[tz] [PATCH 1/5] Holiday Islands does not exist.

Clive D.W. Feather clive at davros.org
Sun Feb 21 23:16:30 UTC 2016


J William Piggott said:
> On 02/20/2016 08:43 PM, Robert Elz wrote:
> >     Date:        Sat, 20 Feb 2016 17:04:24 -0500
> >     From:        J William Piggott <elseifthen at gmx.com>
> >     Message-ID:  <56C8E2E8.5080700 at gmx.com>
> > 
> > 
> >   | +# There is no location named Holiday Islands in Queensland Australia, holiday
> >   | +# islands is a colloquial term used globally.
> > 
> > That's true, but it is a widely used nomenclature, and probably better
> > known that Whitsunday Islands.
> 
> Its wide use is what makes it a poor identifier to use in the zone
> tables. It is used in referring to all of the Great Barrier Reef
> holiday destinations, e.g., Bribie Island, Fraser Island, Great Keppel
> Island, Lizard Island, Magnetic Island. This zone doesn't apply to them.
> 
> Most of the commercial websites I've found that cater to this specific
> group of holiday islands refer to them by their proper name, ether
> 'Whitsunday Islands' or simply the 'Whitsundays'.

If someone can clarify the question, I can ask my boss, who sits at the
next desk to me and is a Queenslander.

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