Where Time Stands Still Locationless, Locationless, Locationless
By SG-3 on 15-Feb-08. Waypoint GA1002

Time waits for no man, except where these clocks are!

This Cache is about finding those public timepieces that are now frozen in time (ie they are no longer running!) The clocks have to be outside, and each clock (even if multi-faced) can only be logged once.

To log, you are required to take a photo of the clock AND your GPSr showing the correct time! This can be a little tricky; I found with my camera that if I held the GPS at arms-length and in the centre of the shot, then half-pressed the shutter button for it to focus on the GPS, I could then lower the GPS and completely depress the button. (Poor button!)

 I then took another shot of the clock only, so it could be seen clearly. For clarity’s sake I selected the GPS screen in an image-enhancement software package, and increased the contrast on this area. 

I will be more forgiving with you, and generally take your word for it if it is hard to read the GPS in your image! Please include the location coordinates, time the photo(s) was/were taken, and any interesting information you can share on your slumbering chronometer!

I used as my example Scots Church in Bathurst Street, Hobart. The clock stopped around 10 years ago and no longer chimes because there simply aren't the funds or the manpower to keep it running.

The Thwaites and Reed clock is one of a collection of six purportedly gifted to Tasmania in the 1830s by the King of England, George V. However, the six clocks appear to have arrived in 1828, as they were on an inventory of the ship, the 'York'; this brings the whole “Royal Donation” notion into question.

The other five clocks are all still in the state, and as far as I know (here's an extra challenge!) are still running!  They are:

(Old Trinity) Penitentiary Chapel, Hobart (Still running reliably, but no longer chiming)

St John's Church at Newtown (Still running reliably and still, I believe, ringing on the hour)

St John’s Anglican Church, Launceston (Still running)

St Luke’s Anglican Church, Richmond- Clock was installed in 1922; it had first been installed in the tower of St David's, Hobart ( Still running, although in 2005 legal proceedings where being taken to silence the chimes!)

 There were, in the original inventory, two faces for each clock and mechanisms to operate those faces.   The Penitentiary Chapel clock was installed by convict clock maker Richard Waters, and it is possible Waters installed the other five clocks which are now dotted around the State, although not all are in their original locations.

By the way, the Penitentiary Chapel and Criminal Courts Complex at 98 Campbell Street, just around the corner, is well and truly worth a visit, especially if you like gallows, underground tunnels, and prison cells!