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Well that's the thing TL, you're post wasn't clear. Now refresh my memory, where was the abuse in that one thread.

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And they all talk so you can't hear a word they say.

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i only got a c in geography o level......

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That's your choice. Plenty of other things you could be doing.

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Perhaps making a model of the Titanic out of matchsticks. Total darkness and freezing cold limits activities if you enjoy being outside. I watch less than (around) 6 hours of TV a week. I was talking about the great unwashed. You know who you are.



As for there being no need for my earlier comment, I would make a case that being stalked and sniped at by posters is need enough. I don't follow posters round baiting them and I don't appreciate them doing the same to me.

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dont compare the Uk to OZ and youll be fine with it getting dark early in QLD. And as there is electricity in oz (until the water runs dry anyway!), we can switch garden lights on, and with a patio heater, sit out in the winter in the garden and have a bbq!

friends and family have asked me what it is like getting dark so early in summer - "you cant do anything" they say

what do people do after working all day and getting home at 6pm in the UK, from my experience sit inside and watch tv, or cut the grass!

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We have moved to the Gold Coast only 3 weeks ago from Tassie via a 6 month stint in Sydney....long story.

In Tassie in Summer it stays daylight until around 8.30 - 9pm! Looking at the link for Australia wide sunrise/sunset times it seems it will be dark here on the Gold Coast at around 7pm in Summer!! :blink: That will be different! Qld dont have daylight savings so thats part of the reason why. Guess we will get used to it!! lol

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Alot of people go out and play sport, go for walks, cycling and many other activities. :D

As someone who is shortly emigrating to Brisbane and has been out there during the height of summer I find it very strange that for a country that prides itself on promoting the outdoor life and activities that it is dark in the Brisbane region by 7pm whilst light at just after 4am. :confused:
I know I am going to find this aspect very difficult, but I suppose that most sporting venues do have floodlighting. I play bowls and do know that all the clubs I have visited have floodlighting so it is possible to play in the evenings and I realise that the season will be much longer due to the better weather.

I do know that folk get up earlier and generally go to bed earlier to get the most out of the available daylight but why not follow the rest of the country and adopt daylight saving?
Hopefully it will come soon!

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A well worn topic - do sa search on it and you'll find an abundance of discussions. Main official (!!!) reasons are that the cows and chikcens will be confused leading to food shortages, the furniture will fade with the extra hour of daylight, and an extra hour of sunlight will give everyone skin cancer.......

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Wally I am - when I wrote Nova Scotia! Don't know where my brains are, I was trying to think about some more northerly parts of Canada.

...and believe it or not I have an A Level in Geography.

I knew all about the darker nights before moving here - and understand the concept of the same number of daylight hours just a change in the distribution of them. Still have the silly conversations with folks back in the UK when they phone in the evenings asking me if I am outside enjoying the sunshine!! Still seem confused when I say why it is 7.00 and pitch black.

Cheers Sandra

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Dark early nights was one of the things we struggled with when we first arrived. We're ok with it now (14 months on) but it was def a shock when we first arrived.

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dark early nights = more time for me to be in bed with a good book:thumbsup:

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Queenslanders do not like change hence no daylight saving. Probably the same reason that supermarkets are like supermarkets in the UK circa 1977.

It would be so much nicer here if there was 2 hours daylight saving in the summer. Sunrise at 6:30am and sunset at 9pm would be great. Much more time to go to the beach and have decent family time.

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Trouble is with misguided politicians telling people rubbish like the reasons I put in my post above, I can't see it happening :(

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early to bed early to rise makes jack healthy, wealthy and wise....

interesting social control, is it experimental ?;)