[talk-au] Australian Timezones

[Ross Scanlon]

On Sun, 20 Jun 2010 11:52:47 +1000
John Smith <deltafoxtrot256 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Does anyone know why Linderman Island and 2 other islands close to the
> northern Qld coast get their own time zone?

Tourism.

When the southern states are on daylight saving Lindeman has daylight saving time.

Don't know if the other island's are still doing it though.

I don't think it's an official timezone, and they do get confused at Lindeman at times, especially the guests.

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Cheers
Ross