What

1
Whats Cool About Austin?

• Sharing Austin with Newcomers

2
Finding Austin Activities

• What are some fun things to do in Austin?
• parks and lakes
• arts and music
• history and culture
• tourist attractions
• family fun

3
Austin Parks

• The Austin Parks and Recreation Department
  oversees
• 208 parks (theres one near you!)
• 14 preserves (sanctuaries for native plants,
  native animals and unique natural features)
• 25 greenbelts (parkland on creeks
  and canyons)
• For information on parks, swimming, sports and
  recreation, youth activities, and more, please
  refer to the City of Austin parks guide
  http//www.ci.austin.tx.us/parks/ or Austin
  Parks Foundation http//www.austinparks.org/

4
Interested in Arts and Music?

• Check out the Austin Arts page for links to
  museums, galleries, concerts, plays, dance, and
  morehttp//www.austinlinks.com/Arts/
• Find out about live music venues and musicians on
  the Austin music page http//www.austinlinks.com/
  Music/
• find a calendar of events from the Austin
  Chronicle http//www.austinchronicle.com/gbase/Ca
  lendar/MusicListings
• check out the City of Austin music page
  http//www.ci.austin.tx.us/music/

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How About History and Culture?

• Consider these
• the Texas Memorial Museum http//www.utexas.edu/tm
  m/
• the Harry Ransom Center http//www.hrc.utexas.edu/
  home.html
• the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum
  http//www.thestoryoftexas.com/
• the George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural
  Center http//www.ci.austin.tx.us/carver/
• the French Legation Museum http//www.frenchlegati
  onmuseum.org/
• the Austin Childrens Museum http//www.austinkids
  .org/
• the Mexic-Arte Museum http//www.mexic-artemuseum.
  org/info/index.html

6
Want to Visit Tourist Attractions?

• Find out about the State Capitol, Governors
  Mansion, Congress Avenue, Sixth Street, Barton
  Springs, UT Austin, Lake Austin, Mount Bonnell,
  and more on these pages
• http//www.wordtravels.com/Cities/Texas/Austin/Att
  ractions
• http//www.austinwebpage.com/
• http//www.tripadvisor.com/Attractions-g30196-Acti
  vities-c7-Austin_Texas.html

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Take the Whole Family!

• Use this page http//www.austincityguide.com/nav
  f/austin-things-to-do.asp?showFamilyFun to
  learn about
• the Austin Ice Bats
• Volente Beach
• Austin Rock Gym
• Austin Rowing
• IMAX Theatre
• Just-For-Fun Watercraft Rentals
• and dont forget the Austin Zoo !
  http//www.austinzoo.org/

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Want to Know More?

• Use Google or your favorite search engine or
  check out an Austin Chronicle for more
  information about Austin.