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By Jayde de Bondt, Bond University journalism student
The Market Square clock tower has been playing havoc on local residents and business owners because one side of the tower is displaying the incorrect time.
Locals have developed innovative ways to tell the time without relying on the clock and its many different faces.
Blackboard café employee Andy Kiggundu always wears a watch to work so he does not have to worry about trying to find out the time from others.
“If I forget to wear a watch to work I end up asking customers for the time,” he said.
“It’s not because I cannot see the clock tower, it’s because I don’t believe I can rely on it for an accurate time.”
The northern side of the Market Square clock tower is half an hour behind the other clock faces and the correct Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST).
Varsity Lakes resident Rebecca Thompson didn’t know that the clock tower was meant to tell the correct AEST.
“Because the time is different depending on which clock face you look at, I just thought it was a feature, rather than an indicator of the actual time,” she said.
Residents have said this is not the first time one of the faces on the clock tower has displayed the incorrect time or broken down.
CB Richard Ellis (CBRE), who own and maintain the clock tower, were unavailable for comment.
This issue will hopefully be resolved in the near future.
Caption: Passersby would be confused by the differing times on the Market Square clock tower one face saying it is 1:32pm, the other saying it is 2:02pm.
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