You draw the time-zone in line with local wishes.

A number of US states and Canadian provinces are on split timezones. It doesn't cause real problems.

And there's already a precedent in Australia - Broken Hill in NSW is on the same time as Adelaide, not Sydney.

Cairns is not only a good deal further north than Brisbane, but is also a good deal further *west* so it gets the sun later in any case.


Jeremy

Ok Ive signed it too. I would love for it to be lighter longer. Thats the only thing that I would like to change.

Ang

All for one,
And one for all!!

What is there to upset in "Rural routine"?

(Can't wait to hear some of the replies, to this one.)


Lee

As previously said - there are people who believe the cows and chickens will become confused......... don't scoff, there really ARE people who still believe it, I've met some of them

Dairy farmers:

(no daylight savings)
Milk cows one hour after sunrise (say 5am)
Milk delivered to dairy at 6am
Milk in bottles by 7am
Milk gets to supermarket when it opens at 8am
- Happy customers

(daylight savings)
Milk cows one hour after sunrise (now 6am)
Milk delivered to dairy at 7am
Milk in bottles by 8am
Milk gets to the supermarket one hour late.
- Unhappy customers

They manage to milk cows in the UK before sunrise 6 months of the year

Done

Sue x

We have Special cows

A guy at work said his in-laws took great delight in telling him why they voted against daylight savings in the last vote - because they thought it unfair that everyone would have to work an hour longer each day

Edit: They live on the Gold Coast.

Why should northern and western Queensland have to follow what the SE corner of the state does?



Jeremy

I was merely illustrating the dairy farmers argument - personally I know nothing about milking cows!

Actually I think that most cows are milked at exactly the same time of day, summer or winter and it has nothing to do with the time of sunrise. So the issue really is that they have to fit the early-morning routine into a one-hour shorter period of time for five/six months of the year.

But as you say, they manage it in the UK, so why not here?

When I mentioned to a Qlder that I was in the UK this year when the clocks changed, I was asked, in all seriousness, how we coped without any milk.......

I have also been told, equally seriously, that the extra sunlight will fade the furniture quicker, and the govt should pay for this

Some of the posters on this thread hang around with some seriously stupid people .....

Come on!

Do I really have to point out the advantages of everyone being on the same time zone?

Especially when a huge proportion of the population lives in this area (East coast). And need to communicate on everyday running of business.

Ok, it's an inconvenience for those living near the boarder who live in one state and work in another.

But the bigger picture is business districts are trading at different times. When the local market is so limited and needs to work together, unlike in your Europe. Which is not so vulnerable to changes like time zones.

Why through another obstacle in the way?

Lee

What do you mean by "everyone"?

Are you suggesting all of Australia should be on one time zone?

The argument for Brisbane and SE Queensland to adopt daylight saving is a strong one. Then Brisbane and Sydney will have the same time in summer.

However it does not necessarily mean that the rest of Queensland should be forced to go along with it if it doesn't suit them.


Jeremy