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Originally Posted by Jethro777
For the first part, you say the dowel will cast a shadow at noon - I always thought at noon the only shadow would be the diameter of the dowel -.no shadow. Am I wrong?
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Assuming you are south of the tropic of Capricorn (23.43677° south of the Equator - eg south of Rockhampton )
you will always have a southerly inclined shadow (in daylight).
At Solar Noon it is pointing directly true South, AFAIK.