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An Apollonaut travel guide
The story behind the rides.
An opening in 1989, a carousel from 1927 and a row of rides added over the decades offer several ways into the story of Aussie World.
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A family park since 1989
Aussie World opened on 24 November 1989 at Palmview, just off the Bruce Highway on the Sunshine Coast. It is privately owned.
Its front entrance, rebuilt in 2007, is marked by two 15.5-metre barber poles.
Rides old and new
The park keeps a Ferris wheel from the 1960s and a restored carousel from 1927, alongside newer rides such as the Redback, the Giant Slide and The Plunge, all added in 2011.
In 2008 Village Roadshow Theme Parks took an option to buy the site for a water park, but it decided in September 2009 not to go ahead.
The pub next door
The Ettamogah Pub was long a landmark on the site. It closed and was converted into the pub at Aussie World, with the work completed in mid-2018.
This history belongs to the place and the people who shaped it. The History page offers a longer introduction, and the timeline gives a short route through selected milestones.
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Sources & further reading
Links lead to the original publishers.
