Its funny if this was good news it would have happened just north of Sydney but being bad news it's just north of Newcastle - just kidding we are used to it . What's really sad about the whole thing is that the money the Leyland brothers invested building that theme park sent them from being well off to financially destitute, it also tore them apart and destroyed their relationship. It really was run down and only a shadow of what it was back in it's heyday in the early 90s.

Cheers

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Its funny if this was good news it would have happened just north of Sydney but being bad news it's just north of Newcastle - just kidding we are used to it . What's really sad about the whole thing is that the money the Leyland brothers invested building that theme park sent them from being well off to financially destitute, it also tore them apart and destroyed their relationship. It really was run down and only a shadow of what it was back in it's heyday in the early 90s.

Cheers

BB

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 Agree about the unfortunate events relating to the Leyland Family.  I used to look forward to their TV sessions.

Fortunately I have a large number of their DVDs that I watch from time to time, especially the wet T shirt scene.

We have never seen the big/small Ayers Rock 'attraction' despite having travelled that way countless times.  Too late now though.

Cupie wrote:

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The Belmont Bear wrote:

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Its funny if this was good news it would have happened just north of Sydney but being bad news it's just north of Newcastle - just kidding we are used to it . What's really sad about the whole thing is that the money the Leyland brothers invested building that theme park sent them from being well off to financially destitute, it also tore them apart and destroyed their relationship. It really was run down and only a shadow of what it was back in it's heyday in the early 90s.

Cheers

BB

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 Agree about the unfortunate events relating to the Leyland Family.  I used to look forward to their TV sessions.

Fortunately I have a large number of their DVDs that I watch from time to time, especially the wet T shirt scene.

We have never seen the big/small Ayers Rock 'attraction' despite having travelled that way countless times.  Too late now though.

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Cupie who can forget those documentary film pioneers like the Leyland brothers, Malcom Douglas, Alby Mengels even Harry Butler and Les Hiddins they showed ordinary Australians parts of Australia and in Alby's case the world that few of us had ever seen before. Don't worry you didn't miss a lot you would have had to visit Leyland World back in the 90s to see it in full swing. Over the years the rock had become a bit of an eyesore which was being operated as a service station and roadhouse.

I wonder how many people also remember the Tomteland Park which wasn't that far away on Nelson Bay Road, Williamtown. It was a Swedish Xmas based theme park which wasn't travelling that well (I wonder why) so the company sold it to the Worimi Aboriginal Land Council in 2003 who renamed it Marook - closed it's doors in 2004. Every now and then the Worimi mob will talk about redeveloping the 5 hectare site but as yet I haven't really seen anything happening up there either.

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