Patrick Dove

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Never realised the wave had water cascading out of it. Rode Wipeout in 1997, 2006, and 2007. First time in '97 I don't remember much except walking through the back of the wave to get to the ride, but the second and third years ('06, '07) the water wasn't coming out of the wave like that. Guessing it was a feature of the ride, like the shark, that they turned off? Saving Water?

I hope this goes ahead. The other three outdoor water parks do tremendously well in the warmer months but are only open 6 months of the year. This will be great during the colder months. I hope the aquarium is decent. Melbourne aquarium is a bit meh.

Fair point. Makes sense. The roads are pretty busy in the area but it's an exciting proposal. I hope it goes ahead!

Even though I live, work, eat, sleep, and love here every day all year round, I guess a guy from QLD knows more about my home city than me. My bad I'm just blind. BTW I already mentioned the crap traffic and weather not being perfect all year round.

Its not as common as you think. Abhorrent is a bit excessive, it can be dreary in winter, but it's not that bad. I'm allowed to love the city I live in aren't I? It's a fantastic place to live. People who don't live here give it a bad wrap. Far worse than it deserves. You don't live in Melbourne so the roads or weather aren't your problem. Why waste your time. Let's just get back on topic please this is about the water park proposal In Dingley.

BACK ON TOPIC I'm a little puzzled by the choice of location. The area is mostly industrial built on top of former rubbish tips. I work just down the road from Dingley. There's plenty of space so why on a Green Wedge?

And yet none of the people you quoted defending Melbourne or agreeing with me are even from Melbourne. You've obviously got a chip on you shoulder and you aren't going to give it up. Your unfair prejudice and lack of impartiality means I'm clearly wasting my effort. Every major city in Australia have their own identities and things that make them great. Competing is just stupid. Good luck being angry at a city you don't even live in. That's on you.

Most stupid comment I've ever read. Go look at a weather report before making immature unfounded comments. What are you 12? Melbourne can be changeable but it doesn't happen everyday lol

My opinion based upon many years spent in both cities and speaking to many interstate and international travellers. People for the most part prefer Melbourne. They love the convenience of the trams and the straight line roads. The CBD, for example, is so easy to get around. Sydney is lovely, and the traffic is worse in Melbourne these days due to the rapid growth, but the road network it's pretty good and getting better. Sydney has beteer beaches and winter weather though, so nice and mild!! Also check this out: https://www.travelweekly.com.au/article/sydney-named-worlds-10th-worst-city-in-new-rankings/ Melbourne 2nd best! Lol sorry Sydney Hope Zagames builds this park btw!! 😊😊

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Brisbane yes, Sydney no. Your more familiar with Sydney that's why it's easier for you. Melbournes roads are mostly straight lines with teams going down them. Sydney isn't. Most people agree Melbourne is easier but you can have your opinion it's all good man 👍

Clearly you've never been to Melbourne. If you did youd know it's one big grid which is easy to navigate. It was a planned city. Maybe you are confusing it with Sydney which is a spaghetti bowl lol It's only a proposal at this point. Melbourne have had plenty of proposals over the years that never came to fruition. They are trying to build this on Green Wedge zoned land. No permits have been issued yet either. I'm not getting too excited, ever since African Safari World, I know better than to get my hopes up. https://www.3aw.com.au/cool-reaction-to-melbournes-proposed-new-100-million-water-park/

Yep its a Zamperla Midi Discovery http://www.zamperla.com/products/midi-discovery/ Its smaller than DW's Claw but it does a full 360. Its also the first of its kind in Australia :-) Here's an actual photo of FF's Voodoo: Taken from this Article: www.hit.com.au/news/melbourne/the-most-ridiculous-new-waterslide-is-coming-to-melbourne?station=fox Some stats for the ride are here: http://www.funfields.com.au/rides/voodoo-ride I'm liking the theming around the ride I can't wait to get on this!

Saw this on the adventure park website :-)

I got this when i searched:

Jobe, I was just gonna say it says "a few", meaning multiple, so fingers crossed for more good stuff!! :-)

Wow that looks awesome thanks for the info guys! :-)

So I saw this on Facebook: Kenny Kemp: Any new rides Like · Reply · June 10 at 4:27pm Funfields Hi Kenny, we have a few new attractions coming to Funfields, they will be announced closer to our opening date! Unlike · Reply · 2 · June 10 at 4:39pm Anyone have any info or Ideas??

Thanks heaps for the updates guys, love the photos too, awesome stuff!! ?

@iwerks Yeah but Adventure World has a better climate than Funfields here in vic, and can afford to, unlike a park in Vic that is always susceptible to weather. Just look at the Typhoon slides constant delays in construction and opening due to weather. I admit it is probably wishful thinking that funfields will add another major ride this year, but if they do, i would bet on a water ride as they are cheaper to build, run, etc.

Hi, I noticed on the Funfields website it says: "funfields is now closed. we will re open bigger and better on saturday 19th September 2015" Is this an indication of a new Ride/Attraction coming to funfields? anyone have any info?

"Original" You say Melbourne is 40C one day the 0C the next, yet your comments are statistically unfounded, and the average temperature in summer is actually the same in Melbourne and Sydney (25.9C). Melbourne has never had 0C in Summer, recieves 50% less rain annually than Sydney 649.6mm vs 1214mm, and The annual Average in Melbourne is 20C Whilst Sydney is 21.7C so not a whole lot of difference. Melbourne does have a changeable climate, and can have sudden drops in temperature, but that is not very common, (usually only a handful of days where the temparature drops by more than 10C). Melbourne does not get the humidity, or violent storms Sydney gets, due to the moist air from the tropics (while its dry and Sunny in Melbourne due to the dry desert air that gets dragged down usually associated with a high or before a cool change,) You also say putting another park on the east coast "Eats into the healthy tourist numbers on the Gold Coast", then you say they should put one in Sydney? Last time i checked Sydney is on the east coast! I would think a park in Sydney would eat into Gold Coast numbers more, as it is closer, and more people travel to Gold Coast from NSW as it is closer(hence flights are cheaper than from Melbourne). Melbourne has a much faster growing population, people can't afford to travel as much and more, and having a park open approx 6-8 months of the year to service the almost 5 million people living down hear would most definitely work. The only reason African Safari didn't get built, was Werribee open range zoo rejecting the idea, and the locals rejecting it due to concerns for the well being of the animals(even though Village have a proven record with animals a la Sea World). It had nothing to do with Climate, or population, anything else other than the above. You should not make unfounded comments, that are wrong, and purely from your biased point of view. You should research the facts, and get it right next time, or not say it at all. FYI Sydney only gets rought 100 hours more sunshine per year than Melbourne. Melbourne is most cloudiest of all capital cities, but Sydney is a close second, and Sydney is not known for being cloudy(quite the opposite). So sick of NSW people taking every opportunity to beat down Melbourne, yeah you have a bridge, a house, and some nice beaches big frigging woop!! Get over yourself Sydney, you are good looking, but have an incredibly boring personality!!