[Anyone know this park?]

Does the Clews family still own that park? Steve Clews was his name. We used to Grass Ski there and have our state championships there, not much of a hill, but lots of bumps to chuck filth airs off. they had a home-made "J" Bar kind of tow on the hill with a starter box on top. They then built a toboggan run which was cool. Not as cool as Grass Skiing though, that used to go off, in 1991 they had the state championships on a hill of a friends' place across on the other side of the Tuncurry Way, twice as long, but a bummer having to walk back up..... Jamberoo used to do Grass Skiing, but stopped it. I wonder if Kurrajong Heights Grass & Carts park is still around (Bells Line of Rd, Kurrajong heights).... ?

I use to know the old owner of the grass skiing at kurrajong heights,unless it has re openned,it closed down a few years ago.

[Nintendo DS]

I've got one and this kid at our school has a PSP and he keeps sayin that there a waste of money and all, (The DS), and that PSP's are way better. Is there anything PSP's can do that DS's cant? Think about that... then think... "What can a DS do that a PSP can't?" The answer is plenty... WiFi, Touchscreen, Awsome Game Line-ups... Why spend an extra $200 when you could've bought 2 DS's?

Not really into hand held games,maybe 10-12 years ago when I was a teenager and did not have much to do.A mate has a ds,he is a nintendo freak,and my 18yr old brother has a psp.From what i can see the psp is a much superior machine.The problem with the ds seems to be, is that like most nintendo systems that have been brought out the game plays ok,But the actual games suck.

[SMH Article today -Disney looking at western suburbs...]

As a small point of interest, Prospect Reservoir doesn't serve all of Sydney's metropolitan area. I know that Macarthur gets it's water directly from Wollongong's dams, Cordeux, Nepean, Cataract and Avon. Useless information, but an interesting point anyway.

GOOD POINT.AND ANYWAY PROSPECT reservior is closer to cowpasterure rd and not really that close to that area anyway.

[SMH Article today -Disney looking at western suburbs...]

That area you describe is a hell of a lot bigger than 30 hectares. There is also the problem of the reservoir, the race track, dump, Regional Park, equestrian centre and heaps of private land in that corridor. I was looking at the UBD today and there is very few places that it can be in. "The Bus is now leaving for Artipena Manganese Prospects, South Australia"

bussy you dont live aroound that area do u?even if u take all of the places u are talking about you still have an area that is a few hundred hectares,i work around that area all of that land is zoned industrail and there is many places around there it can be put.

[Mt Druitt water works?]

Peters, as this is the first time I have seen you around the forums, I am only presuming you are fairly new - so first off welcome to the forums! Can I kindly ask you to take a trip over to the community guidelines section of this forum (found under the FAQ) and read them through. Your posts are quite disjointed, and poorly laid out, which makes for difficult reading, and I'm sure a lot of our other members would be as appreciative as I would be, if you could make the effort to type and spell properly. Thanks, and welcome again, Alex.

sorry alex but my grammer and spelling may not be as good as others,i will do my best to improve.I just read guidelines and i will try to give more constructive critism over certain subjects.As i am very opinionated,especially on subjects relating to god in anyway.As you would see if you go to john paul passing,it is just my nature to respond.I will try to improve.

[central coast waterslides]

i remember waterslides that were attached to a shopping centre on the central coast,woy woy i think if i remember correctly.they were similar to the ones that were part of grundys on the gold coast.any one remember them?what happen to them?

[fantasy glades]

anyone know what happen to fantasy glades at port macquire?went up there a year ago and it doesnt seem to exist anymore.there was a small zoo near it as well and i couldnt seem to find that either.can any1 help?

[Mt Druitt water works?]

I remember the good ole waterworks... Spent many days out there when I was younge with my dad. They used to have the best tube slide Im still yet to see beaten. It was a serious of pools interconnected with slides that you progressed down through winding around the mountain (hill) that the slides were on. It also had a heap of enclosed slides, a large pool and some other things like a speed slide that was never open and bumper boats. Was one of those run down type places but was still fun. Pitty it never really got improved and eventualy just closed. Would have loved to have seen it when it first opened, I'm sure it woudl have been quite good.

i assume u a talking a mt druitt water works.went there 2 or 3 times in the 80s b4 it closed.the speed slide was open but had a age restiction,15 if i remember correctly as last time i went i was about 10 or 11 never had a go on it.the speed slide stop operating b4 the park closed down due to people getting injured on it,due to being to steep.park closed down.due to a few morons that put razors on the slides and they got shut down,not due to disrepair

[Mt Druitt water works?]

Can anybody help me on this one? I remember a theme park in the 80's in Sydney it had a very large castle with a bridge, an oversized shoe the size of say a house...paddle boats, swimming areas..I do have old photos its just nobody can remember anything about it....... Cheers Sean

Hi sean.Do u have photos from paradise gardens? Can you post some on this page.I went there a few times in early 80s,I have mate that now works at riverside oaks, which is the golf course, but he cant help.It would bring back some memorys.

Waterworks mt druitt - the best! Waterworks manly - the most famous cos it was in BMXBandits Wonderland - big lines, short slides. Elcabalo blanco - dark with a big drop ( the gneric 'black hole'). pretty good. Paradise gardens - high drop at the end, pretty cool. Magic Kingdom - lame ONeals adventure land - lamest. There were probably more, especially in the zany south west of sydney. In the eighties, it seemed that every guy with a ten acre block was trying to flog his place off as an amusement park. Funny! I guess they spend their childhoods fantasising over disneyland. Did african lion safari have waterslides. I can't remember? To the person who remembered the overgrown forest full of fibreglass warnerbros cartoon characters near african lion safari - I do too. I was quite young when I saw it, and it was the first time I ever got that depressing 'decaying theme park' feeling. Little did I know that within 10 years, all but one of the ten or so themeparks in Sydney would be closed. Re: water works. the speed slide and the cascade extensions were opened at the same time, and were definitely there for the summer of 1987. I remember seeing the ads when I went and saw Labyrinth at the Hayden Theatres cinema. The cascades were chaotic, and fat kids would graze their asses gonig over the waterfalls - but they were awesome! Altho chaotic, they worked surprisingly well. The problem was that you would always tend to hang about in a particular pool, especially if it was the one that went through the cave. So the poor attendents had to come along and push people over the waterfalls. When they did, they would crash into the tire filled pool below, and in turn, push people out of that pond over the cascade, and into the next one, and so on, and so one. down the mountain! Its a shame in todays age of risk management and corporations, and insurance, that we will never see their likes again!

Last time I was in the area, the warner bros characters were still there.(around 5 yrs ago).The lion safari does have what is left of what could of been slides.I vague remember there ,well....told i went when very young but dont remember at all if there were slides or not.Hope thats of asistanance.

[Mt Druitt water works?]

Apparently Mt Druitt Water Works was right near the station, from what I can find is that they stored slides where the new Shop Smart Factory Outlet is... Will take a look when I am at Blacktown Library next. Neil

it been years but if my memory is correct it was on the other side of the railway station to shopsmart.

I am not 100% sure but what you are describing sounds like what lies out near to Warragamba dam at Wallacia, There is a small industrial area just before you get to the dam and if you make a left turn there not far down that road you will come across what I am writing about.

i use to live at silverdale,near warragamba.the parks called devils playground

[What ever Happened to Magic Mountian]

Guys, Does anyone know what ever happened to Magic Mountain on the Gold Coast? All i can remember is the big castle, small thrill rides and the chairlift. Did it go bust? or was it bought out by property developers? Anyone know?

i remember magic mountian. sold to developers is now terrace stye units

[Anyone know this park?]

Does anyone know the name of this park, its in NSW in a think a place called tuncurry? sounds something like that, between Sydney + the gold coast that costal area, and it had 2 toboggan tracks a few waterslides chip and putt golf thing trampolines a big slide buggy things that went down a hill and it cost $20 to get in (2001) seems simular to the jamberoo park, i cant find any info on it

theres a part on nelsons bay rd nelsons bay that fits that desciption.i think its call tobbogan world or something like that.