Australian Amusement Fanatics

i also used to run the matterhorn for colin brown back in the day it was a hard ride to put up i do agree it may not have been the fastest but the action of the ride itself can not be copyed as for the rock and roll thunderbolt and alpine express try fit more than 2 in a car i really do miss the mat...

the ride is on three main trailers with a pantec for the fences ramps ect two outer trailers have the main towers and 10 cars a side as well as the platforms center trialer has sweeps drive rails and spreder bars beleave it or not there are only 28 bolts on the ride the rest is pins and r clips put ...

yeah im still runing the claw after newy had four weeks off now in brisy all set up for the ekka as for the chaos make an offer ozshowkid u never know jokes i thik your right though iv not seen it make much money in the time ive bee around

they were left on becuse its easyer as the wheel is hired for the caravan and camping show if we pack it up we have to transport them bac to canberra than back again for the show. durkins have one wheel permantly in adelade a set of towers in sydney and also in brisbane and one set of sweeps that tr...

nah i think the claw starship 2000 thunderbolt will be t syd for many years to come i know the thunder bolt has been in the same spot for years as for the chaos as im sure every one hear knows its up for sale its just not the money spinner it used to be but every ride has its time on the grounds som...

yes i did run the claw at syd but it was a bit slower this year

i ran the claw at newie and it was a bit slow to start with but once it got going it was a mad house no matter how short the rides were the line kept on geting bigger and bigger on of the best shows i have been to up there

well its offical the xmass carnival at brigten is dead so the durkin carnival will be going down to eden for five weeks should be a good turn out as far as i know everything of durkins is going down there

this is how it is the durkin carnival has been aproved but can only run 3 hours a night and yes there is a chance that they could be going down to eden for xmass as well its all still in the works but as i find out ill keep you all updated

well yes that was true the police were worryed that all the ppl there would be a lot of fight and other problems last year the ticket boxes were shut down at 11.30 but we did not close till 1 thats when the most money was made if you all had someone who wanted to ride shove $50 in your hand for a ri...

the durkins xmas carnival might be going ahead due to the mass amount of complaints after the news papers printed that it was no longer going to be there. i all so agree the claw and chaos should go down to rye it ould be a good change a few new rides down there i have worked rye a few times and its...

i can tell you why the skymaster wheel is still up it will be doing the caravan and campng show so insted fo pulling it down its just easyer to leave it up and send 4 guys over the ay before put the tops on and its all ready to go. there is also new cars going on the skymaster wheel and will be stay...

dizzy well it took a few days but it all stoped spining no it was a really good show maybe next time u should jump on zamperla

the claw and chaos went to perth show i worked melb show on the starship and conpaird to the year before i had a blow out there may of been less rides there it only ment more ppl to ride wat was there i think i did twice as many riders this year. last year it was just a dust bowl. the claw a and cha...

i think it was made in about 1973 i used to run it for colin brown i worked on it for five years. jhon short/maxie lurrie now own the ride and it is currently out at dubbo

if anyone is still after info or pics the the matterhorn (wits/ colin brown) feel free to ask

i know they are based in balarat and they run a few games and also a cha cha