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 Old Waterslide Tower in Brisbane |
 Oct 19 2006, 06:47 PM
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I was wondering if anyone out there knew anything about the old waterslide tower near the Oxley MacDonald's in Brisbane. It's behind the Macca's/Harvey Norman complex, and is bright red, there are no slide pieces at all and looks like there were two slides, although I haven't had a chance to have a good scout around yet. Was this park of a mini park of some sort or just the one slide tower?
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Oct 19 2006, 07:01 PM
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 The Freezer....so cool it's scary! Group: Members Posts: 708 Joined: 1-April 04 From: Brisbane, Australia Member No.: 134 |
Wasn't that Amazons?
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Oct 20 2006, 11:18 AM
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QUOTE(Spotty @ Oct 19 2006, 07:01 PM) [snapback]36158[/snapback] Wasn't that Amazons? Amazons was at a different location, This was a small waterpark at Oxley that was also home to go-karts and mini-golf. However I can't remember the name of the place.... 
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Oct 20 2006, 11:47 AM
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 Roller-Coaster.com.au Group: Admin Posts: 2,800 Joined: 16-June 02 From: Brisbane Member No.: 1 |
The place only had the one slide tower. It was more or less an amusement centre with the slide, gokarts and other basic kinds of attractions. The place closed down at some stage in the mid-90s and the slide sections were taken down over time after it closed well after the Harvey Norman was there because you could see the slide slowly disappear each time you visited the store.
The actual slide was a boat slide with multiple riders per boat. I can't for the life of me remember the name of the place, but I have a feeling it had 'Aqua' in there somewhere. -------------------- Have you read the Roller-Coaster.com.au Development Blog? Keep up to date with all the latest changes! First Look: Roller-Coaster.com.au DVD |
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Oct 20 2006, 12:04 PM
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QUOTE(Richard @ Oct 20 2006, 02:04 AM) [snapback]36191[/snapback] The place only had the one slide tower. It was more or less an amusement centre with the slide, gokarts and other basic kinds of attractions. The place closed down at some stage in the mid-90s and the slide sections were taken down over time after it closed well after the Harvey Norman was there because you could see the slide slowly disappear each time you visited the store. The actual slide was a boat slide with multiple riders per boat. I can't for the life of me remember the name of the place, but I have a feeling it had 'Aqua' in there somewhere. hey richard, pretty sure it was callled.. mirage. i went there a few times when i was younger. it had, 2 go cart tracks, one was a family kinda one, had cars like autopia (but u actually drove them-not on a track) and then also they had an adult circuit with the normal go-carts. it also had mini golf. -------------------- [b]"six flags magic mountain......the extreme park"[/b][color=#FF0000]
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Oct 21 2006, 10:54 AM
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Cheers guys, thanks for that! Always wondered what it was, now I know!
Thanks again. |
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Oct 27 2006, 12:53 PM
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I can answer this one.
The place was called Mirage Grand Prix Oxley They had a 1100m track that had some of the fastest hire cars in Australia race on them. They also had a smaller track t hat had smaller cars and a steelrail track that the cars drove around. they also had a 18 hole mini golf course, a bumper boat pool and the waterslide. What to know anything else I can help you as i worked there for about 12months in 1988. Was a fun time. |
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Mar 27 2007, 07:11 PM
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I think the reason the place closed down in the first place because someone got injured
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