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^http://forster.ljhooker.com.au/FPKF5Y https://plus.google.com/111247457485770783818/about?gl=au&hl=en Seems like it has shut? tonofun.com.au goes to nothing too. I've updated the OP with a few more updates and the stuff other people had posted. Also added notes where the place has something out of the ordinary or interesting about it.

WnW Sydney is getting a LatiTube, which is an Australian made version of a flowrider: See the latest news http://www.latitube.com/

My bad, for some reason I thought the posts had been moved across already.

No, not for minor stuff like that. Reporting is more for when very inappropriate posts are made.

The Australian Water Slide Database..... So something I have been thinking of (Ok maybe I'm just killing some spare time in my midyear break )...Anyone reckon it would be possible to make a "water slide database" of all the public waterslides in Australia? I guess my main rules for qualifying would be. -Can't be at a hotel or something like that. -Has to be of a substantial size, so a slippery dip or one of those silly little slides with one turn wouldn't count (Not this for example http://goo.gl/maps/xZu3C ) A few I've found on Google Maps..... Qld Wet n Wild http://goo.gl/maps/1yqD6 Whitewater World http://goo.gl/maps/wknoi Thrill Hill Nambour http://goo.gl/maps/SsQlp *(Old school concrete slide) Sugarworld Cairns http://goo.gl/maps/6xn40 *(4 lane racer, raft and body slide) Golf n Games Hervey Bay http://goo.gl/maps/QXr5U Hervey Bay Go Kart Track Waterslide http://goo.gl/maps/tcTjH Coral Isles Waterslide Bundaberg http://goo.gl/maps/XMyp6 Knuckle Reef Pontoon Whitsundays http://stockarch.com...eef_pontoon.jpg *(Lands in the ocean) Bluewater Lagoon Mackay http://goo.gl/maps/qzbHM Albany Creek Leisure Centre http://goo.gl/maps/dFAVv Chermside Pool http://goo.gl/maps/GvQRr *(Raft and body slides, x3) Toowoomba Milne Bay Pool Sleeman Sports Centre (Brisbane Aquatic Centre Chandler) http://www.sparkling...images/8168.jpg Rockhampton Waterworld http://goo.gl/maps/oaXO6 Manly Pool http://images.brisbanetimes.com.au/2012/10/26/3745124/6--cool_pools_many_pool.jpg NSW Murwillumbah Pool http://goo.gl/maps/Kk7KP Goonellabah Pool Lismore http://goo.gl/maps/kkWZV Macksville Pool http://goo.gl/maps/RP3S5 Dubbo Olympic Pool http://goo.gl/maps/nuoHO Moree Artesian Spa http://www.swimplex....rom_air_max.jpg Manly Waterworks http://goo.gl/maps/QEFAU Big Buzz Forster http://goo.gl/maps/Zwyfy Jamberoo Action Park http://goo.gl/maps/ZgGFb Ballina Memorial Pool http://goo.gl/maps/xTiQ8 *(2 enclosed slides, one with a huge drop at the start with lots of turns for the rest of the way) Port Stephens Toboggan Hill Park http://goo.gl/maps/La7yq Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre http://goplay.nsw.go...art_upscale.jpg Ryde Aquatic Centre http://goo.gl/maps/9Bs3J Thredbo Leisure Centre http://goo.gl/maps/bq5nG Albury Swimming Pool http://goo.gl/maps/g0X30 Tamworth South Pool http://goo.gl/maps/hXsYH Springood Aquatic and Fitness Centre Blue Mountains http://www.crystalpo...bSpringwood.jpg Merimbulas Magic Mountain http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TtkG7hhybiY/USKNoKJiA3I/AAAAAAAAClQ/u45SnNFOTX4/s1600/IMG_3869+(1024x683).jpg West Wyalong Pool http://goo.gl/maps/FvrGx Narrandera- Lake Tablot http://goo.gl/maps/M1lRS Wayangala State Park http://goo.gl/maps/KX1CK Ton o Fun Tuncurry http://goo.gl/maps/wXz50 *(CLOSED?) Bays Basin Aquatic Centre Shoalhaven http://goo.gl/maps/NY8q3 Cobar Pool http://goo.gl/maps/zoNjR & http://www.cobarweekly.com.au/Photos/230211/a%20print%20waterslide%20(5).jpg Lake Mulwala Slide http://goo.gl/maps/yDcam Lake Hume Waterslide http://goo.gl/maps/oOX0q Emerton Leisure Centre http://www.swimplex.com.au/GiantCMS/app/lib/tiny_mce/plugins/imagemanager/files/Emerton.jpg Broken Hill Pool http://goo.gl/maps/gu0vn Botany Aquatic Centre http://goo.gl/maps/Luy8N Paramatta War Memorial Swimming Centre http://goo.gl/maps/T89Qz Wet n Wild Sydney http://goo.gl/maps/B9BJO Raleigh Raceway http://goo.gl/maps/vjqAn Inverell Green Valley Farm http://goo.gl/maps/DWrzd Vic Adventure Park Geelong http://goo.gl/maps/9LI6l *(6 Lane Racer) Funfields Whittlesea http://goo.gl/maps/2X3Ta (Raft and body slides *4) Splashdown Geelong http://goo.gl/maps/2X3Ta Leisurelink Warun Ponds http://www.bonaccigr...ink/image01.jpg *(Enclosed proslide cannon bowl) Waterworld Corio http://goo.gl/maps/U9XwE Kardinia Park Pool http://goo.gl/maps/RCrLj Casey RACE http://goo.gl/maps/RCrLj *(Whitewater West Body Bowl and raft slide) WaterMarc Banyule http://sphotos-c.ak....735433372_n.jpg *(Proslide Tantrum Alley and raft slide) Cohuna Pool http://goo.gl/maps/zrOQx Swan Hill Pool http://goo.gl/maps/1bu4Q Aquacoaster Mildura http://goo.gl/maps/Fu1S2 Doncaster Pool http://goo.gl/maps/nCHfN Bendigo Water World http://goo.gl/maps/jNB8k Bendigo Pool http://goo.gl/maps/Gl1Kh Kew YMCA http://media.trueloc...508-938x704.jpg Glen Eira Sports & Aquatic Centre https://sphotos-a.xx...913471930_n.jpg Melbourne Sports & Aquatic Centre Albert Park *(Wave pool, waterslide, flow rider) http://www.localfitn...up-to-six_l.jpg Knox Leisureworks http://goo.gl/maps/YU99i Noble Park Pool http://goo.gl/maps/dPAII Oak Park Pool http://goo.gl/maps/Jf2xS Eureka Pool Ballarat http://goo.gl/maps/b9csj Doveton Pool http://goo.gl/maps/i6Bvy East Kielor Pool http://goo.gl/maps/6NmLa Pines Forest Pool Frankston North http://goo.gl/maps/VDfdT Kerang Pool http://goo.gl/maps/gZCEh Benella Pool http://goo.gl/maps/JQ3gj Bright Water Slide *(Lands in the Ovens River, which is fed from snow...Cold!) Yarrawonga Foreshore Slide http://goo.gl/maps/Z5nup Wangaratta Pool http://goo.gl/maps/UdriX *(LOL!) Portland Pool http://goo.gl/maps/uq4ES Tas Ulverstone Water Slide http://goo.gl/maps/i0Hu9 Launceston Aquatic http://sphotos-g.ak....98_267307_n.jpg Devonport Swimming Pool http://sphotos-g.ak....98_267307_n.jpg Glenorchy Pool http://goo.gl/maps/0wt4U SA Beachouse Glenelg http://goo.gl/maps/hcpZB *(Raft and bodyslides x3) Greenhills Adventure Park Victor Harbour http://goo.gl/maps/sebs8 Port Lincoln Pool http://portlincolnpo...e01-586x349.jpg Semaphore Waterslide http://goo.gl/maps/LDb5E SA State Swim Centre Oaklands Park http://goo.gl/maps/8hqkk *(Polin body bowl and enclosed slide, both with lighting effects) Playford Aquadome http://www.communitywebs.org/ElizabethAquatic/images/Facilities/Aquadome01.jpg Whyalla Pool http://www.southpacificpools.com.au/assets/images/projects/M_be3c06e83a8a8cee92b97ce73873b6c5.jpg Tea Tree Gully Waterworld http://playandgo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/DSC07509-630x422.jpg & http://goo.gl/maps/nSkS5 Renmark Pool http://goo.gl/maps/9oNG1 NT Leanyer Free Recreation Park http://goo.gl/maps/TuUZG *(Raft and body slides x3) Parmelston Free Water Park http://www.sportandr..._underslide.jpg *(6 lane racer) Hodgons Downs Aboriginal Community Water Park http://www.ntnews.co...PARK-230228.JPG (Map http://goo.gl/maps/mkQD9 ) Alice Springs Aquatic Centre http://www.alicespri...ages/pool_2.png WA Adventure World Bibra Lake http://goo.gl/maps/Pl4hO Great Escape Hillarys Boat Harbour http://goo.gl/maps/VBonh (Raft slides and twister slide) Goldfields Oasis and Flowrider Kalgoorlie http://goo.gl/maps/C2mr4 Busselton Jetty http://goo.gl/maps/j1Roh Aquajetty Warnbro http://farm9.staticf...5bfc52f09_o.jpg Kalmunda Water Park http://goo.gl/maps/tUYRh Kulin Water Slide http://goo.gl/maps/ruOAx *(One of the longest in Aus) Bayswater Aquatic Centre http://s1111.photobucket.com/user/buggybuddys/media/IMG_4111.jpg.html Riverton Leisureplex http://goo.gl/maps/APwQz Albany Aquatic Centre http://goo.gl/maps/zvVFc Armadale Pool http://goo.gl/maps/m7j4P ACT Big Splash http://goo.gl/maps/n1Sng Corin Forest http://goo.gl/maps/2VVrk Canberra International Sports and Aquatic Centre http://www.totaltrav...4735/551432.jpg As you find them, post them as google maps links or google streetview links....

Cool, but you can take screenshots within the game, you dont need to take a photo of your computer screen.

^I think those glass doors stuck down in one corner give me the vibe of the sort of unit you see in an industrial estate. The new attraction needs to be themed around an automotive transmission spare parts shop or a air conditioner repairer or a cabinietmaker orsomething

I think its just the old building skin, stripped of the AVPX branding.

Why do you think that?

Penguin Encounter is where the sharp U turn of the water section would have been, by the looks of those plans. I reckon the location they have chosen is better...It's replaced an aging ride, and is right with all the other rides, and not a car park coaster, plus we've gotten an indoor section in this version, which the version at the front of the park appears not to have.

It appears this pic shows a render of both the Constrictor and the AquaSphere: PS check out the video on this page, It shows how they run a computer simulation on how a raft will behave: http://www.whitewaterwest.com/aquasphere.html#!prettyPhoto My thoughts: We have cones: Cylinders: Spheres: What next?.............

So awesome that Busch Gardens Tampa is finally getting a ride named after a bird of prey, where you plunge towards the ground face first at 90 degrees

You could also crop the photo around the plaque.

Im guessing yellow and green are the run up section prior to the funnel on the Tornado and the red and orange belong to the Tantrum Alley. PS Tantrum Alley <3 <3 <3 Melbourne based members should all make an effort to go ride the one at Watermarc Banyule. ..Its awesome.

Because its not as if the size of the ride can be quickly measured on Google Earth or Google Maps is it?

90% sure those things in the background are bits of a Twist n Spash for delivery to another theme park: http://www.mack-rides.com/en/products/spin-rides/twist-n-splash/sr-ts-info/sr-ts-info.html

You can see the changes here:Don't think it has much to do with the park though.

Not really. The first one of these built was Omaka Rocker, and they found they had to put in speed bumps on the leadup to each funnel because a single rider has a higher center of gravity compared to 4 people spread wide on a cloverleaf, so people were regularly flipping over. You can see the white coloured speedbumps that they sculpted on here: In newer versions I guess they have done away with having it enter the funnel too high and just flattened down the entry. It's really a question of scale. A big curve 18m in diameter like a typical tornado isn't going to have that tightness that could cause rafts to tip, but a the same time the scale is big enough that you get more than 0.001 sec of airtime like the smaller ones. At the end of the day, this is always gonna be the better ride experience:

The one I rode in Singapore at Wild Wild Wet also let you go by yourself. I guess then the trade-off is a much poorer ride experience. The single rider 'topsy turvy' Tornado type slides at Aquatica were very tame and had zero airtime compared to the full sized version: You just don't have the momentum and speed like the full size version, and you can't really scale up a single rider version due to the risk of rafts flipping. http://www.parkz.com.au/photo/US/Orlando/Aquatica/1491-Omaka_Rocka/2,2,5460-Omaka_Rocka_Whanau_Way.html They make one size up for the single rider version (Again, one in Singapore lol, at the new Adventure Cove park), and this pov just shows you how little they do for the rider: Personally, I reckon Jamberoo has it right with their Tornado. A nice big slide, with a raft conveyor and "footprints" on the ground at the boarding point so people can be grouped. Is there really a saving though? I mean on Constrictor at WnW you have to wait for rafts, and can be held up by slow kids walking up the hill, but ultimately the capacity is determined by how quickly the rafts get sent out from the top of the tower so all slow kids do is delay the inevitable. (On any of these slides, be it Tornado, Kamikaze, Constrictor there is always going to be a 2nd queue at the top of the tower all day)

That curved frame is a boomerango, but there will also be a constrictor like wnw Phoenix, a rattler, and quad master blaster.

Nope, I'd say the other guy, who has worked his entire career in the field in a hands on manner, to this day, would be right

All you've done is make yourself look stupid.

The ride layout is certainly diagramatic...At the top right how on earth does it have such tight turns after the immelmann?

I think the area with pipes is just general pathways and seating areas?

Here you go...3rd of May. Uploaded to imigur because the site uploader seems to be non functional at the moment: http://i.imgur.com/qB1jVed.jpg