Gunnedah Water Tower Museum — Local services in Gunnedah

Gunnadah’s Water Tower Museum is worth visiting for the exterior Vietnam War mural from the Battle of Long Tan by artist Jenny McCracken alone. The site also offers fabulous district views from the base of the 1908 concrete water reservoir that you can lap up for free.

If you’re up for shelling out five bucks, you can enter the water tower and traipse through the collected history of the local area. Arranged across four levels in the circular museum, it’s a hectic collection spanning war memorabilia, domestic items, costumes, artworks, photographs, and collectable tins.

Those willing to climb the circular stairwell to the roof-top observation deck are rewarded with panoramic views of Gunnedah. Just be sure to shut the door on...

The placement of a bold sign promoting the opening hours and phone numbers of important people in such a prominent position in front of the amazing art piece commemorating those who served in the Vietnam War is paramount to desecration of a war memorial. If they must promote the hours in such an impressive way then please move the sign to the roadside. What is otherwise developing to be a huge visitation site and one of the best remembrance precincts is marred...

What an amazing collection of memorabilia! All was so well displayed and labelled. Clearly this has been a huge job for volunteers to preserve their local history so well. From the murals outside, up (and down) inside for 4 levels, and the viewing platform at the top, this is a wonderful repurposing of the water tower. Well worth a visit but I think only open...