Daylight Saving 2025 Australia. Australia observe daylight saving time in new south wales, victoria, south australia, tasmania, the australian capital territory, lord howe island, and norfolk island. But what exactly is daylight saving time (dst), why was it introduced, which countries use it, and how does it affect your travels?

This is a reminder to turn your clocks forward one hour for the start of the 2025/2026 daylight saving period on sunday 5 october 2025. In hobart dst ends on the first sunday of april meaning clocks will go back by one hour.