It is good to see in one of the main streets of Kiama, Terralong Street (the other main street is Manning Street) that heritage buildings are still alive and being used, and being refurbished, possibly to spruce them up for Kiama Council’s 150th anniversary celebrations coming up in August , 2009!
A photo of the Scot’s Church Tower in Kiama in Terralong Street in July 2009, now being repaired
Another shot of the Kiama Scots Church’s repair work, in Terralong Street, with the sun behind!
Kiama’s Pink Post Office with no clock hands and is on the corner of Terralong Street and Manning Street. Pink and Grey are our heritage colours.
Look, no hands! The Kiama Independent’s Emma Spillet did a story on this in the July 22, 2009 editon and includes some clock history
http://www.kiamaindependent.com.au/article/time_temporarily_disappears_in_kiama
“The post office clock has been a key figure in the town since its erection in 1878.
Installed by Italian man Angelo Tornaghi, the clock is controlled by a pendulum and a double three-legged gravity escarpment, which was the type developed for Westminster’s famous “Big Ben”.
When first built, the four clock faces had white lettering on a black background.
In 1977, the clock faces were altered to feature black lettering on a white background with moulded circles either side of each clock face, encircling the numbers 18 and 78 to the left and right sides respectively.
The clock suffered breakdowns in 1975 and in 1989.
In 1989, the clock was stopped on December 28 at 10.27am, following shock waves from the Newcastle earthquake. “
No Green Cheese Here, Thanks!
Just up from the Scot’s Church at the Old Kiama Fire Station Community Art gallery, celebrated Kiama Artist Chris Anderson, as part of his solo exhibtion, http://www.topix.com/au/kiama/2009/07/brurgeoning-kiama-artist-chris-anderson-goes-from-strength-to-strength
has repainted Daisy the Kiama Cow as a tribute to the 40th anniversary of the Moon landing by Apollo 11, that is, on the Moon.
if you look behind Chris, there is the Scot’s Church on the other side of the road, and in the far distance, on the other side of the railway bridge, is the pink Kiama Post Office.
