After WW2 there was optimism. The future was exciting and changes were coming. This was the prevailing mood when the roundabout was designed.
There was an international competition to design a new roundabout. It was won by a group of designers from Cadbury, Hobart.
The design features cars of the day, jet fins and space ships. Including an underpass from the city to the Domain.
The fountain had 92 colored lights, 120 fountain jets and a model spacecraft.
1962: The roundabout was built.
In Feb 1963 the fountain was officially opened.
It is called the Railway Roundabout because the ABC is situated where a railway station used to exist.
It was a memorial for all Hobarts mayor, whose names are all engraved on the sandstone.
1999: A naked burnt body was found in the fountain. A sad story involving a man, sleeping on the Domain, covered by a burning, inflammable liquid. The burning man enters the fountain in order to put on the flames. The coroner recorded an open finding. The story has become part of local folklore.
2004-2014: 1700 car crashes at the roundabout.
Recently the fountain has been renovated. It is now much easier to change the color of the lights. This is done regularly on special occasions.
There was an international competition to design a new roundabout. It was won by a group of designers from Cadbury, Hobart.
The design features cars of the day, jet fins and space ships. Including an underpass from the city to the Domain.
The fountain had 92 colored lights, 120 fountain jets and a model spacecraft.
1962: The roundabout was built.
In Feb 1963 the fountain was officially opened.
It is called the Railway Roundabout because the ABC is situated where a railway station used to exist.
It was a memorial for all Hobarts mayor, whose names are all engraved on the sandstone.
1999: A naked burnt body was found in the fountain. A sad story involving a man, sleeping on the Domain, covered by a burning, inflammable liquid. The burning man enters the fountain in order to put on the flames. The coroner recorded an open finding. The story has become part of local folklore.
2004-2014: 1700 car crashes at the roundabout.
Recently the fountain has been renovated. It is now much easier to change the color of the lights. This is done regularly on special occasions.
