I think we should have daylight savings all year round !!! Was just thinking about when it ends because that means its going to be hard to get a kite in after work now . What do you think ?

U obviously don't have to get kids ready for school in the morning

Gwendy said...

U obviously don't have to get kids ready for school in the morning

nor do you have curtains .the fade is bad enough with daylight savings as it is ,plus the cows can't cope with it .Sheesh with more daylight savings combined with the carbon tax life would be even more chaotic than it already is .

What time is shown on the Sea Breeze VIC tide graphs during summer?

I have just assumed it's Daylight Savings Time.

Gwendy said...

U obviously don't have to get kids ready for school in the morning

Not yet in about 4 years. And i leave for work at 5:30 am finish 3:30 pm so have been able to kite in the arvo's .

PoSM said...

goofy said...



Or if you do want daylight saving you put your clock back an hour.

FFS get over it, the majority of West Australians dont want it.

Presumably because this will anger the sun-god and they think he's already p***ed off because they aren't allowed to burn witches any more...

I think goofy is a ginger and scared of that extra hour of sun light.

I reccon daylight savings is arse about. Have it in the winter months when there is less light. You generally get up in the dark in winter anyway and DLS would have you comming home with still a little light left.

Shanyne is horribly right & horribly wrong in the one post.
If a farmer is running his herd to natural sun time - it effects production hugely if you dont - then nothing changes for the cockey. Just means last nights milking and this mornings milking will be picked up one hour earlier IF the truckie is running on DST. From there on its all quid-pro-quo.
If the milk isnt in the refridgerated vats before business hours; DS or no DS; (+ any driving time to your farm) then its time you gave up farming. And deliveries of processed milk to retailers etc has SFA to do with when cows are milked or milk is picked up. That could be weeks later.
Farmers are free to run whatever hours they like - unlike the poor working folk in the city who have to follow the rules.

BUT yes Perth is way west of mean time zone compared to Eastern States.
BUT this doesnt mean we cant benefit from an extra hr in summer.
Whats the good of having the sun up & shining at 4:30 in the morning. Might suit .001% of ppl but has to better for the rest.
IMO it should be adjusted in Perth for a full extra hour in winter and an extra 2 hrs in summer - but hey Im just one voter. I cant even get any sense made on the 1hr debate.

Time for another referendum I reckon.

Shayne86 said...

Leelo said...

The cows get too confused... Seriously,my wifes family are farmers and they voted against it. I told them dont change your clocks, get up at your usual time and there wont be any difference, milk the cows at thesame bloody time, you dont have to change just coz your clock now says a different hour. There are so many morons out there it scares me.

so if your wifes family are farmers then you will understand that this also affects the company that comes and pick up the milk everyday? And the employees that work for them, then the shops that recieve the fres milk??? Its the knock-on effect that causes issues.

But I mean if anyone here actually looks at a map, the WA coast already has built in daylight savings. This is why It works well in the eastern states and not here. The coast is far far west of the time zone change that its almost DLS anyways. This is just coming from my experience on the mines when we traveled east for work then came back home to the coast. It would be pitch black at camp, I would ring the missus and she would be out enjoying a drink waiting for the sunset too come while we are both in the same time zone.

BS ,I buy my cafes milk from a local dairy .They have to do the lot.milk bottle and deliver .They love DLS.

Leelo said...

The cows get too confused... Seriously,my wifes family are farmers and they voted against it. There are so many morons out there it scares me.

Brave..

Everyone is different and everyone has and is entitled to have, their different take on it. The freedom to do so is whats so great about living where we do in the world eh'. As passionate as anyone might be for or against it here in Perth we trialed it for three years and it didn't get the nod. Time for some to simply accept the reality of the situation.
My own take on it is that I start work at 4am. So I get 4 hours Daylight Saving as it is. I Don't need five

goofy said...


FFS get over it, the majority of West Australians dont want it.

please don't lump me in what you think is the majority . One of the main reasons the referendum failed was the ****ing pathetic question . As perth usually has a hot march if they had of said do you want daylight savings but end in feb instead of march it would have passed . That was a publicised fact that the questions were no doubt written to confuse everyone .


As a small business owner who deals with the east coast every single day i am for daylight savings . the whole we lose an hour or the cows dont give milk or kids can;t sleep is bull**** .