At the start of the interesting walk through Townsville's CBD , tourists are advised not to set their watches by the drunken clocks atop the former post office tower as they are not working .
At the very beginning of the proudly proclaimed Townsville Civic Pride Trail , we encounter the Victory in the Pacific fountain - part of a car hubcap or an enemy depth charge in the bottom chamber which obviously needs work on the plumbing. In a military garrison town you would expect that the combined authorities could better look after war memorials than this , but the waterfront scribe repeatedly points out this is not the case.
An artistically arranged empty drink container sits on the top chamber wall , the nearby tree so overgrown it is resting on the structure , dropping seeds into the water, which probably block the system's filter. Seeds enjoyed by fig birds .
At the nearby fine old railway building , where its tower clock is also not working , the former ticket office with its railway staff honour roll , including WWl , as usual , is in need of a sweep, lots of leaves about , grit . But wait, what is that colourful item on the tiled floor which looks like cut out paper shorts for an Aussie child not supposed to be living in poverty ? It seems to be a Grecian travel garment.
