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by Taniwha 816 days ago
If you face south in both hemisphere's it comes up on the same side - it's only if you face the equator that it's different
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I think sun position at noon/during the day would trip up any person from north if someone would ask them "point to south" while being in Australia or south hemisphere. I can imagine because of that the effect of wrong side sun coming up can be rather strong.
oh totally, I was lost, turned around, for the first few months I lived in the US, never really realised I subconsciously navigated by the sun