New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and the Australian Capital Territory adopted Daylight Saving Time in 1971, Queensland opted out shortly afterwards and Western Australia are about start a three year trial. Australia had daylight saving in the second world war, but stopped after 1944.
This coming weekend, daylight saving finishes and we will gain an hour, which is great for three reasons.
- It is good that we gain this hour at night, so that we can get more sleep, or more time to play
- I love the fact that I will get to spend an extra hour with my brother and his family
- I am looking forward to it being light earlier in the morning
Daylight saving was best in 2000 as it started on August 27, instead of October to cover the Olympic games in Sydney. I vote that we start this early every year, alternatively I think we should start daylight saving on the October long weekend (as they do in Tasmania), to start early and to give us the extra day to get used to the change.
History of
daylight saving in Canberra.
This
link has the time in each state relative to the ACT, showing the effects of Daylight Saving on time across the country.
This
link gives the dates of daylight saving changes from 1916/17 to 2006/07.
Homer, working from home, remarks "8:58, first time I've ever been early for work. Except for all those daylight savings days. Lousy farmers."
~Homer Simpson
