The last week in September is upon us in good old Nu Zulun and that means it’s daylight saving time again. Clocks are put 1 hour forward and one hour disappears from each of our lives. That means over 4 million hours are lost here in Nu Zulun! But the upside is, more daylight in the warm summer nights to come, and better sleeping in the early morning hours without birds twittering at 4 am (as would be the case in the height of summer without daylight saving).
So I am a fan. For me, it means, among other things, Monday night fun runs or walks down at the Northcote Tavern (6 pm) followed by a soothing beer and pleasant company. It is a 5 km run or walk – the walkers start 15 minutes before the runners.
So come one and come all!
Daylight saving of one form or another started back in 1929 in New Zealand. It has been as short as the last Sunday in October to the first Sunday in March and as long as the first Sunday in September to the last Sunday in April. Indeed from 1941 till the close of WW2, daylight saving covered the entire year – gosh those winter mornings must have been dark, but I guess the upshot was energy saving.
Currently, daylight saving is from the last weekend in September to the first Sunday in April – 27 weeks of uninterrupted bliss.
So I am a fan. For me, it means, among other things, Monday night fun runs or walks down at the Northcote Tavern (6 pm) followed by a soothing beer and pleasant company. It is a 5 km run or walk – the walkers start 15 minutes before the runners.
So come one and come all!
Daylight saving of one form or another started back in 1929 in New Zealand. It has been as short as the last Sunday in October to the first Sunday in March and as long as the first Sunday in September to the last Sunday in April. Indeed from 1941 till the close of WW2, daylight saving covered the entire year – gosh those winter mornings must have been dark, but I guess the upshot was energy saving.
Currently, daylight saving is from the last weekend in September to the first Sunday in April – 27 weeks of uninterrupted bliss.
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