The legacy of cricketing great Andrew Symonds will live on in north Queensland as a grandstand at Townsville's Riverway Stadium is officially named in his honour.
Andrew 'Roy' Symonds Grandstand was officially unveiled by his children and mother Barbara in an emotional tribute on Friday.
"It just feels like he's going to be loved from every direction, like he's going to be loved from everyone," his daughter Chloe, 10, said.
"I know he didn't like anything big, and it's not a big grandstand…so he would probably have loved that," she said.
Symonds's son Will, 8, said he remembered spending hours with his dad at the cricket nets at Riverway Stadium.
"We used to have this tennis ball machine that he used to feed balls to me … we used to bat them all day," he said.
"I miss all of that about him and I wish I could have said goodbye to him.
"[With the grandstand] I'll always remember it now, he's always up there and he's looking down on me."
The popular all-rounder died in a car accident on the Hervey Range near Townsville on May 14.
Symonds became a stalwart in north Queensland's cricketing community, where he settled after retiring from the game.
"He liked that there wasn't a lot of attention [in north Queensland] and all of the good fishing spots and catching barras," daughter Chloe said.
Riverway Stadium hosted its first one-day international series between Australia and Zimbabwe in August, which held a tribute featuring a handful of items that summed up the north Queensland outdoorsman: his crab pot, Akubra and fishing rod.
Will and Chloe acted as drinks carriers during the series.
Symonds' mother Barbara said the grandstand would help to immortalise the legacy of her son.
"He was just my boy who loved playing cricket," she said.
"But to know that he was loved so much by so many people, it makes you very proud."
Symonds played 26 tests for Australia and won two one-day World Cups.
Townsville City Council will erect a permanent cyclone-proof sign for the grandstand after community consultation.
