Winter Solstice 2024 Sydney. Put simply, the winter solstice is the shortest day (and longest night) of the year. The winter solstice is the shortest day and longest night of the year after which the days begin to get longer and the nights get shorter.

Equinox, if you were wondering, means equal night in latin,. A period of up to three nights where minimum temperatures plunged to below freezing at many inland centres across new.