DST loses out to winter

As I sit here writing this we have just come off the back of the second long weekend in one month. April is the almost mid year break for Australians, getting Good Friday and Easter Monday, then a bank holiday Monday for Anzac weekend. Even better than that, we get another day off on the Queens birthday. Go figure.

I guess the other reason that this free for all holiday fest happens is that we have sadly lost Daylight Savings, which means no sooner than you leave the office the world around you is pitch black. If you want more daylight, you have to get up at 5.10am for sunrise. Boo to that!

In fact the DST switch seems to have affected quite a number of things. The weather seems to have been flicked on the same depressing day, Its now a crappy 17-20 degrees, cloudy and grey. Its even started to rain! The kids are now back at school, and no one is on the beach at seemingly any time of the day. Even worse they have disappeared altogether! All this occurs because some farmer wanted to make sure his sleeping pattern coincided with the cows milking times.

Hey, it could be worse, I suppose we might get some snow down in the mountains, and that means a bit of skiing!

In the mean time I am busy with my IRB (Inflatable Ruescue Boat) course with Lifesaving, and that's a whole lot of fun, crashing over the waves and plucking victims out of the water before coming in and beaching the boat at the greatest possible rate.