We had walked driven past this fountain on Victoria Parade, Devonport, Tasmania on numerous occasions and had often commented on the poor display of water with only two streams. Today we were walking past and took a closer look. We were very surprised that it was a time piece. There is a plaque with digits in Roman Numerals. One of the streams of water casts a shadow on the numbered plaque and this can be used to read the time. We were there at 4:50pm EDST (or 3:50pm EST) and the shadow was just before the “four” on the dial. From this observation, this time piece appears to be quite accurate, at least at this time of the year. We will no longer make derisive comments about the “piddling” streams – it is actually quite ingeneous.