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Protein spill? lol. are you serious?

I heard a rumour that some of the kiddy rides were sent for refurbishment in New Zealand? Possibly for Rainbow's End? Is this the case?

Just curious, were you allowed to run any rides in manual operation at WL? or were they all set to automated cycles and times?

You were just taking advantage of Wonderland's 'open door policy' right?

I'm not so sure about the truth to this comment - sounds like something ride operators are typically told by management. Wind conditions with operating amusement rides are more likely enforced for rider safety, ultimately by WorkCover. Same as lightening. Go easy on the park emergency code speil eh? Copy that? Get a Zulu up ya.

Arthurs Seat chairlift operators charged May 10, 2005 - 12:19PM, The Age Victoria's work safety authority WorkSafe has charged the operators of a Victorian chairlift over an incident last year that left a 77-year-old woman with broken legs. Tri Thi Le's chair on the popular Arthurs Seat attraction on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula came loose and slid into the chair in front on March 18, 2004. The Preston woman's legs were crushed and she needed pins inserted in them. It was the second accident for the troubled chairlift in just over a year, after part of it collapsed in January 2003. Eighteen people were injured and 65 people were trapped in their seats in that incident. WorkSafe had lifted a prohibition notice in October to allow the ride to reopen when its operators showed it had the capacity to operate safely. The move followed upgrades including collision barriers between chairs, chair height above the road increased and improvement in wind and weather monitoring. But yesterday, WorkSafe charged Arthurs Seat Scenic Chairlift Pty Ltd over the incident for an alleged breach of the Occupational Health and Safety Act. AdvertisementAdvertisement The charge alleges a breach of section 22 of the act, which says that employers must not expose persons other than employees to risks arising from the employer's conduct or undertaking. The company could be fined up to $250,000 under the act. Worksafe said they would not make any further comment about the case as it was before the courts. - AAP

That is a good question. Not too sure on the status, I had assumed it was back up and running again after its last incident (alleged by the owner to be sabotage) I will keep you posted of anything in the Melbourne papers on this matter.

Wonder how much he paid for it? (if anything!) http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi...6181268492&rd=1

In theory, with dead wind conditions, and a phenominally perfect balance weight distribution of riders, I see no reason why the ride could not stop indefiinately upsidedown. I often thought about this ever since I first rode an old Intamin ship in Canada (which was inside a shopping mall I might add). It made me think, if there was a deliberate installation of some sort of irregular weight in one side of it to help guard against the possibility of it hanging perfectly inverted. (I have had this happen in automatic operation of a double swinging ship, only to find the ride's PLC kick in with a quick jolt to keep it moving after 10 seconds or so. (I prefer mannual operation - a bit like the arguement of control in 'manual Vs automatic' transmission in a car, however given that a lot of people can't cope with 'manual', parks must standardise their operating procedures)

Yes this French designed ride does have many highly specialised components. (Reverchon). It was way ahead of it's time when designed around 1980 - as far as 'Matterhon' rides go, this was by far the most advanced and enjoyable design IMO. As for it not being trailer mounted? Well Wonderland's example was possibly the only PERMANENTLY mounted example of this ride, possibly in the world? I would say it was built in Melbourne Australia like 4 or 5 were back in the early to mid 1980's under license to Reverchon specifications. Other examples in Australia include these 2: Luna Park Melbourne (trailer mounted) http://www.ride-extravaganza.com/rides/exp...explorer_05.jpg And this portable one which has since been sold to China (it too required some specialised bearings replaced, and thus proved economically not-viable for its prior owners. http://www.ride-extravaganza.com/rides/exp...explorer_03.jpg The ride has a highly compact single trailer design (yes single trailer!) These pictures demonstrate it with this ex-Dutch version, by far the best operating example of one in the world. (now in Ireland) [photo's of it being racked can be seen at the bottom] http://www.australianamusementfanatics.com...topic.php?t=494 It remains one of my all time favourite rides. It was interesting how much smaller the Tazzy Devil looked compared to transportable versions. I was once told by a maintenance man that it was in fact smaller, but I don't think this is true. Same usual 20 seat capacity, DjSuperSleuth can you confirm this? I would love to see some decent photo's of it, do you have any? Feel free to email me some! I've written up a small section on the ride on my webpage also http://www.ride-extravaganza.com/rides/explorer/

Interesting stuff Richard. Wish I had access to the article. I did get a copy mailed to me of another article written by a Geelong newspaper (Geelong is about 100km south west of Melbourne) It's a fairly shallow review like most, but did have a nice A3 picture of Luna's manic expression. (though I must say I much rather Melbourne's)