Time Zones in Australia

Submitted: Thursday, Jul 17, 2008 at 17:40

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Waynepd (NSW)

Never thought about this before....sorry if its lame but i really want to know.
Watching KiwiAngler travel across several states made me wonder about the effect of timezones on the traveller especially the transition from Central to Western Time.

If you listen to Adelaide news and it says Sunrise is at 5:30 that's fine for them but if you were at the SA side of Surveyor General's Corner it will be a little bit later, picking a random guess at say 5:40.

Now if you are in WA at Surveyor General's Corner chatting to a guy across the border in SA, he has just had a sunrise at 5:40 and you are having the same sunrise at 4:10 if my math is right here, because WA is running 1.5 hrs behind SA.

Is this right or are some parts of WA running on SA time like Broken Hill in NSW does?

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Reply By: Russell [SA] - Thursday, Jul 17, 2008 at 17:45

Thursday, Jul 17, 2008 at 17:45

I thought it was sunrise when the sun came up!

Just ask the cows.

Russell

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Reply By: darrell.QLD - Thursday, Jul 17, 2008 at 17:49

Thursday, Jul 17, 2008 at 17:49

http://www.countrycallingcodes.com/multizones.php?country=Australia /// hope this helps/copy and past

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Reply By: Willem - Thursday, Jul 17, 2008 at 18:16

Thursday, Jul 17, 2008 at 18:16

Wayne

Broken Hill runs on CST, the same as Adelaide but Eucla in WA runs on Western Central Time which is 45 minutes behind CST

Check it out here

Cheers

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Follow Up By: Waynepd (NSW) - Thursday, Jul 17, 2008 at 22:43

Thursday, Jul 17, 2008 at 22:43

Good site Willem thanks
I wasn't aware of the WCT Zone. It should run all the way up the country instead of being in a little pocket like that IMO.

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Reply By: Member - joc45 (WA) - Thursday, Jul 17, 2008 at 18:20

Thursday, Jul 17, 2008 at 18:20

On the Nullarbor, from Caiguna east to Eucla, they run on time half-way between WAST and SAST; ie, 3/4 hour difference. Understand Border Village on SA side is the same.
Unofficial, of course.
At the top end, I recall Kununurra is on WAST, despite being on the border.
Gerry

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Reply By: Member - Footloose - Thursday, Jul 17, 2008 at 18:24

Thursday, Jul 17, 2008 at 18:24

The net result is that you go back in time going East to West, and the opposite if you come this way.

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Follow Up By: Gramps (NSW) - Thursday, Jul 17, 2008 at 22:00

Thursday, Jul 17, 2008 at 22:00

"you go back in time going East to West"

That's a fact :)))

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Follow Up By: Waynepd (NSW) - Thursday, Jul 17, 2008 at 22:47

Thursday, Jul 17, 2008 at 22:47

I would gladly go back in time to 50c/gallon fuel..

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Follow Up By: Geoff (Newcastle, NSW) - Thursday, Jul 17, 2008 at 23:12

Thursday, Jul 17, 2008 at 23:12

"you go back in time going East to West"

And heading North from NSW!

Geoff

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Follow Up By: Gramps (NSW) - Friday, Jul 18, 2008 at 08:44

Friday, Jul 18, 2008 at 08:44

Geoff,

LOL and South for that matter. We're not playing favourites here hahahaha

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Follow Up By: Waynepd (NSW) - Friday, Jul 18, 2008 at 09:15

Friday, Jul 18, 2008 at 09:15

Then there's the Land of the Long White Cloud, now they're a looooong way west.

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Follow Up By: Gramps (NSW) - Friday, Jul 18, 2008 at 09:25

Friday, Jul 18, 2008 at 09:25

Hahahahahaha and even further back in time.

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Follow Up By: Member - Kiwi Kia - Wednesday, Jul 23, 2008 at 21:14

Wednesday, Jul 23, 2008 at 21:14

Ha Ha, you have both got it wrong !

It's East and way ahead of you guys. Maybe even ten points ahead this weekend :-))

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Follow Up By: Geoff (Newcastle, NSW) - Wednesday, Jul 23, 2008 at 21:36

Wednesday, Jul 23, 2008 at 21:36

Sorry small Korean Kiwi but even the bulk of your homies disagree.

The general vibe in the kiwi news is Wallabies under Deans to beat the Small Blacks under Henry.

Can you sing that song "The one that got away" ? (As a general hint old BBC episodes of The Goodies will supply the answer)

You had your chance and decided recycling the tired coach was the way backward to a second World Cup exit. How many of those exactly have you won?

"You should have seen the one that got away"

Geoff

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Follow Up By: Member - Kiwi Kia - Wednesday, Jul 23, 2008 at 21:58

Wednesday, Jul 23, 2008 at 21:58

Can't disagree about the coaches :-((

Wish the game was being played over here - it's bloody cold with torrential rain, might give us a bigger advantage. Ah well, off to Cape York in two weeks, hope it's a bit warmer and drier up there.

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