DaptoFunlandGuy

plus, its in the wrong area of the park to be trying to link it to a snake theme... (and yes, i'm aware of its proximity to 'cut snake')

I think its safe to say things will get pushed back - what better excuse, right? nobody can hate on them for this kind of delay (we'll ignore that Vortex should have opened before this stuff all happened though right?) But... Bush Beast went up in around 6 months. I'm sure the complexities and pushed boundaries we see in modern woodies would add extra time, but - a wooden coaster can be built in this time period, assuming construction is permitted to continue (which so far, as an industry - is actually happening).

Well I mean technically yes - it's south from Melbourne CBD - but I guess which direction is up to your perspective, isn't it?

I've got to be honest and say I don't know. The fact sheets they've got out there is all i'm working off. In my personal experience, since they don't define it, that means it is either: a commonly used term in workplace law already defined elsewhere based off of the ordinary dictionary meaning of the word loosely defined and therefore subject to discretion without limiting the authority to specifics. I had a quick look around and the fair work commission has a definition, and that's probably where the buck stops: (My emphasis) There are several other legal or .gov.au authorities on the definition and they all seem to be fairly similar. My personal opinion on it is that the line i've bolded above is the crux of it. Regular doesn't mean frequent or often, just a recurring pattern, so "on the books for a year" would broadly tick the box, provided shifts were offered periodically suiting the worker's availability (which could even extend to "only during school holidays" if the employer found that arrangement workable), and that worker accepted the offered shifts regularly enough (which doesn't mean they had to accept every shift either). If you were still "engaged" (or, "on the books") as a casual simply on the basis that you hadn't resigned and they hadn't terminated you, but you weren't offered or considered for shifts, and you never asked or made yourself available to be rostered, then you arguably aren't employed on a 'regular basis' as there is no recurring pattern of availability or shifts offered. Thats what it seems like, in my opinion anyway.

Treasury papers were updated around this language yesterday to be clear that full time and part time employees are eligible, and casual employees that were employed on a regular basis for 12 months are also eligible. I know it can be read that way above (and its how it reads in the treasury link above too), but it seems there was some confusion about workers who were full time (or part time) employed but had worked for that employer for less than 12 months - so that clears that up!

Yeah I think that was me. First pictures I saw of the Play School Wheel were full perspex (which would have only been the one side where it actually is) which I translated to the whole cabin being fully enclosed with it. I've since been corrected however.

Mickey - I respect you mate, but just like your superannuation fund advice, you've missed the mark again (although, a lot of this stuff is info heavy - which is typical of government guff of this type). Folks - there's a lot of rumor, half-truths, and opinions out there. Make sure you get your info from reputable sources - sites that end in ".gov.au" or in the case of the virus - 'who.int". (And also, there's now an app for that). In this case, this is the treasury fact sheet for the Job Keeper payment. Points from the fact sheet to note: The business has to show at least a 30% downturn in business, or 50% if their turnover is over $1Billion (Either way village hits this easily due to the shutdown) the worker must have been engaged as at 1 March (ie: "on the payroll") and they have to continue to be engaged - which includes workers if they were subsequently 'stood down' and\or 're-hired'. The worker is an eligible employee if they were full time, part time, or casual employed on a regular basis for longer than 12 months as at 1 March. The worker has to be over 16, be an Australian citizen, or hold a permanent visa or special category (new zealand) visa, and not be receiving the job keeper payment from another employer. Also - regardless of how many hours the person worked, they receive the full $1500 per fortnight (before tax). If you're a casual 17 year old who has worked at the park selling popcorn since you were 15, doing 1 shift per week for 5 hours - you will get $1500 per fortnight under this scheme (provided you're a citizen or relevant visa holder). If you normally got paid more than that, what you get depends on if you continue to work or were stood down (theres some examples at the bottom of the fact sheet). All of the information I have provided here is based entirely on publicly accessible information on the treasury website. So to all those folks who are out of work - keep an eye out (or ask your boss) whether they are applying for the job keeper payment system, and what this means for you. I did not know that! I know several parks and other tourism based organisations that have large casual workforce, so i'm rather surprised that Village isn't the same.

...number one right after money! ...where we've been forced to do so! ...and we're gonna make you click an analytics link just to find out its the same date as everything else! ...by providing them with letters they can give to Centrelink ... of course, this won't be a major cost to the business, since the majority of our stood down staff are employed on a casual basis and have no leave entitlements whatsoever! ...to push them to allow us to open as soon as we can, and preferably sooner than the other guys. by remaining open to anyone potentially infectious, so we can show them our posters of how to wash your hands. ..thank goodness!!! (Although there was that one guy that had us worried for a bit...) ...mainly because we had to find a way to use the word 'unprecedented' in a sentence, so thanks for letting us do that! ...and will continue to offer them bribes until we reopen. *If you don't have a sense of humor, you probably shouldn't read this. For those who enjoy the laugh, you're welcome. For those who are morally outraged or offended, try to find something you can laugh at. it will make you feel better.

Cheers for picking up the typo. of course, I meant April 14th, which is also what the date in the link gave...

Looks like you can film Fully Six from outside the boundary... Just a reminder that Movie World's Carpark (and dreamworld's too for that matter) is NOT "public land". The entire Oxenford lot is one single parcel, and is private property. Same again for the privately owned land of Wet N Wild. Worth mentioning that the darker green area at the top of the lot is high voltage powerlines, and wet n wild has them too. Annnnnd.... that rules out fully six, and the public land outside oxenford, and this is why you will only see drone footage done in this area by professionals. I think you need to look a bit harder.

So outback spectacular is scheduled to reopen on March 14th (with village planning on releasing an update tomorrow March 31st) - i think its fairly safe to say the direction we're heading here is for the closures to be extended. The Village theme parks are all closed without a posted reopening date at present, with an update due on March 31 the same as AOS - no doubt someone will post the update (which is certain to be extending the closures) tomorrow. Dreamworld on the other hand, although they had previously suggested a reopening date in May (can't find the link for this, but positive i've seen it), now don't list a forecast reopening date, or even a date on which they plan to provide an update (probably the smarter direction), but have kept the Lego store open to the public (which based on the ScoMo Family Puzzles, would be an essential service) but interestingly, they've also set up a 'drive through' option of sorts -

The land between entertainment drive and the physical track of rivals is only just bigger than 30 metres. I believe the CASA regulations require the drone to be at least 30 metres away from other persons. Theres no practical way you could be within that guideline in that space given the public footpath and roadway along that edge. The simplest answer is exactly what Slick said above, but if its really that important to you - contact the parks to seek permission.

Actually, Taft offered their stake in all parks to Paramount as part of the sale. Paramount cherrypicked and elected not to take on Australia's Wonderland because of the distance and difficulty in managing the park remotely. It was nothing to do with whether they had a minority stake or otherwise - they could still have sold that stake. I'm impressed! Yes, you're pretty much right. I'm not 100% on whether Demon was a Taft project or a paramount one - although i'm leaning towards it being Taft due to the lead time. As for investment into the park, and the second-hand nature of many of the parks attractions, I think we'd have seen Paramount \ Cedar rotate some rides around (Six Flags style) and we'd have seen some newer attractions move around a bit. I think if Paramount had been willing to take the park on, it would still be standing today, most likely under the cedar fair brand..

Aha - indeed you are right. The article has been updated, and now says it doesn't apply to movies - so upgraded to full TV content access (which includes netflix products under their partnership) but not movies. https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/foxtel-to-open-up-entire-content-library-to-all-users-during-covid19-crisis/news-story/cfb4a4f06aaccf32b9624dac74382fad They don't explicitly mention sports as excluded, but it isn't listed as included either.

No, you're absolutely right - its no burden whatsoever (and if you read carefully, I never said it was) - but when you tell a group of people that anyone who achieves 'x' task gets 'y' reward, and then after everyone tries their absolute best, and only 1 person achieves the task, you decide to give the reward to everybody because they did their best... there's a sense of 'what the fuck' on behalf of the person who played by the rules. You might say that's different, but it isn't. I played by the rules - i wanted the premium product so i paid for it. Now others will get it without paying for it. I am entitled to my sense of what the fuck.

Having seen emergency responses in disaster zones, I would imagine a lockdown situation would see food rationing. Military would be charged with packaging a 'food parcel' of some sort, and theyd drive down the empty streets dropping a box at each door. There would probably be some sort of quickly thrown together registration system, where you could list the number of people at home and whether there were any particular requirements. All speculation, no evidence of this at all, but the military come in really handy during peacetime disaster response for quick labour - they're self contained and self sufficient, can go all day without 'rest pauses' and 'health and safety breaks' and they get the job done.

I already have Foxtel platinum. Just saw that they've made all channels available to all subscribers for free - so basic subscribers now get the same thing I pay a premium for.

Awww. I was looking forward to my enforced theme parks savings plan!

Pretty certain I read somewhere the coaster is on hold. But they've definitely paid something towards it, judging by the amount of timber delivered to their carpark.

Everything i've seen about VRTP and their views, reactions and responses to the current situation summed up in two words.

Just in time to sit and dry in the sun for 4-6 months!

Universal Orlando just put out an extension to their closure until April 19. I suspect we will see more of this as we approach the end of March - a date most parks put as their review date.

I've already made this point in wordy explanations. thanks to News.com.au for these handy dandy pictures for those who can't read!

Even the homeless guys rejected their chicken tenders.