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Macquarie Leisure duo to launch new annual passes

Dreamworld and WhiteWater World will revolutionise the Gold Coast theme park industry by offering the first multi-park annual pass, with a range of different annual passes catering to a variety of different markets.

Wet’n’Wild achieves 1 Million in a year for the first time ever!!

Attendance down again for Dreamworld

In the latest results from Macquarie Leisure Trust, owners of the Gold Coast park, Dreamworld has seen another downturn in attendance.

$90 million water park development underway for Sunshine Coast

Caloundra on the Sunshine Coast looks set to become home to one of the largest theme park developments in Australia as plans for the Adventura Water Park Resort move forward.

New 3D show and animal attraction on the cards

Village Roadshow report that Sea World will improve its lineup with a new 3D film to replace Planet S.O.S. as well as new animal attraction.

Surf Rider to debut at Wet'n'Wild Water World

Owners confirm that Wet'n'Wild, Australia's largest water park will diversify its offerings with their latest attraction, a roller coaster style thrill ride that blurs the line between traditional theme park and water park.

Sea World Eye hopes for another year

After a successful summer period at Sea World driven by the introduction of the temporary Sea World Eye observation wheel, the Gold Coast theme park hopes to get permission to operate the 60m tall attraction for another year.

New tiger cubs on display from tomorrow

Dreamworld's pair of new two week old Sumatran tiger cubs will be on display to the public from Tuesday in their purpose-built nursery.

Dreamworld welcomes Sumatran tiger cubs

Tiger Island at Dreamworld is growing, with Soraya, one of the park's Sumatran tigers giving birth to a litter of tiger cubs on Saturday afternoon.

Attendance up across the board

With a brand new theme park unveiled over the summer, Gold Coast theme parks have never looked better. Attendance at all but one theme park on the Gold Coast is up, with Wet'n'Wild Water World and Sea World showing the greatest growth.