Singleton Sundial

To the Singleton Community the Sundial represents its bicentennial celebrations; it was the major feature of the Bicentennial Riverside Park Project. The sundial formed a gateway to the Hunter River, picnic areas and recreational and sporting facilities also developed in the 1988 bicentennial project.

Construction of the Sundial was financed by Lemington Coal Mine, a State Bicentennial Grant and generous contributions from mining, industry and community groups within and around Singleton. Its stands as a visible link between the old and the new - an ancient method of time telling set in the midst of the new development in Singleton.

The idea of the Sundial was first projected in 1982 by the Singleton Greening Australia Committee as an entrance way to the town's proposed 1988 bicentennial project. Friday March 20 1987 saw the completion and official handing over of the Sundial to the people of Singleton and the presentation of a certificate of recognition for the Sundial being the largest in the world from the Guinness Book of Records. 

Monolithic Sundial weighing 30 tonnes, set near the Hunter River, is the gateway to the largest sporting area in the region.