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Why are you so determined to keep trying to name ABC? What difference does it actually make? I honestly don't care who ripped VR off. What bothers me is that something like this could go on for so long without anyone noticing. I've had bosses who would notice if the stationery cupboard was short by a single pencil, yet somehow something on this scale goes unnoticed for so long.

Village Roadshow settles blockbuster $2.5m embezzlement lawsuit against one former execEntertainment giant Village Roadshow has settled its blockbuster civil embezzlement case against one of two former executives accused of splashing $2.5m of company funds on luxury cars, fuel, pricey hospitality and renovations for their family homes. A settlement with the other former senior executive in the case is understood to be imminent, despite a date for mediation being setfor December 9. Melbourne-headquartered Village operates Gold Coast theme parks Sea World, MovieWorld and Wet n Wild, as well as cinemas nationwide. Village sought the return of $859,009 from itsformer chief financial officer, Dean Humphreys, who it alleged authorised false invoices, with labels including “Sea World Administration Rectification” and “Fright Night Sheds” so the two executives could charge hundreds of thousands for renovations to their family homes. The other former high-flyer was accused of fleecing his boss to the tune of $1.8m – charging food, drinks and accommodation to SeaWorld Resort so dozens of his guests could stay and play on the Gold Coast for the weekend of his son’s wedding. He can only be referred to as “ABC” due to court orders that prevent his name, employment history, licence plates, children’s names and other specified details from being published. Village was seeking the return of ABC’s eye-watering $858,000 redundancy payout, claiming his conduct was a breach of his departure terms. ABC’s family home allegedly received more than $51,000 in custom Calcatta benchtops, with matte black cabinetry from lux builder King Kitchen Renovations, as well as premium kitchen appliances including a Neff integrated dishwasher and Smeg pyrolytic ovens, induction cooktop, and rangehood - all billed to Village Roadshow. The company also claims ABC obtained luxury cars - including three Audis and a Mitsubishi - for his personal use, acquiring some in exchange for hundreds of theme park tickets and others by having Village pay out their leases. Village’s claim, outlined in hefty court documents, also allege he stole and sold a Chevy truck used in the Aquaman movie – with him and his wife posting photos of themselves cruising around in it to social media. Village facilitated the confidentiality orders despite not protecting more than 30 Village staff and others – who are not accused of wrongdoing – who are publicly named in the company’s evidence. The ultimate amounts of the settlements are likely to be subject to confidentiality clauses. Village co-CEO Clark Kirby is understood to have taken a six-month sabbatical from the company founded by his grandfather, leaving co-CEO Peter West, appointed by the group’s majority owner BGH Capital, at the helm. The company has dumped development plans at one of its theme parks as its losses blew out by more than 54 per cent last financial year. https://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/business/village-roadshow-settles-blockbuster-25m-embezzlement-lawsuit-against-one-former-exec/news-story/94cfce04728ca22fc119a579a47e2f3c?fbclid=IwRlRTSAVjSzpleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBwZG9mBWZkaWQWUSK1JzfvaNGmKbDyVdciVXQThTNz0HNydGMGYXBwX2lkCjY2Mjg1NjgzNzkAAR9dNIyw8xly1wK4SH8T4x9uQTo3Z-J7T4iXiMqKHtqnLGcnT8j0c7wjJWieTQ_aem_t6dml46MEo06RdabDCpuDg Also I don’t know if done purposely but thanks for the GCB for “inadvertently” confirming who mystery exec “ABC” is. When you name the kitchen builder the executive used with the illegal funds, and describe the kitchen in detail - and that matches the kitchen most heavily promoted on said builders Facebook page - which is full of likes from said executive and their family…. well….

Thank you for the photo @Noll_57 I ground looks wet but I can't tell if the water feature is on.

You can hardly tell and its okay, but not getting complacent and the netting needs to go.

Here’s some photos of said removed track (Credit to @oliver_trunks_33)

Let's gooo. That looks heaps better. I don't mind the netting, you can hardly tell and it kinda fits in with the theming.

Track started getting removed by the end of the day

The patch holes have now been covered and the temple looks much better!

Lots of activity happening on site today.

Hopefully, once the ride teardown gets underway, DW uncover something so seriously wrong that repairing it simply isn't economically viable and the ride, goes straight to the scrap metal pile!

Thanks for the clarification, completely clueless as to what crushed rock was used for up until now and same with the different types of construction machinery lol.

This is movie world; they'll have the entire SE building be float storage instead rather than any sort of new ride /s

Crushed up rock will be to provide a base layer for heavy machinery to access the site without tearing up the ground or sinking into it in wet weather. The scissor lift* is a high-reach tool. it goes straight up and down, and doesn't reach out like a cherry picker or man basket. This will be to access the roof area, or fixtures above ground \ on the station itself. They have a tracked version, which could be unremarkable, or could be intended to work on rough ground areas too.

float storage. /s

My guess would be to create a solid base for White Christmas and Fright Njghts props as they’ve been set up on this area in recent years instead of in front of the Superman logo

Construction is starting to pick up on site with a long line of crushed up rocks in place to the left of the station which I am unsure what it's for as of now. A cherry picker is also in place inside the extended queue area presumably for dismantling of the queue structure itself. (Credit to Adventures of Theme Park Girl)

This will probably be nothing major, but a new concrete slab has been poured on a part of the grass adjacent to the SE Entrance with some materials particularly a few in black staged on it as of now. I'm Curious to see what this'll become. (Credit to Adventures of Theme Park Girl)

Did the comment attached to the picture sneak past you, or did you just skip that bit?

Well that’s very misleading, you should’ve specified that!

Correct, this is just a mock-up! Wishful thinking! I'm sure Greg will be open to doing something similar!

Pretty sure @Spectrumco mocked that up as something they could do that looks great. This is how it looked at park close yesterday

I wasn't far off. Is it just me, or is that not centred in the cutouts?

Well that has shut us up, that looks great!

A Victorian style signboard similar to the new Emporium and Surf Shop signs would do the trick. Put it behind the new 3D globe. Also a throwback to the original sign design.

I feel like the support is the old support, and they've reused it, which is unfortunate. The cutouts in the front edging of the building, and the scale of the support makes me think the current version is undersized. Greg should go out and get a bigger one made - keep everything the same, just enlarge it to fill the gap in the themed edging.