
1985-2004
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Wonderland Sydney was a theme park in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The park was the largest theme park in the southern hemisphere. It remained open for almost nineteen years and was the premier theme park in New South Wales for much of its life, but was closed in 2004 after becoming unprofitable.
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Includes hundreds of photos of the park being constructed, in operation, and during its demolition. Includes music and old advertisements.
EXCERPT: One of the steal[SIC] cables from the SkyRider ride was taken down and wrapped around the bushbeast and then connected to two bulldozers which tried to pull the bush beast over, the bulldozers moved towards the Snowy River Rampage pushing everything in there[SIC] path into the Snowy River Rampage with the cable around the Bush Beast and a dozer on each end of the cable they tried to pull the Bush Beast over, The Bush Beast did not go down without a fight, the SkyRider cable snapped several times and in the end they just drove the dozers through the supports with the structure coming down behind them..
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2010-06-14 16:14:45.0
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The little rollercoaster
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2010-06-14 15:58:21.0
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Discussion and reactions regarding the news that the park would close.
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