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Did a quick morning Google on the Samford one (Samford's the area I grew up in so to hear that there was a bobsled in town is really neat). Jumping on QImagery, it looks like it didn't last all that long, maybe less than a decade (it's clear as day in the 1992 & 1987 images, not visible prior to 1983 in a completed form and then basically gone by the 1994 images). FYI, that site is now a cafe/wedding venue with a really lovely view of a part of Samford Valley that's now soccer grounds and parklands (was formerly a CSIRO research site). 1992 Images from Queensland Imagery: 1997-ish Images from Queensland Imagery: And some footage from a recent-ish 7news Flashback:

Nearmap hasn't done much on the gold coast this year - a few of their planned flights were changed to cover the flooded areas in February, then down in NSW, and then back up in SEQ, but they did have a day to cover Dreamworld. Dated 20 April 2022. Not much different, but the boneyard has a few things of interest: Looks like some log flume boats, the diesel shunting locomotive on some tracks, and a few other things on tracks that I don't think are the original carriages. I suspect the rest of the gold coast will update shortly so will update here as they come available.

My sled and I went over the side of the track, and I ended up on the grass at Smaford, when I was a kid. From memory it was common.

blink twice if you're being held against your will.

All gone. Samford you can see in old aerial image. Kinkuna Country was closed and replaced with housing Lakeside Leisure park also closed in the late 90s I think. you can see it if you turn back the clock on Google Earth near Brodie Rd, Huntfield Heights.