Originally Posted by
Kiwi Flyer
The difference in start and end dates for daylight savings between Australia & NZ is only a matter of a few weeks, i.e. only impacts during transition in spring and autumn with no impact summer and winter. That is, unless travelling via parts of Australia that do not have daylight saving (e.g. BNE).
FWIW, given the OP's travel date of "end of 2013" and the availability now of some northern winter 2013/4 schedules (with that season starting on Sunday 27 October 2013):-
- SYD/MEL: daylight saving starts on Sunday 6 October 2013 at 0200
- CHC/WLG: daylight saving starts on Sunday 29 September 2013 at 0200