If you prefer sleek new vessels, then head over to the annual Austin Boat & Travel Trailer Show each January. The show features fishing boats, wakeboard boats, kayaks, runabouts, and cruisers from local and national dealers at the Austin Convention Center.
Create a masterpiece at Ceramics Bayou, a paint-your-own pottery studio where you can choose from more than 400 art pieces to decorate and take home. Voted one of the top five family outings in Austin.
Visit the final resting place of Governors, Senators, Legislators, Congressmen, Judges and other legendary Texans at the Texas State Cemetery. Icons such as Stephen F. Austin, General Albert Sidney Johnston, Governor Allan Shivers, Governor John Connally, and Lieutenant Governor Bob Bullock are buried here.
The Jimmy Clay Golf Course opened in 1974 and is one of the city's premier 18-hole public golf courses. Surrounded by Williamson Creek, the course is 6918 yards and was designed by golf course architect Joe Finger. Major renovations in 2007 brought huge improvements to the course. All of the greens were revamped and replanted and all of the bunkers were rebuilt. The relatively challenging course is known for wide-open areas and large, elevated greens. A few undersized greens, however, will keep golfers on their toes. Local golfers often comment on the vigorously healthy greens and fairways, attributing the lush growth to the fact that the course was built on top of a landfill.