EKKA 2007 REVEIW!

Top Gunner14 · Post by **Top Gunner14** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 6:25 pm

Sorry, i didn't no the dates for adelaide. Hopefully the ride line-up will b good down there. I definately agree with u guys, they need a chairlift at homebush. From like the kids area to the aussie ave carnival. With the chairlifts, are they owned by a showmen and do they do both melbourne and brissie?

Cheers
Top Gunner14

benclare · Post by **benclare** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 6:31 pm

I stand corrected on this but I'm fairly sure the chairlifts are owned by the Show Societies and are not transported but are assembled and packed away before and after Showtime every year.

Top Gunner14 · Post by **Top Gunner14** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 6:33 pm

Ok, thanx Ben

Aussie Ride Broker · Post by **Aussie Ride Broker** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 6:32 am

To put the myth to the facts the chair lift that does Brisbane & Melbourne is owned by Stan Durkin. The only thing that is moved and assembled on each are the seats.

HUSSRAINBOW · Post by **HUSSRAINBOW** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 11:31 am

for an australian ride broker, with fairly good knowledge into the industry, you'd realise that the Chairlift was REMOVED in Melbourne....guess not ey

Top Gunner14 · Post by **Top Gunner14** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 4:58 pm

I knew ekka had them and i thought the chair lift was removed from melbourne cause of the renos. Is Stan Durkin an actual durkin(any relation to phillip or owners of chaos, claw and that?)

Cheers
Top Gunner14

princess · Post by **princess** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 6:06 pm

Stan Durkin is Phillip's dad, Durkin/Wardall own chaos and claw etc.

benclare · Post by **benclare** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 8:19 pm

Thanks for that Princess! I often wondered about the Durkin's and have found info very difficult to come across. Thanks also for the correction on the Chairlift Aussie. I wonder whether owning this is profitable? I think you had to pay to ride the one in Sydney years ago but I can't remember for sure.

Top Gunner14 · Post by **Top Gunner14** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 6:49 am

Ok, thanx for that princess.

Hurricane · Post by **Hurricane** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 5:23 pm

Well, I took all my ekka pictures that I took, plus a few video clips that I found on my PC, and whipped them all up into a 3 minute video.

Rides Featured - Flash Dance, Super Sizzler, No Limit, Space Roller, SkyView, Cyber Party, Starship 2000, Skymaster, Ali Baba, Crazy Coaster.

Please note, that I took all the footage, except the Cyber Party video. That was just randomly found on my desktop

The URL for the video can be found below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UwMcKTKoEU&v3

HUSSRAINBOW · Post by **HUSSRAINBOW** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 8:01 pm

cool photos crap song

Hurricane · Post by **Hurricane** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 10:51 pm

Cheers for the photo compliments Chris, I may do a better version as I noticed a few things in it I want to change, so I may use a different song.

zipperdude22 · Post by **zipperdude22** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 2:59 pm

Yea cool vid but really bad music you should have used the cannibal corpse song Striped Raped and Strangeld

benclare · Post by **benclare** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 3:07 pm

Do you have any audio of the rides in operation? I really like the clips that feature this or the onride videos like the Super Loop one Kiwi took. I would love to take a camera on the rides with me and do some filming. I'm sure the pics you took are fantastic too!

Hurricane · Post by **Hurricane** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 3:39 pm

There will be a new version going on tonight with the soundtrack being "Sneaky Sound System - UFO" This new video also features about 30 secs of ON RIDE footage of Hard Rock.

princess · Post by **princess** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 4:07 pm

What a great idea Ben, again what we take for granted, maybe we should have a guessing competion, guess the ride by the sound, suppose you would win.

benclare · Post by **benclare** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 6:02 pm

Yes I do know most of the rides by what they sound like although some of the newer ones are a bit tricky. You've got to be right in front of No Limit before you hear anything and Speed and the Hard Rock make no noise at all until you're actually riding. Sobima Breakdances are also very quiet. On the other hand, rides like Enterprise, Ranger, Kamikaze, Rainbow etc are unmistakable.

By the way Hurricane, good choice for sneaky Sound System cos I'm a huge fan of them! They were excellent at Live Earth earlier this year and I think they played at Ekka too.

Hurricane · Post by **Hurricane** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 7:32 pm

Yes Ben,

Sneaky Sound System did play at the EKKA, they sang UFO, and Pictures if I am correct.

Anyway the new video is now up and located here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPwo1nOHBJo

And i'm sorry, none of the video clips that I had, have sound

kiwi · Post by **kiwi** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 7:48 pm

Great video thanks for sharing.

Could anyone tell me who owns this pay box, was in front of a kids ride next to the Flashdance.

Cheers
Kiwi

Hurricane · Post by **Hurricane** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 9:00 pm

That ticket box looks like either Durkins, or Gills Partyland. I'm not 100% on it, but it just looks familiar

kiwi · Post by **kiwi** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 5:08 am

Thanks, the design is very similar to many I have seen in the past. More interested in the colour scheme on it.

Cheers
Kiwi

Hurricane · Post by **Hurricane** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 5:12 pm

I just realized that judging by the layout of the EKKA this year, that that ticket box would belong to "Gill's Partyland" As most of there kids rides were either there, or in the "Sunny Queen Smile Zone"

Hurricane · Post by **Hurricane** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 2:43 am

I was just on the EKKA website, and found the results for the best Thrill Ride and Family Ride of the show.

Ride and game precinct Moove Alley was - as always - a hit with all ages. Heart stopper "No Limit" took out the coveted prize for Best Extreme Ride in the annual Exhibitor Awards, and the giant F1 Euroslide again proved popular with the young and young at heart.

It's nice to see that No Limit is going well for Elwin, I'm sure he'd be glad to win this award again, as I believe it's the 2nd year in a row it's won this award. It truly deserves it, but it's the friendly staff and appearance that makes half this ride alone, so a big congratulations to them. And to the EuroSlide, even though I never rode it, it looks fantastic

princess · Post by **princess** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 8:06 am

No one on this forum is surprised about that, lol.

Top Gunner14 · Post by **Top Gunner14** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 6:26 am

I not suprised lol. It is a great looking ride and a good ride in itself from what i can see

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