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ABC News 24 will also be providing updates throughout the day (Note: Federal Parliament is on between 1:40pm & 3:15pm). ABC reported at 11am that findings may take a few hours:

Correction: The phone number is 3738 7050.

@Jdude95, earlier today (Sunday), I created a topic separate for the findings itself here. Appreciate if your live blog would be in that topic as I'm sure the findings will generate plenty of discussion.

The official details that were revealed back on the 3rd of February: And from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation:

Here are some more official details that were revealed back on the 3rd of February:

On the 17th of December, Grand Gorge Falls & Koala Kove were approved by Kiama Municipal Council: Back on the 9th of July, Jamberoo's General Manager, Matt George told The Illawarra Mercury that he hoped construction on the new Grand Gorge Falls and Koala Kove would begin as soon as possible for completion by summer of 2020/21, "but there's nothing set in concrete as of yet". But we guess it is highly likely that the Splash Out area will close permanently on Sunday 26 April 2020 & Grand Gorge Falls and Koala Kove's tentative opening date would be by Sunday 1 December 2020.

From 9 News on the 25th of October 2019:

For all your information, this building application appeared on the 17th or 18th October and has been approved: Remember, up to those dates mentioned above, only demolition was approved.

As we wait to find out if these plans have been approved or not by Kiama Municipal Council, Jamberoo has announced this season's Dive-In Movies: 21/12/2019 - Home Alone 28/12/2019 - Trolls 04/01/2020 - Aquaman 11/01/2020 - Moana 18/01/2020 - Bumblebee 25/01/2020 - The Incredibles 2 All are on Saturday nights at 6pm at Outback Bay.

That is how I read it but it is still not the best wording. Never thought of it like that but it could be what they meant though it still needs better wording. It could even be implying when maintenance is done, there will be "More Dreamworld happiness" but again, it is still not the best wording.

In my opinion, that's not the best worded fence signage. 'Buzzsaw is currently under maintenance. More Dreamworld happiness is just around the corner'? If Buzzsaw under maintenance is their idea of 'Dreamworld happiness', I wouldn't want to pay for a ticket just around the corner either. 😋

I found this quote from their preliminary report interesting:

The only thing with that is that food is a need while Lego is a want. When I'm at Dreamworld, I need food during an all-day trip but I do not need Lego. If I want Lego, I can buy online later or go to my nearest store another day, especially if it is cheaper there and/or online. As much as I dislike seeing franchises in theme parks, if a food product is tasty & cheap, it will sell well and we all know theme park food is higher in price than most would like. If Domino's was cheaper & tastier than in-house food, it probably was a success. I'm not sure but is Domino's still in any of the Village Roadshow theme parks? True but both stores have things that you cannot do online. If Robina's store was just selling Lego products, you're right because of online shopping, it will make little difference but with those extra non-online features, where would their customer base go more to - Dreamworld's (for being larger and/or at a theme park) or their nearest store, which could be Robina?

Alceon Group has today announced a new Lego Store will open in Robina with many of the features found at Dreamworld's Lego Store. However, Dreamworld's store will be about twice as large. Robina's store, at QIC Robina, is due to open by November. How does everyone think this will affect Dreamworld?

Looking at those satellite images, it also confirms another part (Toboggan tower was demolished relatively quickly) of Blue Lagoon was demolished finally (though still sad as it was a wonderfully themed area compared to Whitewater World) - mainly some of the souvenir, food & beverage shops &/or amenities. (I can't remember which building had what).

Most likely for the twisted reverse halfpipe as per the video.

From The Australian Financial Review:

Just so you know, DW has confirmed that coaster is still in place. Just wondering, why the hot air balloon?

The video is only an indicative render but I have this slight concern that the theming of that coaster could be shifting. It was themed to HotWheels in 2014. If the license was only 5 years, it will expire in November. At least the video confirms Dreamworld Express is unaffected & the Big Brother Studios area is barely used for the twisted reverse halfpipe. And it is highly likely now, in my opinion, that there will be no dark ride section though I hope the wider area is themed well. Rocks doesn't look enough so far. Here is an updated to-scale layout map: For some reason, there is a lot of space between the launch track & Buzzsaw compared to the video. Other than that, it is mostly accurate.

I still think Blue Lagoon is unaffected. It does fit in the Thunder River Rapids' site though. Here is a to-scale layout map I've made: If it's wrong, it may need to be moved slightly towards the right and/or the twisted reverse halfpipe needs to be lengthened or redrawn. The show building seems to overlap the Dreamworld Express track/train shed regardless which may indicate not much theming or a lack of dark ride section. Does everyone think Dreamworld Express is unaffected? What does everyone think about how I drew the twisted reverse halfpipe? How accurate did I get it? Does anyone think it will head into the Big Brother Studios area? If is doesn't, well it seems they demolished it because the Big Brother House was burned down and they may have already made plans for it's demolition from their now cancelled plan for a new amphitheatre where this coaster is being built. This took me a while to get the Blue Fire layout in the position shown in the artist impressions with 100% accuracy so please don't criticize if it is slightly wrong.

Not until the Coroner hands down his findings hopefully later this year but maybe not until next year and depending on his recommendations/findings, maybe that won't be enough.

I'll plonk this here as it covers everything and it adds to the article but here is a full edited transcript of the investor presentation:

Dreamworld has it's best day in years yesterday with it's suite of high-profile ride investment announcements and now reality returns... The Courier-Mail has published an article and an editorial (links below), which are both subscriber-only. Article: EXCLUSIVE: Funding shortfall families' anguish at coroner court logjam - PLEA FOR TRUTH Editorial: Editor's view: Time to address our coronial crisis From what I can gather without subscribing, here is the key point: There is a funding shortfall which is causing delays in the QLD Coroner's Court and despite DW hoping the findings to be handed down by years end, The Courier-Mail think it will be next year. The victims' families (...and The Courier-Mail) are thus understandably losing patience. Just found this quote from the investor presentation transcript I found and posted in another topic:

Found a photo of it and yeah, definitely looks like them building the new slide tower but an application has not appeared yet online as far as I can tell so hopefully it just delayed in appearing (though the photo was taken 20 days ago and construction seemed to have started well before then)? Otherwise...

Well it seems to be in the Thunder River Rapids area like I expected though it's rotated 180 degrees (that is, instead of a south-north launch on the east side, it is a north-south launch on the west side). I do think the GCB is inaccurate in saying the Whitewater World expansion has commenced construction - there are no applications or works underway. Just the hole in the ground where the now cancelled/delayed lazy river was supposed to be. As far as I am aware, Blue Lagoon has not been demolished. It has not received approval nor has Gold Coast City Council received an application. Only the Big Brother Studios area has been demolished and that definitely had approval. Unless it is because they were initially planning to build a new amphitheatre and then cancelled it and then the Big Brother House got burned down so they just decided to demolish the Big Brother Studios anyway, the reversed twisted halfpipe might feature on that plot of land with the reverse launch section extending over the Dreamworld Express train line/shed?