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Funny that, add 2 and 2 what do you get? The GD brakes the same way the Probe did (does) Obviously there are more magnets on GD because of its higher carrying capacity but the principle remains the same.

Well having a dent like that would require a ultrasonic inspection at the very least. These are pressure vessels and any damage needs to be inspected and deemed safe before they are used.

You bet it would cost more to gradually pull down and rebuild but compared with the alternative of not being allowed to demolish - rebuild then the money must be forthcoming and from a family who loves rollercoasters I have no doubt they will spend what is needed.

One of the problems with just scrapping it is you give the local council the chance to not approve a replacement coaster and believe me they are not the easiest council to deal with. So there is the potential to do a "major refit" and then section by section replace the coaster with a new type.

Well they are the initials of the Site/Project Engineer who is Philip's daughter. I find it interesting that she has quoted you 2010 as this is her project and her schedule now is pretty much focusing on this project. Discussions will be had shortly regarding the feasability of getting this coaster operating. One of the many problems is the limited throughput of a 10 seater train and getting 10 on is hinged on 5 groups of couples (you sit between your fellow passengers legs). So a multi train block system with sidings and sheds would be required to increase the hourly rate to acceptable levels, this is not in place and would require a fair whack of capex. There is another option which they will consider, a total pull down and rebuild with a imported coaster.

What are the initials of the person who gave you that information in the letter?

Well here is the response from the agency, I have heard before of these agencies placing "fake" ads before just to canvas the current market. Unfortunately it seems that this is what this was. Thankyou for the response. Unfortunately that job was shelved and was never actually approved to go ahead. It is an old advertisement and was placed as an initial feeler for the market. As a result the ad has been withdrawn. Kind regards, Chris Jurd

Yes, They are basically mounted in a way to prevent them from being 100% vertical when they are filling up with water so that when they are almost full the weight of them being off centre tips the whole bucket out. I also suspect that blocks of Stainless Steel could be attached inside to assist in counterweighting them.

I did an exhaustive search today and came up with not much however all this talk of golf resorts passing off as theme parks reminded me that a search of Hawkesbury Council development applications came up with a 18 hole golf course at Pitt Town. I certainly hope this is not what we are excited about.

Great news this is but I am not sure that $340 mil is really that much to start from scratch. You need to remember all the required services will eat into that number before we even start thinking about what rides will be included. Nevertheless good news.

Thanks Wazza, I thought the topic was about the op sup who attended the 2001 cable breakage and who was that?

Sorry, still cant place her - was she a redhead?

Ok, good to see my memory hasn't totally failed me. What werethe initials of the op sup at the time Bussy and was she a fiery redhead? if not what are the initials of the fiery redhead also?

Ok Bussy, now I think I know who you are, did you go on to work for the major road construction based out in the carpark? Good memory about those rollers, I forgot about those - how could I as I had to put them back on and that was a dangerous job hanging out over the ground trying to locate those HEAVY metal rollers back into place. The cable actually whipped itself around those rollers as it shot past and ripped them right off the mountings. 1 of them was half buried in the grassy mound under lift 1.

The cable only snapped once between 2000 and closure and that was the 2001 occurance. The incident where the maintenance mabnager was in control was prior to my start which was early 2000. I was told the train had weight bags in it and he was manually hoisting it up lift 1 and got a case of the "death bounce" and thats when the cable broke. It was always a bitch to hoist in manual because the proportinal control was bypassed and you only ever had full pressure to the winch, this is where you got the uncontrollable bounce.

$10,000aud per set, 1 set being two halves. 4 sets per cabin. Each halve of a set began with opposing polarity - North and South which attract each other and create the "eddie current" when a fin passes through them which slows the cabin.

They are non switchable "rare earth" magnets, very powerful and very expensive.

A bloke named Gus who came to work for us as labour hire who wasnt properly inducted (what's that word mean?) when 3 hours into his workday placed one halve of a set of braking magnets next to the other and CLUNK together they came. No problem except he had his two thumbs between the magnets to which he lost. Police & Workcover were swarming within hours and kicked all of us out of the cordened off crime scene so we sat in the canteen for the afternoon.

You have found me out, I dont work there but nor does anybody else. And it was cool to have worked there.

Poor Maintenance, a lack of understanding of the critical importance of rope inspections and lubrication as well as the poor decision to allow a unsuitably qualified person to "look after" this attraction. I remember this afternoon well, I was the "cruiser" on this day and was called for a 61 Charlie position 13 so I dutifully attended to find the train parked not far off it's normal position in the station. What a mess, the rope had failed about 60 - 80 metres behind the catch car whilst the train was almost at the release point on lift 1 and hurtled through the station with the catch car attached taking it far beyond its usual stopping position and also laying the rope between the then opened brakes, the front of the train would have made it into the boomerang but luckily the resistance of having the catch wagon attached with the rope as well prevented a stoppage in the boomerang. The train then fell back into the station with the rope now on the outside of the brakes wiping out every prox switch and sensor in the station. There was a "birds nest" on the tracks near to where the diverter trolley sits and this section was later cut out and sent away for a multitude of tests.

Yes we did run the rides sometimes on a weekly basis and other times just for something to do as we were all there having bbq breakfast and lunch every day and between bbqs it got boring so we used to do some silly things like ride the rides and videotape ourselves on them and just float around doing the odd job like pulling down things that had been sold etc etc. Snowy never was fixed after closure and Bounty's did not have a motor repaced after closure.

I did notice that myself some time ago, the only explanation I can suggest is it may have been undercoated with the red oxide when they were changing the colour to purple. The Google Earth photo was taken between April and August 2002 and this is about the time the colour was changed, however I cannot remember this red paint ever being applied. Also note Galleon's Graveyard is being finished off at the same time.

What you are seeing is the main switchroom for the site, unsure as to whether it is to be kept for power distribution to the new site or if it will be taken out like everything else. You will find recent photos of it on the Wonderland Sydney website, link is below Check out more photos.. http://----URL removed for non-compliance with Community Guidelines----/june/

Approx what year and initials of which electrician said this. It's OK, I just like to get the correct info out there.