This is the top of Sydney's Town Hall and its 55-metre tall clock tower, which opened in 1873. The original clock was made by Gillet & Co in 1883. The town hall and clock tower were built between 1869 and 1889 from Pyrmont ‘yellow block’ sandstone, which was used in the restoration completed in 2013. The clock was re-gilded with three rings of gold leaf like the original.
In the background from left some buildings along the intersection of George Street and Bathurst Street: an unremarkable Meriton building; Ausgrid is the former Energy Australia and a big supplier of electricity in Sydney and nearby regions; the flag is Aboriginal not German; the post-modern edifice behind the clock tower was once branded Coopers & Lybrand but current tenant HSBC has skimped on a vanity sign; the triple pencil towers are the Lumiere apartments complex.
