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

scott115

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????

BadgeIsBack

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....(!)

eddie007

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

leigh&ivan

On BE of course

Pollyana

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

johnnyyt

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

Sandra

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.

jayr

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.

rossifumi

Denmark or Norway?

rossifumi

Or perhaps not in this household. 9 years going on 15.

Pollyana

Tassie is the closest you'll get in Aus -fairly long summer evenings there.

Sandra

I think when Table land wrote the statement they meant no where in Australia has the extremes of the UK light summer nights or dark evenings. Thats how I read it because of course you have Iceland etc Nova Scotia etc that all do

New Zealand is an option for lighter summer nights - but not as warm

chels

Essentials. Just in case anyone gets the impression you can sit around in your swimmers outside during winter in the evening. Gets cold at night And winter doesn't stop the mozzies (in my case anyway).

Tableland

Hi Sandra, XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXxxx your summary of my perfectly clear post is completely accurate. As you know, Australia is situated between approximately 10 degrees and 43 degrees south of the equator, which means it has much less extremes of light/dark than the UK. Nova Scotia is much closer to the equator than the UK by the way - if it were in Europe it would be at the level of northern Italy.

If Australia were situated in the northern hemisphere it would sit roughly from northern Spain to the Ivory Coast, or Boston to Venezuela. For this reason its hours of twilight and extremes of light and dark are affected by the angle of the sunset to the slope of the Earth's horizon as viewed by us here on Earth. Basically, the further south or north we go, the sun stays "closer" to our horizon after sunset and this what produces a long twilight.

Best regards,

T.