My American experience with Australia is that the distance and time zones is a huge issue. They're effectively a half day apart from the US, and pingtimes are

My American experience with Australia is that the distance and time zones is a huge issue. They're effectively a half day apart from the US, and pingtimes are way higher. You wake up there and your family is just finishing work. It is very effective for getting work done around the clock and having oncall all the time without waking people up!