Wednesday, 13 May 2020

Water Park, Goondiwindi

The National Heritage and Water Park in Goondiwindi was opened in 2004 and offers plenty of activities for all ages.  The purpose built 3km water channel provides great opportunities for water sports of all kinds including waterskiing, wakeboarding, canoeing and boating.  It's also the perfect place to view the vast bird life, have a picnic on the lawn or swim at the 'designated' area.
Taken from the Queensland Government web sight.

When there last year the water was very low and didn't look good - don't think I would like to swim in that water.  There were change rooms and toilets plus seating undercover.
The photos show various parts of the water park as we walked around.














Monday, 11 May 2020

The Race Horse.

The most famous resident of Goondiwindi was Gunsynd, a Thoroughbred race horse known as 'The Goondiwindi Grey. In the late 1960's and early 1970's, Gunsynd had 29 wins, came third in the 1972 Melbourne Cup.
The statue of the Jockey and Gunsynd are down near the Bridge which is the border between Queensland and New South Wales (NSW).




Goondiwindi Custom House and Museum. 


 Victoria Hotel started life in Queen Victoria's Day. To read the history you can go here.