Hobart, Worlds Prettiest Roundabout
Published by Aaron Spence on the 16th of February, 2007 — 2 Comments
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While I’m sure there is a prettier round-a-bout somewhere in the world, this one is ‘pretty’ special. Oh and it’s not really a roundabout. When driving, it looks like one, sounds like one, tastes like one, but it has traffic lights so beware. I almost got into trouble a couple of times going around the ’roundabout’ only to slam on the breaks when I realised I had a red light.
[Update] It was pointed out to me that some might think the fountain is the middle of a tiny roundabout. But in this Virtual Tour everything you can see is in the middle of a big roundabout. Have a look at the map below.
The monument in this place is to the Mayors of Hobart from memory, again I can’t find any info about it. The water surges through the fountains up the pole for a while, then comes bucketing down the centre opening. You can also see the glass panels in the bottom of the dish, which allow you to see…. the water 
If you’d like to see what’s going on here right now, check out this traffic camera.
Hahaha… I was just looking at the pano, wondering where are the traffic lights you were talking about!? Then, while I was still puzzled, I’ve noticed the google map (after I closed the DevalVR version of the pano), and it hit me!
So, it took me a few seconds until I realised the confusion, but it’s all clear now! 
Oh, the monument really looks like a landed flying saucer! 
Actually, I have something very close in my city, maybe I’ll shoot it in the spring time 
Made by Andrei Zdetovetchi (http://www.csvd.ro/panoblog/)
Good point, I didn’t think about the fact that it’s not obvious we’re inside and below the street level of the roundabout. I glad you picked up on it though.
And the monument certainly looks like a 1960′s flying saucer, complete with portholes on the bottom. (ie the glass windows on the underside of the dish).
Aaron.
Made by Aaron Spence (http://www.pano.com.au/blog)