Parkes Show 2008

chacha91 · Post by **chacha91** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 5:06 pm

Hey guys, the "Best show west of the Blue mountains" aka Parkes show is on next week, 25th-27th. Its been a hell of a wait since the last show due to the horse flu, bloody bad luck that was.

So far i know the rides that will be there are:
Youngs Music Trip
Youngs Hurricane
Youngs Cha Cha
Kamikazi
couple of dodgems..

Does anyone know what other rides will be there?

Thanks
ChaCha

Paulie123 · Post by **Paulie123** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 5:15 pm

hey can you please tell me the adress of the carnival?

like where abouts is it and times and stuff.

sounds like fun and id love to go! thanks.

chacha91 · Post by **chacha91** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 5:49 pm

Hey mate, Parkes is 4 hours west of Sydney and the carnival operates on Tuesday and Wednesday till late

Top Gunner14 · Post by **Top Gunner14** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 6:18 pm

That's really strange it's during the middle of the week. Hope the show goes well. Could you do a review and some photos too if your able. Ta mate

chacha91 · Post by **chacha91** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 6:53 pm

Yeah its Parkes annual show. but the town gets a public holiday on Tuesday and there is heaps of entertainment on, a demolition derby, Freestyle MX and fireworks, and novelty relays and stuff like that. so there is usually a good turn out, yeah i get sum pic's and do a review.

Top Gunner14 · Post by **Top Gunner14** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 7:52 pm

Ok, so I'd say public holiday is chockers Lol. I'm sure everyone will get out and support the show this year with it off last year.

Josh in Rocky · Post by **Josh in Rocky** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 9:49 am

I see Kamikazi is on the list. Anyone heard anymore about the progress after the problems at ekka?? Or is this a different one??

Top Gunner14 · Post by **Top Gunner14** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 3:10 pm

This is Brian Watkin's Kamikaze. Not the TPA Kamikaze

chacha91 · Post by **chacha91** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 8:04 pm

Hey Guys, the Parkes show kicks off into full swing tomorrow, i’ll get some pictures and do a review as well.
The final list of rides is:
Zipper
Techno Jump
Dodgems x 4 (Laurie’s, Evan’s, Bell’s and Young’s)
Music Trip x2 (Young’s and Bell’s)
Cha Cha x2 (Young’s and ?)
Tornado (Bells)
Hurricane (Young’s)
Kamikaze (Watkin’s)
Quads
Tilt
Octapus
Fun House
House of Mirrors
Heaps of Kids rides and inflatables

Hurricane · Post by **Hurricane** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 9:06 pm

Hmm... that other Cha (not young's) Would either be Bells or Clayton Taylor's cha. Sounds like a good line up.

chacha91 · Post by **chacha91** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 9:26 pm

well it would be clayton taylors then because bells is racked up outside the grounds, and lauries is racked up inside the grounds

Force10 · Post by **Force10** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 10:57 pm

Looks like a good line up! Fair few double ups though, but it puts more rides on the grounds which is always good. So am i reading this right, there are 4 cha cha's at the grounds only two are set-up? thats insane... i've never seen that many in one place! I wonder how they settled argument of who was setting up. hehe, im sure the guild would've sorted them out... i hope.

Have fun, look forward to your review and pics.

Cheers, Force10

Force10 · Post by **Force10** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 10:58 pm

ps. who's zipper is it?

chacha91 · Post by **chacha91** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 11:37 pm

its the most cha cha's we've ever seen lol. The zipper is the older looking one with different color cages.

Force10 · Post by **Force10** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 12:03 am

I can't be sure from that description, but looking through the other posts that must be Johnny Castle's Zipper (i have never seen it). Because it has been traveling with a lot of Young's equipment to a few country shows in southeast QLD.

Top Gunner14 · Post by **Top Gunner14** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 3:14 pm

Phillip Zacchini's Zipper. We used to get about 3 Scrambler's working the Hawkesbury show a number of years ago. Now it's only Young's we have and sometimes the Supa Sizzler. Great line-up for the show. Hope the show goes well as it was called off for the EI flu last year

Hurricane · Post by **Hurricane** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 5:48 pm

Yeah, I was about to say it wouldn't be Johnnys. All his cars are yellow on the outside with a pink interior. Davis's Zipper is doing Gold Coast Show this weekend and Peter Short's I have no idea where that one is

Also who's octopus is it? I doubt it would be the Flarherty's Occy but it would be interesting to know.

Force10 · Post by **Force10** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 6:21 pm

righto, i was only taking a guess. i've only ever see bad ass, mean mother, and i think the davis zipper (did/does it have green and yellow lights on it). Johnny Castle's sounds like the old mother zipper, but that has gone overseas ay?
hope the show is goin well!

Hurricane · Post by **Hurricane** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 6:26 pm

Johnny Castle's Zipper IS the MEAN MOTHER Zipper, Previously owned by Russel Watkins and sold so he could by Space Roller.

Force10 · Post by **Force10** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 6:38 pm

ah it all makes sense now!

Top Gunner14 · Post by **Top Gunner14** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 3:08 pm

Johnney Castle's Zipper is still here. Yeh, I wouldn't have a clue where the Bad Ass Zipper is.

chacha91 · Post by **chacha91** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 2:31 pm

Hey Guys, the Parkes show has come and gone and just before I get into a review I would like to have a little rant about the disappointment me and my friends experienced with some of the rides not accepting a guild promotion (Golden armbands – “unlimited” rides for free due to winning a competition - only 10 were handed out) and also some rides only giving half a cycle to people who used a 8 rides for 33.50 voucher, I myself wouldn’t have spent as much on rides if I didn’t have the coupons, and I know a lot of other people wouldn’t have either. There also ended up being 5 sets of dodgems.
But aside from that onto the review (I will do this in the order around the showground)
Young’s dodgems- smooth long and enjoyable ride, looked good.
Young’s Cha Cha – the bloke operating it was saying to my dad how it is the fastest in Australia when they crank it up, and boy do I believe that, ended up riding it 3 times with family and friends, the staff were good, it looks good and on my last ride (last one of the night), they cranked it up full and it was great. Running mostly full capacity.

Taylors? Cha Cha – I didn’t ride this one, it looked ok but didn’t run as fast as young’s.
Watkins Kamikaze – Went on this one twice, a lot smoother then I remember last time (but I have grown a bit more) , however the ride does look as if it has seen better days, only one arm of the lights were working and quite a few bulbs were out.

CTLS amusement’s Tilt – it’s been years since i went on this ride, it looks great a lot of operator interaction and going backwards we were stuck to the seat and didn’t stop spinning. Almost full capacity most cycles
Laurie’s Techno Jump- looks great, a good family ride, however this was one ride that wouldn’t accept the armband, so they lost a couple of paying customers as well. Almost full capacity most cycles.

Young’s Music Trip – starting to look a bit weathered, 5 seats weren’t working either and after two revolutions they stopped the ride, a bloke went underneath and fixed something and away it went. They also did not accept the armband (more lost paying customers).

Wicked Dodgems- never have I seen such dodgey dodgems, the floor was lifted up in some places, 5 cars weren’t working and they were slow as all hell, starting to look a bit weathered as well.

Zipper – aside from riding it 4 times I was quite disappointed, they wouldn’t accept the armband, and the cycle was painstakingly short, I found out at the end people who payed in cash got a double cycle which was kind of disappointing and I will be boycotting it next time i see it, its looking like it needs a little TLC, and the operators looked angry and depressed.

Octopus – sorry I didn’t find out who owned it, it was looking a bit grubby and has never seemed to live out of its reputation of the two girls who were killed, I didn’t ride it but it looked ok at night
Evans Dodgems – I didn’t ride these but they looked good and seemed to be running full.

Bell’s Tornado – looks good, but they didn’t accept armband which was disappointing, because one person really wouldn’t have made a difference, never running full loads, but never empty.

Bell’s Dodgems - Dodgems of the show, fastest, good looking and long cycle, half decent music

Young’s Hurricane – nothing beats the sound of the air being let out, looks ok, never running full cycles, but it could look a lot better.

Bells Music Trip – Looked great, almost full cycles, good interaction from the operator.
Laurie’s Dodgems – looked good, I didn’t ride these as they were the slower family dodgems.

Well that’s all the rides, I do have a couple more quims – some more decent modern music wouldn’t hurt and there was bugger all operator interaction, which was a bit sad when compared to RES

Top Gunner14 · Post by **Top Gunner14** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 3:12 pm

Good photos and review. Thanks alot mate. Yes, Young's Cha does run very fast. I'll have to have a ride next time I see it. I was suprised to see Bell's older Dodgems on the track and not their newer flashier ones. Zipper looks crap with those new lights. Thanks again mate

Cheers
Top Gunner14

Hurricane · Post by **Hurricane** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 3:28 pm

Mmm... It reminds me of what Dean's zipper looked like at first! Like Puke. I'm really sorry to sound so harsh but that ride is in desperate need of a cleanup.

My ranking for best looking zippers in AU.

Dean Davis
Peter Short / Johnny Castle tied
Zachini's
Young's

Your review of the Cha Cha reminds me of Pine Rivers, and the same with Clayton's Tilt... it would now have to be one of my favorite rides.

princess · Post by **princess** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 4:18 pm

Nice review ChaCha, armbands cause a bit of angst amougst some show people, for a couple of reasons, they can make more money without them, with cash customers, dont forget these people work as individuals, so they may not be part of the armband system either, suppose it is up to the show society, but they cant do much either, they risk loosing showmen coming if they object too much.