It's cos a significant majority of the population is on the east coast. 50% in Brisbane, Sydney, and Melbourne alone, before you add the rest of those states. So for economic reasons, it's convenient for the central states to be a bit closer in time to the eastern states.
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yakko@feddit.uk · 20 pts · 15d
"Mate, what's the time?"
"Fuck off, come back with a warrant."
WolfLink@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 15d
You could travel in a straight line and have your clock jump forward, then backward, then forward again.
Creat@discuss.tchncs.de · 5 pts · 15d
Wait you have a time zone that's a half hour step? That's so unfortunate...
Longmactoppedup@aussie.zone · 12 pts · 15d
What if we told you about UTC +8:45.
And that cocklebiddy is in it.
Zagorath@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 15d
It's cos a significant majority of the population is on the east coast. 50% in Brisbane, Sydney, and Melbourne alone, before you add the rest of those states. So for economic reasons, it's convenient for the central states to be a bit closer in time to the eastern states.
spudsrus@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 15d
Don't forget eucla time for even more confusion
PennyRoyal@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 15d
That is unbelievably cursed
Sir_Premiumhengst@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 15d
12/10 Oofs
YeahToast@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 15d
Totally worth it
Evil_Incarnate@sopuli.xyz · -1 pts · 15d
So driving from Sydney to Brisbane in the summer, you need to turn the clock back one hour and the calendar back twenty years?
Eyekaytee@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 15d
that hasn't been true for 20 years 🌞 SEQ I'd argue is just as modern as Sydney (SEQ for people not from around here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_East_Queensland)
Now if we could somehow give FNQ their own time zone then yes I would agree 😅
stevles@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 13d
Yeah, can confirm, FNQ needs their own time zone. Why even stop there? Just split it off to its own continent.