Over 300 trucks delivered Wet'N'Wild's water slides to Prospect site

• [*]Peter Theodosiou [*]

Blacktown Advocate [*]February 13, 2013 Sydney residents. "The vast majority of those interested parties are from the western suburbs and we are really happy about that," he said. "That's including the construction and tendering jobs that are also going through." The park is scheduled to open by December and will generate more than $500 million in local economic activity over the first 10 years of operation. http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/over-300-trucks-delivered-wetnwilds-water-slides-to-prospect-site/story-e6freuy9-1226576750859

Just heard the report on Channel 7 News. There will be a total of 300 trucks/containers delivered to the site. I also found out what is being built at the drive in up the road, it's a hotel. Not sure what company/chain it's for and I have heard speculation that the drive in itself is closing. "The Bus is now leaving for Speculation Tank, Queensland"

I really hope they do not close the drive-in. It's the last one in Sydney & I would prefer to go there to watch a movie rather than a cinema. A great piece of history.

Edited February 13, 201313 yr by Reggie74

Custom made by a Canadian parts maker, the pieces will soon form rides including the Aqua Loop, Mat Racer, Double Skycoaster and the biggest wave pool in Australia.

They always mention the crappiest rides in these reports. Skycoaster? Nothing special there - if anything it makes this park less special. And Mat Racer and Wave Pool? Thrilling.

These articles are not written for educated enthusiasts they are written for lay people. Enthusiasts always seem to lose site of things like that.

I was at the site today...couldnt see any slide bits from reservoir rd or the western motorway westbound. ..I could however see some steel staircase sections for a slide tower.

They always mention the crappiest rides in these reports. Skycoaster? Nothing special there - if anything it makes this park less special. And Mat Racer and Wave Pool? Thrilling.

No offence, but I am amazed anyone could regard a skycoaster as a crappy ride. I would be absolutely thrilled to have such a thing within an hour travel distance from me. Wow!

I don't believe it was said to be crappy - just that it was nothing special... which is true. Although you may not have Skycoaster local to your area, they aren't exactly rare, unique, one-of-a-kind or an australian first... I think the point of the post quoted is more like 'Why not trumpet those attractions that have a point of difference?'

Why not trumpet those attractions that have a point of difference?'

Well they did talk about the mat racer didn't they? That one is going to be pretty impressive!

I don't believe it was said to be crappy - just that it was nothing special... which is true. Although you may not have Skycoaster local to your area, they aren't exactly rare, unique, one-of-a-kind or an australian first... I think the point of the post quoted is more like 'Why not trumpet those attractions that have a point of difference?'

A fair enough point. However I still say a skycaster is far from crappy.

Concrete being poured on the site yesterday.

A fair enough point. However I still say a skycaster is far from crappy.

A fair enough point. However I still say that nobody except you has suggested SkyCoaster has anything to do with the word Crappy. The only inferences made towards that particular attraction is that it is 'nothing special'... which it isn't.

Well it's special to me, but that's because I live in Adelaide!

theres a lot of things about Adelaide that make it 'Special'...

theres a lot of things about Adelaide that make it 'Special'...

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Wow there's a lot of special going on here also it would seem

I'm going past tonight, will attempt to get photos.

If you are going to get photos, it seems only the inbound side of the road is any good for photos, you cant see anything outbound on the motorway. From the road by the reservoir the containers are a long way away...I couldn't see any unpacked slide parts.

When i did go past it was like almost 1am this morning, and you cant see jack from the drive-ins. I'm hoping to in the next few weeks go on a prospect reservoir bush walk for photos, will get some then hopefully.

They also showed some large slide pieces on channel 9 news. By the time this thing opens the slides will already be faded if they put them up soon! They also referred numerous times to the park being "the world's largest waterpark" with the most amount of rides. Can anyone confirm this? There are some pretty big parks out there!

I believe the wording was "one of the world's largest". "The Bus is now leaving for Wordimup Pool, Western Australia"

WnW is listed on the ASX report as going to have a "Lazy/Action" river combined. Can someone explain that to me please.

I'd imagine it'd be this: http://www.visitkingsisland.com/rides/Soak-City-Water-Park/NEW-Action-River http://www.waveloch.com/attraction/action-river Sounds brilliant.

Interesting idea. To save people looking, here's the info re WnW Syd

Saying that it's the "Worlds Best Water Park" is saying that our Seaworld is like San Diego Zoo. Also From the looks of it, the Lazy/Action River, would be a bit like the lazy river at Jurong Water Park in Singapore.

We cant really say whether it's the best or not until is built. Plus being the best isn't just about a ride lineup it's the experience as a whole. We cant really say whether it's the best or not until is built. Plus being the best isn't just about a ride lineup it's the experience as a whole.

Couple of pics of the lazy/action river.

These guys have a small article about installing a timelapse camera, which will be used for advertising. A shot of the lazy river included! http://www.inceptiontimelapse.com.au/?p=2146 Also a nice new video from 9 news, again quoting the bogus "Largest water park in the world".. the PR team at Village must be loving it. Still a great video with shots of the slide pieces arriving and a great pan out of the entire site - http://video.au.msn.com/watch/video/sydney-s-wet-n-wild-to-be-world-s-biggest/x8g4sev?cpkey=a22ea8dd-32c1-4d9c-9aa4-cb38f9095af6%257c%257c%257c%257c