rec.autos.simulators

>Here In Australia on the East coast NSW and VIC went onto daylight saving
>time the night before the race and Qld didn't so although the race finished
>around 4pm local time in Qld, in Sydney NSW it was 5pm and for the host
>broadcaster Channel 10 that is time for the news so Sydney calls the shots
>and so telecast ends. TV execs must be the same the world over.Here on there
>later sports show we didn't get much more of the interview either so they
>must have sent the crew home just after they stopped showing it live here.
>   And all they had to do was start the race around 30 mins earlier and even
>a timed race would have left plenty of post race time .

> I don't know why QLD hasn't gone daylight savings. A mate was up there
> and said it was sunny before 5am, getting dark at 6pm. Go figure.

> Pretty ridiculous, spend all this time with pre-race fluff and then
> cut to the news after 2mins of interviews. no good.

> Rafe Mc

> On Mon, 29 Oct 2001 13:33:59 +1100, "Brett Shannon"

> >Here In Australia on the East coast NSW and VIC went onto daylight saving
> >time the night before the race and Qld didn't so although the race finished
> >around 4pm local time in Qld, in Sydney NSW it was 5pm and for the host
> >broadcaster Channel 10 that is time for the news so Sydney calls the shots
> >and so telecast ends. TV execs must be the same the world over.Here on there
> >later sports show we didn't get much more of the interview either so they
> >must have sent the crew home just after they stopped showing it live here.
> >   And all they had to do was start the race around 30 mins earlier and even
> >a timed race would have left plenty of post race time .

>> I don't know why QLD hasn't gone daylight savings. A mate was up there
>> and said it was sunny before 5am, getting dark at 6pm. Go figure.

>Queensland doesn't bother with daylight savings. It's GMT+9 all year
>there. And as close to the equator as it is, the sun sets around 6 and
>it is dead dark 15 minutes later. Pretty weird to watch when I'm used
>to living just south of the polar circle, where the sun is under the
>horizon for 2 hours mid summer. And is up for like 5 hours mid winter :)

> >> I don't know why QLD hasn't gone daylight savings. A mate was up there
> >> and said it was sunny before 5am, getting dark at 6pm. Go figure.

> >Queensland doesn't bother with daylight savings. It's GMT+9 all year
> >there. And as close to the equator as it is, the sun sets around 6 and
> >it is dead dark 15 minutes later. Pretty weird to watch when I'm used
> >to living just south of the polar circle, where the sun is under the
> >horizon for 2 hours mid summer. And is up for like 5 hours mid winter :)

> Far be it from me to be a pedant but Australia Eastern Standard Time,
> covering Tasmania, Victoria, New South Wales (most) and Queensland, is
> GMT +10.