Dooghan

Up here in Rocky we seem to get enough daylight. It s daylight about 4:30-5am to about 7pm at night. That's enough for me. But what I remember about daylight saving was it was a pain when we had the trial many moons ago. I was living out in Western QLD at the time and was in high school. It was an hours ride on the bus to school. Half hour motorbike ride to the bus stop. It meant I had to get up earlier which I hated at the time and still do. Had to play sport in the hottest part of the day. I would get home from school and it was still to hot to do anything. The heat and having to get up an hour earlier is what I hated about it. When I think about it now the heat would still be a pain as I like to watch the news and other programs. Just to hot to watch TV in my lounge room an hour earlier.

I just did a google search and came across this h ttp://www.nodaylightsavingqld.com/

Yeah. Had Google and found that website.

Quite strident anti-DST.

Interesting stuff, though.

GrahamL · #17 25-12-2007, 03:06 PM

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Funny, the rest of Australia doesn't have a problem with their cows and processers...

yeah that crossed my mind a while after my father spun me that one
he grew up on a dairy near murgon so I completely believed him
...for a day or so.

Sausageman (Mike Boggan) · #18 30-12-2007, 04:45 PM

Blame Benjamin Franklin for daylight saving, he first suggested the idea in 1784.
It was to make better use of daylight hours.
IMHO, it was to get more productivity from the workers so maximising profits for the wealthy.
Since then various reasons have emerged for daylight saving, including less vehicle accidents, less use of electricity and many others.
In this technological age we use more electricity than ever, and people drive like lunatics. So, in conclusion,

Mike.