PROGRAM FOR AROUND GOOLWA - HISTORY WEEK
21 – 30 MAY 2010

MUNDOO ISLAND AND COORONG TOURS

Sally Grundy  8555 2242 or 0418 843 299
1-1/2 hour mini-bus tour of an operating cattle station (the last farming property on the River Murray).  Visit Mundoo and Ewe Islands, crossing the Mundoo and Boundary Creek Barrages. Enjoy the birdlife of the Coorong, station, barrage construction & paddle steamer history.
Saturday 22 May  10.30am - 12 noon
Tuesday 25 May 10.30am - 12 noon
Friday 28 May 10.30am - 12 noon
Limited to 19 people.  Bookings essential.
Cost  $30 pp

CITTASLOW PICNIC AND TOUR OF CURRENCY CREEK CEMETERY

Sunday 23 May beginning at 12 noon
BYO everything for a picnic in the Currency Creek Lions Park, Goolwa Main Road, Currency Creek - don't forget warm clothes (and umbrella)! Carol Gaston will introduce some of the features of the region. This will be followed by a guided tour of the historic Currency Creek Cemetery where many of Goolwa's pioneers and riverboat captains now rest. Cost:    free
Enquiries: 8555 5801 Lyn Clark

The AUSTRALASIAN circa 1858 MAY HISTORY TOURS

Deb Smalley and Juliet Michell
1 Porter Street, Goolwa
Sunday 23 May at 2pm and 4pm
Cost:    $10
Tour Focus: The Builder and first Publican, Oliver Willcock, Ancestors of the late Freda Ogilvy and present owner Juliet Michell’s link to Goolwa’s past
Bookings: 8555 1088

STEAMRANGER - RAIL FEST

Special activities in Goolwa and Victor Harbor - food, refreshment and live music. Entertainment and family fun. Heritage photographic and memorabilia display. Vintage machinery displa.y

Sunday 23 May
Wednesday 26 May
Sunday 30 May
Times: 10.00am, 12.15pm and 2.45pm
Cost: Special Round Trip Return Fares
Adults   - $26.00        
Child   - $15.00
Seniors (holders of State Government issued Seniors Card)   - $23.00
Family (2 adults and 2 children or 1 adult and 3 children)   - $64.00
Book online (http://www.steamranger.org.au), SteamRanger Booking Office (1300 655 991) or at Goolwa Visitor Information Centre 1300 466 592
Contact: (refer Don Snow 8552 7167 or 0413 183 146)

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A Cruise Back in Time
Sunday 30 May -  Goolwa Wharf 
10.30am -12.30pm - 2.30pm
Adult: $15.00 each
Children (5-15) - Must be accompanied by an Adult: $6.00 each
Family ticket - 2 adults + 2 children: $35.00
Concession: $12.00 each
Bookings essential - Goolwa Visitor Information Centre 1300 466 592

BANK SA

Heritage display in bank during business hours, Cadell Street, Goolwa
Enquiries: Margaret Kovaleff 8555 5389

GOOLWA BUSINESS HISTORY IN PICTURES

Visit local Goolwa businesses during business hours and discover some of the history of their businesses or the buildings in which they operate.
Beading Pretty - Railway Terrace Goolwa
Cotton Pins and Crafty Things - Railway Terrace Goolwa
D&D Mechanical 54 Gardiner Street, Goolwa
South Coast Lending 31 Cadell Street, Goolwa
The Marina Hindmarsh Island
The Australasian 1858 1 Porter Street, Goolwa
South Lakes Golf Club - see the DVD - Billabong Road, Goolwa
Priceline Pharmacy
River Dolls of Goolwa/Ausbow Industries/Dollies Lollies - 33 Cadell Street, Goolwa
Cafe Lime 1/11 Goolwa Terrace, Goolwa
Your Finishing Touch 9 Hay Street, Goolwa
Goolwa Visitor Information Centre, Old Post Office Building, corner Cadell St and Cutting Road

FOOD EXPERIENCE

Rankines at Whistlestop
7 Hay Street Goolwa 

A 'PRETTY' GOOD COLLECTION

Wednesday 26 May -  Goolwa Library and History Room 
View a collection of documents and photographs of Goolwa people and buildings compiled by Mr W A Pretty.
Enquiries Dawn Juers 8555 2885

Enquries to Goolwa Visitor Informmation Centre - 1300 466 592

Lyn Clark Cittaslow Goolwa Inc (08) 8555 5801

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