Amusements in 2006
In December 2006, a Ferris wheel reported as the largest non-permanent ferris wheel in the southern hemisphere, was renovated by Phoenix Fabrication & Welding of Geelong who enlarged the gondolas. It comprises 36 Gondola carriages, each with capacity to seat 6 persons. It has a 50 meter peak clearance and each ride is 10–12 minutes in duration. It was then erected in the same area in which Hy-Lite Park once stood.
It was imported from overseas by the Verfurth family who run Hi-Lite Amusements, having also operated Hy-Lite Park under the ownership of first-generation showman Emile Verfurth.
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“Any reading not of a vicious species must be a good substitute for the amusements too apt to fill up the leisure of the labouring classes.”
—James Madison (1751–1836)