Daylight Saving

[iceman (Mike)]

Mornings are just great sometimes.. tuesday morning when I went for Saturn, it was the clearest, darkest sky I've seen for months (especially at my house). It was just beautiful. I love observing and imaging in the morning!

[beren]

Hmmm not sure about it , I remember last time WA trailed it I enjoyed it being totally addicted to surfing having that extra time in the water after work was great.Setting up for imaging through the week will be a challenge

[fringe_dweller]

Daylight saving rox! I would like it to be all year round!
Asi is spot on in his reply as usual!
anyway its the earths polar axis tilt relative to the sun ect. that really is the trouble maker re extra daylight!

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

I can remember back in the old days when DLS was first introduced. Farmers actually fought against it as they said the extra hour of sunlight would destroy their crops!!!!!

They even held protests in Sydney. I remember watching it on the news as a youngin' and we couldn't help laughing at them.

It didn't make the Farmers look like an intelligent lot

[fringe_dweller]

I vaguely remember that Ken,
I can understand someone living in the north of oz being sick and tired of permanent sunshine, that makes sense.
But conversely who actually likes it when it gets like dark at 4:30 in midwinter!!??? like as us southerners get

[rogerg (Roger)]

DLS in winter I could understand and like, in summer it doesn't make as much sense to me.

In winter it really would be useful to have an extra hour of sunlight after work, and go to work during the dark (do anyway).

I don't understand why it's summer that gets it not winter.

Roger.

[cahullian]

ving

i generally dont stay up late and i am not a morning person at all

LOL Dave does that mean you sleep 16 hour a day?

Coming from the UK it is something I grew up with, however in the northern hemesphere the clock turns the other way for an hour.

Gazz

[ving (David)]

Originally Posted by cahullian

ving


LOL Dave does that mean you sleep 16 hour a day?

Coming from the UK it is something I grew up with, however in the northern hemesphere the clock turns the other way for an hour.

Gazz

funny you should say that... i went to bed a 10:30pm last night and got up at 10:30am this morning (i am on holidays)

[cahullian]

You lucky devil...not due for holidays for 9 weeks.
Enjoy them while they last mate, as we all know they fly by so quick.

gazz

[mattweather]

I love daylight saving time because it takes alot more busier and easy to see something longer than nights, grrr i hate winter!

[[1ponders] (Paul)]

I'm glad you guys like it, 'cos your welcome to it. I really can't understand why it is needed. The days are longer in Summer anyway and the further south you go the longer the days get. Crazy idea I for one am glad Qld did away with it.

Daylight saving in Winter? Now that I could understand.

[mattweather]

Hrmm i don't get it? I wonder why daylight saving only in summer period? I dunno then, answer me please