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Is it true that it gets dark at 7 p.m. each night in Oz?

Does this vary state to state and season to season? If so, what time does it get dark in Queensland?

How do Oz people spend their evenings?????:confused:

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Brisbane was dark tonight by 5.15.........if you're out after 7pm you turn into a werewolf :D

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It's a pumpkin here in SA :D

Seriously, it does get dark earlier in the winter than it does in the summer. There isn't long drawn out nights until 10pm, but then on the plus side it's not dark at 3pm either.

There's not really a twilight as such either. It's light on minute then dark the next, like someones turned the light off. :D

Australia is closer to the equator than the UK, so it figures that the day's are more even throughout the year.

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Seriously!? I expect night follows day too? Or is it the other way round in the southern hemisphere?

:rofl: :thumbup:

Karl

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Australia is a continent (please no Australasia lectures, you know what I mean) and is the world's sixth biggest country. Sunrise & sunset times vary enormously depending upon location and time of year. Nowhere is as extreme as the UK in terms of light summers and dark winters. The furthest Australian point from the equator is Tasmania, which would be somewhere round northern Spain if it were in the northern hemisphere, if this helps you work it out.

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In the summer, with daylight savings here in WA, you are looking at it going dark around 9, but in the winter which begins on June 1st it is light to 5 ish, so non of those dreary 3 o'clock shutdowns you get in the UK in the winter........How do UK people spend their evenings in the winter, dont forget it is still relatively mild here too, for example I have been out fishing on a boat this morning in just a t-shirt, you wouldnt be doing that in the UK in the last week of autumn.

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No day follows night here ;):D

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TV, TV, TV and TV. Then we watch some dreary soap full of people stabbing each other on the TV, before enjoying a gameshow on the TV. After we watch some more TV and some people on the TV watching TV, we then watch some more stuff on the TV, and then we settle down to a night in front of the TV.

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In the UK we spend out Winter evenings watching tv and in my case football. Everyone always says that Ozzies never watch tv and even so, the free telly is allegedly c**p. You hear so much about the outdoor lifestyle but I can't see how this can be the case if it's dark when you get back from work anyway.

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I'm in no position to take the pee to be honest. Remember trying to meet up with my brother in Perth CBD. We were on foot, and I had rough directions and we needed to head north. Used the sun to navigate.

Every time I double checked with the map, we were getting further away from the rendezvous. Eventually I realised that having the sun behind me meant I was heading south...

I got a B in Geography, so I blame it on jetlag :rofl::rofl:

Karl

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Does it vary from State to state Wendy. When we were in Perth in Febraury it went dark about 8 (ish )..........We still sat out everynight with the outside lanterns on and the candles burning.......Bliss.

Luckly we are not ones for Tv's in the Uk so i suppose we wont be bothered too much whether the Tv is crap anyway.

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We've got Foxtel!!!!

Cheers

Ginny

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People here tend to start work earlier and finish earlier, thats one way, plus many people have friends round, we do have outdoor lighting here you know! Many of the social gatherings we go to are often held outside, you dont need daylight to do that. Another thing here is functions are rarely spolied by the rain, many times in the UK we had been invited to bbqs only to spend them indoors because it was pishing down.

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So what do you think we do here every week night mmmm? The kids need to go to bed for school the next day, we are both knackered from work etc....so, we watch T.V.

Same sh*t...different bucket! :lol:

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Ah the genius of outdoor lighting. Wonders never cease.

Apparently, in order to watch the English footy I will need to get foxtel. I'll be renting for probs the first year until I am settled, is it possible to get foxtel if you're in rented accommodation. I know that over here alot of landlords won't allow you to get Sky as it requires fitting the dish and cables etc?

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It's too cold to sit outside in the UK winter. :D


Yes it does. Here's a list of sunrise/sunset times across Australia's capitals http://www.australianweddingcompany....s/sun_time.php

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Sunrise, sunset, dawn and dusk times.

http://www.gaisma.com/en/dir/au-country.html

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I just checked out that website and it seems that in Queensland it doesn't stay light any later than 7p.m. That's a real shame but I suppose if it's warm it doesn't matter so much although there'll be no Summer evening games of golf.

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Just bum a sickie and play in the day. That's what my cousin's hubby does :D

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We were lucky as the connections were already here. You could ask them for permission. Some say yes.

Cheers

Ginny

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if ye want long summer nites of golf gettin eaten by midges then stay where ye r lol

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If you want late evenings you need to move to either of the poles. That way you get 24 hour sunshine in summer. You just have to put up with 24 hour darkness in winter. :D

I'm afraid that if you want warm weather you've got to say bye bye to day light at 10pm. The closer to the equator you are the more 'even' sunset/sunrise times become. Try Singapore - pretty damn close to the equator and the lights go out at 6pm every night of the year...

Cheers,

Graham

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Oh, and for the record the sun sets at around 5.15 in Sydney at the moment...

Graham

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So how do you fill your evenings?

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Help kids with homework, chase round tidying up after the kids, make tea, tidy up again, watch TV, get kids to bed, tidy up after kids once more, watch TV, chat on here, read a book, go to sleep :D

In the summer or warmer evenings I will sit out on the deck (probably on the laptop :o)

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We eat out, go drinking with friends, watch tv, go night diving occasionally, write websites, go taking photos, go to gigs, have bbq's, take part in monumental pub quizes, drink some more, eat some more..... :D

How do you fill your's?

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Well we do have electricity, you know.

We can go to the movies, to the pub, to a restaurant. We can sit outside for dinner all year round, because we have those outside heater things. We can play tennis, football, cricket, swim - almost anything you can do during the day really.

If we don't want to go out, we can stay in and watch TV, read a book, surf the net, talk to our friends and families. Same as most people, I'd have thought.....

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I've said it before, and I'll say it again. You need help. :p;)

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You offering to come and tidy up for me :D

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A point well made.

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In my Top 5 reasons to come to Melbourne is reasonably long summer nights - something like 9pm ish.

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This begs the question, what are the other 5?

If anyone would like to give 5 reasons to go to Sunshine Coast or Gold Coast this too would be useful????

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Now you've got me.

i) weather (yes!)
ii) ''culture''
iii) length of summer days
iv) balance
v) entertainment

It's FUN. There is everything you need, and all you'd want. There is a quiet, sometimes not so quiet confidence here which is unique, actually based on something. To resurrect old city rivalries, most Sydneysiders really don't seem to believe that Melbourne is the best place to live. ;-) And it really doesn't bother us when they try to rub our noses in it....(!)

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Light = get up

Dark = go to bed

By my kids reckoning I will be getting little darlings into bed a lot earlier in Australia!


HOOOOOORAH:thumbsup:

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On BE of course ;)

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The down side is that they'll be getting up earlier :eek:

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you could always have the dish mounted on a pole in the garden instead of being fixed to the wall. Only a small hole required for cable .
Johnnyyt

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Winter sports do not get bothered by the dark nights at 5.15 in Sydney.

The sports fields around us are all floodlit and alot of training goes on for Football, hockey, softball etc.

In fact because the days are less hot I would say all round more activity happens in the winter months you just move your timetable on weekends to be able to do things in the nice crisp daylight hours and then buy outdoor patio heaters and loads of bug candles and entertain with a jumper on.

I actually enjoy the winter months more because you can dog walk all day not just first thing and after then sun is less hot. Everything in winter takes less energy for me and I feel more alive and awake. Weekday evenings are homework, making dinner, DVDs and catching up on work at times.

I hated the dark nights for the first winter five months was horrid but you do get used to it and learn to like daylight savings which means Sydney can be light to 8.30ish summer nights.

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You can either choose somewhere which has long summer evenings or has a hot summer. Both are defined by proximity to the equator, closer equals hotter and shorter evenings; further away equals cooler and longer evenings (plus shorter ones in the winter).

The only other impact is whether or not the location applies Daylight Savings. QLD does not so the very latest darkness occurs in summer at just before 7PM. It is, however, bright and sunny in QLD at 4:30am.

As stated elsewhere, proximity to the equator also determines how long dusk is. In QLD it goes light, light, light, DARK, with no dusk to speak of. Also in QLD the mossies are out biting about one hour before sunset so many would not be outdoors after 6PM.

Most QLDers seem to go to bed by about 9PM, you have to if the sun wakes you up at 4:30am.

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Denmark or Norway?