Tim 0 Report post Posted September 29, 2004 Does anybody have any information, and especially photos, of the old playground at Monash in South Australia? When I say playground, it was at least a few acres in size and contained heaps of interesting steel slides, train style rides and flying foxes. Free to enter too. The park was the creation of guy called Grant Telfer in the 1960's but due to public liability etc it was pulled down in the 90's. It's been replaced by another park, but from what I can see in photos and from what i've read, it has some of the old parks charm, but it lost a fair bit of the character it had. I went there as a kid in the mid to late 80's and am still really keen to collect infromation. Hope someone has some info! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gazza 1,786 Report post Posted September 29, 2004 I think I have some photos of it, my mum went there ages ago and there are some pics, Ill have a look and post em up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tim 0 Report post Posted September 30, 2004 Thanks for that Gazza. I thought someone out there might have some info on the park. Hope you are able to find them, that would be great! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GoGoBoy 340 Report post Posted September 30, 2004 I have a brilliant booklet full of photos and information on the original Monash playground which I got off my grandparents. It was printed in the early 80's. The playground was a truly amazing place and it's such a shame it was pulled down. They had some of the most incredible, scary looking slides you have ever seen. It almost looked like a big water park except ofcourse the slides were dry and made out of steel. Some of the towers were huge and allowed the owners to constantly add new slides. Apart from the slides they had a big range of various rides and attractions. Most of the 'rides' had moving parts but it should be noted that they were all self propelled - as in they didn't need power or any staff to operate them. There were even a couple of mini roller coasters which you ran yourself. You could spend hours there. Shame I don't have a scanner Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tim 0 Report post Posted September 30, 2004 Thanks for the info GoBoi. I really want to get a hold of the photos in that book! Since we visited in the mid 80's I've had a fascination with that park. I thought that it was just that I was small then that made the park seem complex and huge, but the more I research about the park the more it seems that it was an amazing place. For anyone who's interested, I found a small webpage about the parks creator. Until I found this information I had the idea that the park was in Renmark. Its only small but here is the link... http://www.riverland.net.au/~grant/The%20G...eds%20Story.htm Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gazza 1,786 Report post Posted October 1, 2004 didnt some of the big slides get moved to puzzle park in Murray Bridge, I used to live there and the slides were MASSIVE. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gazza 1,786 Report post Posted April 1, 2008 Yeah, I know its late. Anway, I think I may have found the place where a lot of the rides wound up, a place in Tingha, NSW called Green Valley Farm which has things like the spinning satellite dish, single rail shuttle coaster, one person see saw, giraffe ride ons in their injury inducing glory. I think a stop at this place if I were ever travelling in that part of the country is almost mandatory The following pics were stolen from a facebook group entitled "Who needs Dreamworld when there's Green Valley Farm" Haha I wanna go now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mickey_079 18 Report post Posted April 2, 2008 (edited) Thats a big rocking horse! So is this place like a local park, or is the a price to go and play with these fun looking toys. Is that a water slide in the back ground of the last picture! Edit: it is. just looked at the site. Edited April 2, 2008 by mickey_079 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Richard 953 Report post Posted April 2, 2008 At least it's easy to get to. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rocohyeah2 0 Report post Posted April 7, 2016 this was taken in 1986/7 I think its Monash but not too sure - all I know is that it was a school camp to SA and we stopped at a theme park on our way to Hawker ... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Santa07 1,021 Report post Posted April 7, 2016 WHOAH Where did this come from???!!!! 2008???????? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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Memoriez++ 0 Report post Posted December 8, 2016 Soo good to see those photos, mine are with a family member and I have not had a chance to attempt to get my hands on them and make a copy, back in early 87 we went through Monash with a friend from Adeliade and had a ball on the way back to Sydney after tripping for 6 weeks across the East & South Coast then up to the Alice through Adelaide and a bus trip to Uluru. I believe it's not like it was due to insurance costs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
