A fair cross section of Queenslanders?

[Treads]

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/11/1627.jpg

:wasntme:

[Disco Muppet]

Depends, none of the Queenslanders I know are white and blue boxes with a question mark in them :p
Piccie isn't working mate.

[Saitch]

Worked OK for me but......I smell a rat (from the bush) :D

[beefy]

the curtains will fade, the cows will not milk,

[isuzutoo-eh]

I can't tell which one of them has the IQ point.

But Yorkie should be concerned at where they all are!

[Disco Muppet]

I don't know about daylight savings but they have interesting names for shopping centres...

[Judo]

:lol2: Yeah the shopping centre name might be the give away... Nothing like a good troll tho. :D

[Judo]

Yorkeys Knob, Queensland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yorkeys_Knob,_Queensland)

OK, maybe I was wrong.

[Hoges]

Having been born and raised in Melb, and lived for many years in the ACT and NSW and now Qld, I am convinced that Qld has called it correctly wrt DLS. The lat/long position of the bulk of the Qld population coupled with summer weather bring no significant advantages compared to those who live in southern climes. Perhaps we ought do as they do in China and have a single standard time for the whole country:eek::wasntme:

[numpty]

I like daylight saving, but working away, it has it's disadvantages.

eg once a month on a Wednesday I drive from Tamworth to Bris (gain 1 hour) on Thursday morning I fly to Syd (lose an hour) then fly to Ayers Rock (gain 90 mins) I then repeat the operation a fortnight later in reverse. It does my head in on occasions :eek:

[incisor]

having survived the last trial up here i saw no real advantage to be frank....

and a couple of major disadvantages...

not the least being trying to get kids in bed for 19:00 when it is still hot and daylight at 20:30

[Yorkie]

I can't tell which one of them has the IQ point.

But Yorkie should be concerned at where they all are!

concerned or comforted?, going by the mugshots i will stick with concerned!. :eek:

[Barefoot Dave]

Yes, Yorkies Knob is a real place. A great big knob (geo term) of land sticking up and out of the mangroves north of cairns.
Not as funny as Bones Knob (always gets a titter) near atherton. You don't laugh if you know it's dark past.
The funny thing is that recently, the developer of a high cost developement tried to change the name to Yorkeys point.
Crash and burn.
Local uproar and rightly so.
:D

[mattyg]

Yep, it's fairly representative. I grew up in NSW, lived in Qld for 10 years and now reside in Vic.

I found that even well educated people failed to grasp the concept of daylight savings and just wrote it off as "something us queenslanders don't need" Cough....MENTAL .....Cough

Personally I love daylight savings, it is amazing!

[Landy Smurf]

I personally love day light savings. but then again I am not a QLDer TG :P
The main reason I like it is because after school(when I was at school) I could come home and do things for a good while

[manchild21000]

Awww here we go , nothing like make yourself feel better by belittleing others. Now where did i put my banjo ?

[The ho har's]

Live in SE Qld, I get up at 4.30 most mornings to go to work, sun is up:)

I leave at 5.30 without headlights:)

We don't need daylight saving in S.E.Qld

Oh and Yorkes Knob is in far north Queensland, why ask the question up there???????

Mrs hh:angel:

[V8Ian]

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/11/1627.jpg

:wasntme:They must be the 70% who Campbell Newman claim support the new bikie laws. :angel:

[mox]

The reason we have daylight saving is that because the majority of people in the media and the majority of politicians like it. Seems that surveys in the street indicate people prefer it.
Some people have no strong preference for or against daylight saving. For others, eg who work indoors during the day it can make life more pleasant allowing more outdoor leisure time. However, with the daily schedule many people have it makes life more difficult. I find daylight saving results in less social activity during summer because when many things are scheduled is a better time to get much outside work done than in the heat of the day.

What is needed everywhere daylight saving is practised in Australia is a year without it then a referendum. Note it was first tried in Qld, then Joh correctly said the majority did not want it again. Subsequent Labor Governments have had two one year trials then referendums. Was rejected both times. In Western Australia it was trialled three times for one year each = in the 1970's, 1983 and 1992. After each trial it was rejected at referendums. Then more recently a Labor Govt imposed a three year trial, probably hoping people would become more used to and favour daylight saving. They did not. Was rejected again.

The only referendum endorsing daylight saving was in NSW in the "70's. Was carried by yes majority in NSW (Newcastle Sydney Wollongong) nut apparently almost all country areas opposed it. I think there would be less support for it in Victoria, where for most of the population the sun rises and sets later than Sydney area. The longitude of Melbourne is similar to Cobar and Bourke.

Daylight saving in Australia is obviously wanted by a noisy minority, who like others with strong opinion but a weak case often resort to personal abuse of opponents.

[Saitch]

The reason we have daylight saving is that because the majority of people in the media and the majority of politicians like it. Seems that surveys in the street indicate people prefer it.
Some people have no strong preference for or against daylight saving. For others, eg who work indoors during the day it can make life more pleasant allowing more outdoor leisure time. However, with the daily schedule many people have it makes life more difficult. I find daylight saving results in less social activity during summer because when many things are scheduled is a better time to get much outside work done than in the heat of the day.

What is needed everywhere daylight saving is practised in Australia is a year without it then a referendum. Note it was first tried in Qld, then Joh correctly said the majority did not want it again. Subsequent Labor Governments have had two one year trials then referendums. Was rejected both times. In Western Australia it was trialled three times for one year each = in the 1970's, 1983 and 1992. After each trial it was rejected at referendums. Then more recently a Labor Govt imposed a three year trial, probably hoping people would become more used to and favour daylight saving. They did not. Was rejected again.

The only referendum endorsing daylight saving was in NSW in the "70's. Was carried by yes majority in NSW (Newcastle Sydney Wollongong) nut apparently almost all country areas opposed it. I think there would be less support for it in Victoria, where for most of the population the sun rises and sets later than Sydney area. The longitude of Melbourne is similar to Cobar and Bourke.

Daylight saving in Australia is obviously wanted by a noisy minority, who like others with strong opinion but a weak case often resort to personal abuse of opponents.

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[PhilipA]

At Yorkey's Knob if they got daylight saving the first 747 of the day would wake them in the dark rather than in the light.

I was amazed that Cairns airport flight path runs right down the coast over all the Northern beaches and they are pretty low at Yorkey's Knob.
Regards Philip A

[Landy Smurf]

I know most farmers dont like it. all my friends at school liked it though. I know sweden and norway do it. I have no idea why though as in their day light savings period which is summer they have hardly any darkness anyway

[ramblingboy42]

How many times are you Mexicans going to bring up this daylight saving rubbish? It has been taken to the umpires enough times to be buried. Are you hoping for the sensible generation of Queenslanders to pass on and allow the continuous stream of border jumpers to infiltrate in enough numbers to turn Queensland into another Melbourne? What inane mental process is driving you to constantly want to change the lifestyle of millions of Queenslanders who are happy with their lifestyle and don't want it changed. We have told the world repeatedly , we don't want daylight saving....open your mind, open your ears and listen.....we don't want it! If you feel the need for it so badly, go live in, or stay in the state that has it. Thank you for listening.

[Pedro_The_Swift]

The constant questioning is mostly from the SE corner that has to deal with NSW,,

I'm quite happy, my cows are happy and my curtain supplier is happy.








(or Treads, are you really hinting a fair cross section of QLD'ers are idiots?:p)

[justinc]

Agree with Rambling boy, I can't see WHY QLD'ers would want/ need it. We on the other hand down here love it, to offset the depressive state of mind that comes with getting up in the dark to go to work, in the dark, and come home, in the dark when the shorter days roll around. Did I mention the single digit temperatures, sleet, and rain too?


:(


Atherton is looking better everyday.


JC

[ramblingboy42]

we have a place in Qld just like that in the winter Justin, its called Oakey.

[justinc]

:eek:

Minus 3.2???? Hmmm, good thing I am thinking further north then isn't it?:)

JC

[woody]

Just to add to the discussion National Geographic puts forward an American perspective.

Time to Move On? The Case Against Daylight Saving Time (http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/11/131101-when-does-daylight-savings-time-end-november-3-science/)

woody

[R Miller]

I think its only really office workers that want daylight savings in QLD, all the blokes i know that work in Trades/ labouring hate the idea, all it would mean for us is that we would have to start work in the dark in summer aswell!

I normaly start work at 5:30am, Ive left home by just before 5am, I finish work at generally around 2:00pm so I get plenty of sunlight hours,

[Vern]

Us southerners love it and need it, as stated, in winter you leave for work in the dark, arrive home in the dark, and if you have a bit of land, you just get nothing done at home. Come daylight savings, you leave off work in the just light, finish work and still have 3-4hrs of sunlight. And because of days like today, where its a balmy 10 degrees and raining, you still have another 10 hrs of sunlight to go so may have an afternoon window to get some stuff done.

Jc, let me know when you find a nice place, I could leave tomorrow, its the family that I'll have trouble convincing.:(

[justinc]

Us southerners love it and need it, as stated, in winter you leave for work in the dark, arrive home in the dark, and if you have a bit of land, you just get nothing done at home. Come daylight savings, you leave off work in the just light, finish work and still have 3-4hrs of sunlight. And because of days like today, where its a balmy 10 degrees and raining, you still have another 10 hrs of sunlight to go so may have an afternoon window to get some stuff done.

Jc, let me know when you find a nice place, I could leave tomorrow, its the family that I'll have trouble convincing.:(

The Tablelands Tourism Website - Tablelands - Weather (http://www.tablelands.org/weather.html)

This'll help Damien.

JC

[Vern]

Forgot to mention, must be at the beach, miss living near the beach, and must be swimmable.

[Pedro_The_Swift]

Do you like swimming in cages Vern?
The warmer the climate, the more inhospitable the sea is---:(

[UncleHo]

That far north,you would have to share your beach space with the local snapping handbags,and the box jellyfish,far safer to have a home swimming pool.

[justinc]

Forgot to mention, must be at the beach, miss living near the beach, and must be swimmable.

Cairns/ coast isn't that far, and you have this close by...

Lake Tinaroo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

JC

[Ancient Mariner]

I will check the water temp if you like. Bit cold for me but the dog does`nt mind:D

[Vern]

Don't worry guys, its to far north for me, although I didn't mind when I was living on Brampton island, the climate that is, was a bit warm for working though:)
Beaches must be swimmable.:)

[RisingSun]

The coldest day in atherton this winter was about 6 degrees, had to keep my jumper on till about 8:30 in the morning. :p must have had a good 3 - 4 days of that oppressive weather.

Having grown up in NSW and having daylight saving during the school years it was great. Spending 10 years on the Gold Coast / Brisbane and dealing with crossborder companies I can see an advantage.

Now that I live and work in FNQ don't see the need.

Perhaps we just put another border around Gympie and below and let them have daylight saving, and save the rest of the state from faded curtains.

[jonesfam]

Separate State - North Australia.
Boarder around Mackay.
No daylight saving for new State.
Problem solved.
Jonesfam
PS Extra advantage - no more Can Sorta Do in charge.

[digger]

Daylight savings responsible for drought says Albury man | Swollen Pickles Daylight savings responsible for drought says Albury man | Me fail English? That's unpossible! (http://www.swollenpickles.com/2008/10/15/daylight-savings-responsible-for-drought-says-albury-man/)

68076



this explains it all

daylight savings AND drought... the link.

:p

[Barefoot Dave]

Tinaroo? Yucky stinky!
Go the crater lakes: Eacham and Barrine.
Just don't swim too deep or you will freeze.

[Ancient Mariner]

Wimp what model Toyota do you drive?:D

[RisingSun]

Will second the crater lakes barefoot dave, but for a spot of fishing from the kayak Tinaroo isn't a bad option, oh and the fact it is about 2 minutes from my door. :p

But I really think the best place to live is down south, definately everyone should live down south, if your not down south you should move their immediately.

There really is nothing to see up here, move along :wasntme:

[Lotz-A-Landies]

I like daylight saving, but working away, it has it's disadvantages.

eg once a month on a Wednesday I drive from Tamworth to Bris (gain 1 hour) on Thursday morning I fly to Syd (lose an hour) then fly to Ayers Rock (gain 90 mins) I then repeat the operation a fortnight later in reverse. It does my head in on occasions :eek:Just flying to all those places every fortnight would do your head in.

[numpty]

Not for much longer ;)

[Lotz-A-Landies]

I can understand people of Cairns region not seeing any point in DST, in winter they get as little as 11.5 hours of daylight and the height of "summer" as much as 13.5 hours.

In Melbourne it is as little as 10.25 hours and as much as 15.5. By changing to DST Melbournians get to use more of that daylight after the usual working day. In Cairns it is more trouble than it's worth, particularly when they have very little buisness contact with Southern States. Even Brisbane is only 3 hour variation so hardly worth the effort.