Luna Park Sydney description and photos - Australia: Sydney (Topic)

Luna Park Sydney description and photos - Australia: Sydney. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The name in English is Luna Park Sydney.

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Amusement Park Sydney is an amusement park located on the northern shore of Sydney Harbor at Milsons Point.

The first amusement park was built near the famous Harbor Bridge in 1935 - attractions for it were brought from Luna Park in the town of Glenelg in the state of South Australia. At first, the park was open only 9 months a year, closing for the winter season. During the Second World War, this place was extremely popular with the soldiers of the Australian and American armies. In the 1950s, new attractions were brought here from Holland, the USA, Germany and England, and in the 1970s the slogan of the park became the phrase "The place where happiness lives."

In June 1979, a terrible tragedy happened in Luna Park - a fire broke out on the Ghost Train attraction, as a result of which 6 children and one adult died. The park was immediately closed. Most of the rides were dismantled, and a new park was built in their place in 1982. Then the park was closed several more times in connection with various repair and restoration work. The last opening of the park took place in 2004 - then, despite the rain, several thousand people came here, and in the first two months of operation, the park was visited by more than 200 thousand people!

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