This boat slip is a local icon. It was falling down, but some dedicated locals resurrected it.
Neville Balgue came to Wynnum in 1922 to work on the recently installed electricity service. He converted a 25’ sailing boat to a bay boat and called her “Lizzie”. He applied to the then Town Council of Wynnum to build a slip for her at the bottom of Havelock (Penfold) Parade. The boat and the slip passed to his son-in-law and the hardwood posts stand today a useful perch for the pelicans and the seabirds. There are holes in the posts. The boat to be serviced is floated between the posts on high tide and the bearers adjusted beneath. When the tide ebbs, the barnacles can be scraped off the bottom of the boat in readiness for painting.
