December 2009
Year-long wait as scrapped wheel is rebuilt
MOST of Docklands' massive ferris wheel has been sold for scrap and it is being rebuilt from scratch to a new design, leaving the struggling precinct without a centrepiece for at least another 10 months.
Date: 27 Dec 2009
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http://www.theage.com.au
November 2009
Southern Star to have new design
Docklands’ Southern Star Observation Wheel will return with a slightly different design. A spokesperson said the wheel’s operators were taking the opportunity to improve on the structure which failed in January this year...
Date: 27 Nov 2009
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http://www.docklandsnews.com.au
May 2009
Melbourne's ferris wheel down for a year
Meisho Corporation to repair it off-site. Southern Star refused to comment further, but its chairman… fanfare shortly before Christmas. However, the Docklands tourist attraction shut down a month later… The wheel's closure has also hurt Docklands retail and restaurant owners, which have lost expected flow-on business....
Date: 12 May 2009
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http://www.heraldsun.com.au
December 2008
Wheel turns on the city
Thousands of visitors turned up for the first full day of operation for the Southern Star… ...first and the third in the world after the London Eye and Singapore Flyer. Fred Maybury, chairman of the Southern Star company…
Date: 21 December 2008
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http://www.heraldsun.com.au |
