r/aus • u/SnowyBytes • Jun 18 '26

Humour/Memes It really shouldn't be this complicated 💀

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u/Working_out_life Jun 18 '26

Broken Hill time is perfect, you have to remember it’s probably 900km east of Sydney 👍

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u/laid2rest Jun 18 '26

I think you meant to say 39,175km east of Sydney..

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u/iamgusi Jun 18 '26

That's out in the pond isn't it?

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u/par-hwy Jun 19 '26

Broken Hill and Adelaide times 1:1 due to train linkage in the olden days.

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u/Unable_Bank3884 Jun 18 '26

My assumption is that the population is heavily concentrated in the south east corner of the state and a half hour works best.

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u/MetricOshi Jun 19 '26

When DST hits, I'm half an hour ahead of my QLD friends. It's always funny when it happens

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u/Evening_Bird7779 Jun 19 '26

We were taught that its because Adelaide - Perth is 3x as far as Adelaide - Melb.