I remember going there with a family firend, as a kid, as he delivered wood for the Bush Beast. Was annoyed when the NSW Govt in their infinite stupidity sold it to Chinese developers. It's now a major industrial area with places like LG and Asic having large warehouses located there. If you are ever in Sydney you can still drive past and "feel the ghosts" as it were, just head along the M7 or Wallgrove Rd toward the M4.
It was an expensive day out but enjoyed it every year. Shame I can't take my kids there. The bush beast used to shake because it was all timber. The best memories
Love all you folks out there being ignorant. I think you'll find that nobody went to Wonderland anymore, it became too costly to run and they had no choice but to sell. If you could see even half of what was on the maintenance side of their rides whilst still operational, you'd shit bricks.
i fucking agree with you! they take our fucking park! i gotta go to fucking luna park which is fucking shit. or jamberoo which is as awesome as wonderland. :)
Just found out that Australia's Wonderland was heavily modeled after Canada's Wonderland......my home theme park. Even though CW is still standing, it doesn't have the same magic it had back in the day. They pretty much cleared out all things Hanna-Barbera........save for Scooby-Doo. And bit by bit, they've been removing some of the older rides due to lack of land. I just thought it was neat that there was a carbon copy of Canada's Wonderland somewhere. Shame AW closed though...
Nah, It's Factories & LG There Now. If It Was A Giant Shopping Center You'd Feel A Bit Better, But No. They Had To Knock Down Wonderland So Some Asian Companies Could More Money. Pfft.
I love Wonderland.... So many memories. Wish we could bring it back!!! Went to the site not long ago and you wouldnt know it even was there. Did find some old boats from one of the rides there... :(
lol sooo much fun its not funny!!! but now theres not much fun or no fun at all after they closed down. i was sooo un happy. now we r like the only ones n aussie with the crappiestt fun parks. all we got is jamberoo n there water makes our eyes soor i wrekon jamberoo shoold shut down n left wonderland there instead. ohh wlms wat do we do now
I went to this park every weekend, I even went the day it closed, was so sad... must say when all the Hannah Barbera stuff was taken away was when the park went downhill... loved all the rides... and I don't recall seeing any of the rides at Knott's Berry Farm when I went last June, they have the reverse version of the Demon which I loved going on, that was about it.
the rides were sold to Asia and Knots Berry Farm in California, the roller costers were sold as scrap timber, Space probe 7 was damaged when it was torn down and scraped, Wonderland is now just dirt and an industrial estate is proposed to be built in early 2008, The original owners of Australias wonderland was Hong Kong Bank and and in 2000 they offloaded it to ING bank which ultimatly closed the park down.
we should protest to make a new wonderland becouse sydney pple should have some where to go on the holidays and weekends apart from lunnapark witch is a boring theme park wonderland is where i whent on my first rollercoaster and the rides there where awsome so we should protest to the goverment to make sydney a new theme park witch is big like wonderland was before i think every one in sydney whould whant a new theme park
I didn't know this place was demolished, damn it. I used to go to this place with my mum when I was little, but now I live Brisbane. I was planning on going on a holiday with some friends to Wonderland and see whats new. This sucks, one of my best childhood memories are now gone. Why was it demolished?
I loved that place also think i went about 15 times i went the first week when i was opened in 1985 i was 11. i checked it out on google earth GONE, Dam . sydney has no theme parks now well Luna Park that is crap
Cool i thought google earth was " Up to Date " i only ever ventured out that way and to go to wonderland, No need to go out there anymore. Shame, I loved that place and remember every little thing about the place
I remember going there with a family firend, as a kid, as he delivered wood for the Bush Beast. Was annoyed when the NSW Govt in their infinite stupidity sold it to Chinese developers. It's now a major industrial area with places like LG and Asic having large warehouses located there. If you are ever in Sydney you can still drive past and "feel the ghosts" as it were, just head along the M7 or Wallgrove Rd toward the M4.
arokh72 6 months ago
of course the place is shut down now a days, i never went cos these rides just dont do anything for me lol
punji73 9 months ago
lol i remember this ad from when i was staying at my sisters place in sydney back in 87!!
punji73 9 months ago
It was an expensive day out but enjoyed it every year. Shame I can't take my kids there. The bush beast used to shake because it was all timber. The best memories
AssurJako 10 months ago
I liked the part where they said "to much fun"
lanarexy4ever 1 year ago
I loved that place,...too much land and not enough wonder though.
Still a shame it closed
xpv8 1 year ago
Love all you folks out there being ignorant. I think you'll find that nobody went to Wonderland anymore, it became too costly to run and they had no choice but to sell. If you could see even half of what was on the maintenance side of their rides whilst still operational, you'd shit bricks.
kenobiplaysthebanjo 1 year ago
Good song in the commercial
Frickis 1 year ago
then fine I wont go >:(
GreenSight201 1 year ago 2
I was groped at wonderland by scooby..lol
roughnut1963 1 year ago
This is the only park in Australia that had serious sized coasters. We need a coaster park in Australia badly!
scottd7321 1 year ago
It might be too much fun to have in one day, but i wish i could atleast TRY one more time... :'(
aardvark4lunch 2 years ago
No more hugs from Yogi, Snagglepuss or Fred or Huckleberry, no more Demon, River Rapids...fuck you Malaysia
farangnukmuay 2 years ago
i fucking agree with you! they take our fucking park! i gotta go to fucking luna park which is fucking shit. or jamberoo which is as awesome as wonderland. :)
noobland2008 2 years ago
Just found out that Australia's Wonderland was heavily modeled after Canada's Wonderland......my home theme park. Even though CW is still standing, it doesn't have the same magic it had back in the day. They pretty much cleared out all things Hanna-Barbera........save for Scooby-Doo. And bit by bit, they've been removing some of the older rides due to lack of land. I just thought it was neat that there was a carbon copy of Canada's Wonderland somewhere. Shame AW closed though...
tmlfan1977 2 years ago
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Looks like a theme park for faggots and pussies
ExNihiloJimmy 2 years ago
your mother looks like a theme park for pussies and faggots.
mother fucker.
benknowsbest1 2 years ago 2
LOL, is that all you have. You must have spent too much time at Wonderland.
ExNihiloJimmy 2 years ago
it looks like a huge shopping complex is being built where the old site was at the junction of the M7(wallgrove road) and M4.
yadav4 3 years ago
Yeah, like we need another shopping complex! Bring Wonderland back, I say!
zurfph 3 years ago 19
Nah, It's Factories & LG There Now. If It Was A Giant Shopping Center You'd Feel A Bit Better, But No. They Had To Knock Down Wonderland So Some Asian Companies Could More Money. Pfft.
elizabubble13 3 years ago 2
yes your right i just saw the big MYER sign when driving down the M4 onramp from the M7 one time. its apparently going to be a big warehouse complex.
yadav4 3 years ago
I love Wonderland.... So many memories. Wish we could bring it back!!! Went to the site not long ago and you wouldnt know it even was there. Did find some old boats from one of the rides there... :(
ITA80Y 4 years ago
gawd i hated the 80s
ljaqsimba 4 years ago
stuuf u malaysians u just made it nooo funn here at all. u shoooouuulldddd alll be f*ken ashamed of urselfs
jahtainian 4 years ago 2
lol sooo much fun its not funny!!! but now theres not much fun or no fun at all after they closed down. i was sooo un happy. now we r like the only ones n aussie with the crappiestt fun parks. all we got is jamberoo n there water makes our eyes soor i wrekon jamberoo shoold shut down n left wonderland there instead. ohh wlms wat do we do now
jahtainian 4 years ago
Does anyone have the old "Wouldn't it be wonderful if the world was wonderland" ad?
amphiprionocellaris 4 years ago 7
id like to hear it too - any progress?
EarlyNicky 3 years ago
@amphiprionocellaris wonderlands early 90's add
michaelmaure96 9 months ago
Yes, this was the sad compensating answer for the failed Disneyland Australia proposal of the 80s
casanoc 4 years ago
Just to make it clear it wasn't ING who closed this park down, it was the Malaysian company Sunway who sold the park off as an industrial estate
North82 4 years ago
I went to this park every weekend, I even went the day it closed, was so sad... must say when all the Hannah Barbera stuff was taken away was when the park went downhill... loved all the rides... and I don't recall seeing any of the rides at Knott's Berry Farm when I went last June, they have the reverse version of the Demon which I loved going on, that was about it.
mikeyboi1982 4 years ago
the rides were sold to Asia and Knots Berry Farm in California, the roller costers were sold as scrap timber, Space probe 7 was damaged when it was torn down and scraped, Wonderland is now just dirt and an industrial estate is proposed to be built in early 2008, The original owners of Australias wonderland was Hong Kong Bank and and in 2000 they offloaded it to ING bank which ultimatly closed the park down.
shuey74 5 years ago
OMG! I can't believe I found this. I am in this commercial as a little kid. I'm 4 years old. At the 25 second mark that is me on my Dad's shoulders.
My Dad was the rides manager at Wonderland for many years before the Wildlife Park opened and he was the Operations Manager of that.
I would go to Wonderland every weekend! It was awesome! Thanks to the people who uploaded this, you have made my day!
maccadog15 5 years ago
At 0:25 is that really you? No wonder I haven't seen this commerical on TV (because I wasen't born yet) until I watched it here.
stitch9999 5 years ago
sure is. I can't believe that someone had this and upped it to YouTube that is absolutely amazing.
Pity they tore the park down, it was so much fun.
maccadog15 5 years ago
They went broke because no one went there anymore.
lastcontagiousvictim 5 years ago
we should protest to make a new wonderland becouse sydney pple should have some where to go on the holidays and weekends apart from lunnapark witch is a boring theme park wonderland is where i whent on my first rollercoaster and the rides there where awsome so we should protest to the goverment to make sydney a new theme park witch is big like wonderland was before i think every one in sydney whould whant a new theme park
6britney6 5 years ago
I didn't know this place was demolished, damn it. I used to go to this place with my mum when I was little, but now I live Brisbane. I was planning on going on a holiday with some friends to Wonderland and see whats new. This sucks, one of my best childhood memories are now gone. Why was it demolished?
Let me know when you start that protest.
SammyShayder 5 years ago
I loved that place also think i went about 15 times i went the first week when i was opened in 1985 i was 11. i checked it out on google earth GONE, Dam . sydney has no theme parks now well Luna Park that is crap
shuey74 5 years ago
It still appears on G Earth because the image was taken back in mid 2002, but I can assure you that the park is now totally gone.
djsupersleuth 5 years ago
Cool i thought google earth was " Up to Date " i only ever ventured out that way and to go to wonderland, No need to go out there anymore. Shame, I loved that place and remember every little thing about the place
shuey74 5 years ago
Money Money Money, offshore based owners who couldnt give a dam about anything other than their back pocket.
djsupersleuth 5 years ago