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  1. Well, maybe it's just a stunt for the state election, but today it was announced that the Arthur's Seat chairlift would be rebuilt as a quad chair with a few gondolas. I'm one of the biggest fans of passenger aerial ropeways in the country, but I'll believe it when I see it. I think it's only marginally more likely as the gondola that the Myrtleford Chamber of Commerce want to build going up Mt Buffalo. http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/...from=public_rss http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-na...1030-177ut.html P.S. Since I last posted on this topic, I've found a few more chairlifts including one that was recently built in Queenstown Tasmania. Does anyone know a thing about it, I can't find a website for it. My list of passenger ropeways in Australia. Feel free to correct it or add to it. http://wikiski.com/wiki/index.php/Australi..._.28non_snow.29
  2. From Village Roadshow Limited annual report 2010. p. 3. In September 2010 VRL also announced it had signed a conditional agreement with the New South Wales Government to build and operate VRL's fourth West 'n Wild water park at Prospect in Western Sydney. Subject to finance and various planning approvals, Wet 'n Wild Sydney is expected to open during the summer of 2013/14, with VRL investing approximately $80 million in this world class venue. Catering for all ages the park will include Australia's largest man-made beach and wave pool, duelling water coasters, a variety of both teen and family oriented water slides and a toddler pool with interactive water play zone. ... (then a bit of stuff on water management to placate the greenies). The key here are the words "conditional agreement" and "subject to... various planning approvals". After the disaster of the aborted VRL theme park at Werribee in Victoria, VRL has been scared off dealings with state governments in Australia who are prone to changing their minds depending on how aggressive lobby groups and greenies are, even after a contract has been signed. Sorry to disappoint RaverGuy, but the NSW government were about as ditsy on this issue as the Victorians were. Keneally certainly didn't lure Wet and Wild to NSW, rather VRL had to push very hard to be allowed to build it by reminding her that it would be about the only big construction project in the basket case economy that is Sydney's west. VRL already operate a few tourist attractions in NSW, namely Sydney and Manly Aquariums, Sydney Wildlife World, Sydney Tower Observatory and Skywalk. They are already in NZ too Brendan. A couple of years ago their aquariums division bought Kelly Tarlton's Antarctic Encounter and Underwater World in Auckland.
  3. Whether you liked him and thought he was just a little misguided or disliked him and think he was an evil pervert, there has to be a lot of fun in thinking up apt rides for a Whacko Jacko theme park. I'm not as imaginitive as I'd like to be, but surely we can think up rides based on song titles and/or his idiosyncrasies?
  4. Well that looks like it for Arthur's Seat. The Arthur's Seat chairlift was almost entirely rebuilt in 2003 - 2004, so it's fairly new, especially as it hasn't been used for a few years. There is a strong market for second hand chairlifts. A year ago Mt Buller's ABOM/Howqua chair was demolished and moved to Mt Selwyn (in NSW). They had it operating for this years ski season. Other relocated chairlifts include The Nut (Stanley, Tas) which formerly ran at Mt Baw Baw and various amusement park and showground chairs. So if the proprietor of the Arthurs Seat chair says he can't sell it, then he's not trying very hard! This web page has a list of every chairlift and gondola to operate in Australia. http://wikiski.com/wiki/index.php/Australi..._the_snowfields
  5. I'm a shareholder in Village Roadshow, so I get two for the price of one tickets valid until 31/12/10 for Village, Greater Union and Birch, Carroll & Coye cinemas and these parks: Australian Outback Spectacular, Sydney Tower, Sydney Wildlife World, Sydney Aquarium, Wet & Wild, Sea World, WB Movie World. I recently bought a packet of Coco Pops which had a buy one, get one free voucher on the back for most zoos in the country. This is valid until the end of this year. Snoop around supermarkets and you may still be able to get these packets. Keep your eyes open and it's amazing what you can pick up.
  6. Thanks folks, I couldn't remember the year the old Sydney showgrounds closed. I've also added another chairlift for W.A. It ran at some dressage horse display attraction but had a tendency to break down. It was moved to Adventure World where it appears to be fairly reliable these days, presumably because amusement parks have mechanics experienced with this sort of thing. Back to the Arthur's Seat chairlift. I always thought it would be a good (and fairly slack) summer job for a team from a ski resort. They deal with busier and more complex chairlifts in winter, so running a fixed grip seaside chairlift should be a doddle for them.
  7. Thanks Reanimated, that's exactly the sort of extra information that I'm looking for. I will ammend the page to show your correction.
  8. Hi. I've compiled a list of every chairlift and gondola to ever operate in Australia. http://wikiski.com/wiki/index.php/Australi..._the_snowfields I have the ski resorts sorted out, but details of some chairs and gondolas at parks and showgrounds are a bit rough. I'd be hugely grateful for any extra information or corrections to this listing. Thanks, Dave.
  9. Parks Vic has opened tenders for the chairlift and sent prospectuses to a few dozen possible operators. Applications close in December 2009. On another issue, I've compiled a list of every chairlift and gondola ever built in Australia. While I have the ski resorts covered, not all the information is complete for chairlifts and gondolas at parks and showgrounds. Any extra information (no matter how trivial) would be appreciated. Thanks. http://wikiski.com/wiki/index.php/Australi..._the_snowfields
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