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Cottesloe Sundial

Let the sun do the timekeeping for a moment. Cottesloe's sculptural sundial stands on Mudurup, the limestone headland at the southern end of the main beach and a place of continuing significance to Whadjuk Noongar people. Designed by Considine & Griffiths with astrophysicist Tony Hooley for Australia's 1988 Bicentenary, it turns limestone, concrete, stainless steel and sunlight into a working clock.

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Cottesloe Sundial
Stone terrace and ocean view beside Cottesloe Sundial

Follow the path south of Cottesloe Surf Life Saving Club to Mudurup Rocks. The sundial stands on the limestone headland beside the groyne approach.

Unlike a simple garden sundial, this one was designed to indicate Western Australian Standard Time. On a sunny day, look for the shadow crossing the engraved stainless-steel plates and see how close you can get to your phone's clock. The design accounts for Cottesloe's position within the time zone and the seasonal difference between clock time and solar time.

Architects Considine & Griffiths worked with astrophysicist Tony Hooley on the structure, which was commissioned by the Town of Cottesloe as its Bicentennial project and officially opened in November 1988. Walk around it and the openings frame changing pieces of ocean, sky and limestone headland.

The setting matters too. Mudurup is more than a convenient lookout: the Town recognises it as a significant Whadjuk Noongar place associated with the Wardun Beelier, the Indian Ocean. From here you can continue around the limestone headland towards the Cove or wander back towards Cottesloe's main beach, but don't wander beyond the fence line as the limstone cliff can be unstable.

Town of Cottesloe - Aboriginal Culture and Heritage

Cottesloe History - Sundial

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