Tipsy clock above what was once the Townsville CBD post office , now part of The Brewery ale house and venue , is again displaying different times , as shown by this blog's exclusive photograph. The clock had not been working for ages and we drew attention to the fact that it was not a good look for the Queen City of the North.
Indeed, popular British television presenter Tony Robinson came to Townsville for one of his highly regarded history time walk shows and asked the pub when the clock would be fixed .
Indeed, popular British television presenter Tony Robinson came to Townsville for one of his highly regarded history time walk shows and asked the pub when the clock would be fixed .
Eventually repaired and ticking late last year , it took the local media some time to pick up the fact . Now that it is again looking like a wall eyed drunk , it has again escaped media coverage , civic comment and action .
It has been suggested by an eminent Swiss watchmaker that the holding of a Paul Murray Show (Sky) in The Brewery may have caused the clock to go haywire . A repeat Sky performance on the premises during the federal election campaign , he warns , could result in the clock exploding like a jack-in-the-box on all faces.
