The Eastern states in Australia all seem to like it...except that is, the Queenslanders. You seppos have the south, we have the North as our, how shall I say this, less socially current, perhaps. Queensland is a bit like the Periphery, founded by people who could not fit into main stream colonial society for social, economic, political, religious or whatever reasons and were none to taken with higher authority. Like the Periphery, they are fircely proud of what they call "real" values, that amount to what the more socially progressive would call, quaint, old fashinoned or just plain bigotted.
So anything the southern states do, the complete opposite is done by Queensland - Daylight savings, rail guages, washing etc. So even today, the far more decentralised Queensland is afraid that DLS will wake the cows up too early - no seriously, the excuse has been used - so the entire east cost has to deal with thier lack of team play. For those like me who work close to and across the QLD border, its a Royal PAIN in the Ass. The Federal Government then threw out the red rag by declaring that they would mandate DLST. Wow, that really upset the Queenslanders.
However, I love DST, long lazy summer evening where you can play footy or cricket on the beach, sit out on the pubs verandah, or when you have to get up early and drive long distance, the road is dark and quite as all the idiots are still in bed.
