Hi-Lite Park
Opened | 1956 |
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Closed | 1985 |
Operating season | All year round |
Hi-Lite Park was an amusement park in
It was a very popular foreshore attraction in Geelong, comparable to
Ferris wheel
In December 2006, a Ferris wheel, reported to be the largest non-permanent wheel in the southern hemisphere, was erected in the same area in which Hi-Lite Park once stood. The wheel had been renovated by Phoenix Fabrication & Welding of Geelong, which enlarged the gondolas. There were 36 gondolas, each with capacity to seat six people. It had a 50-metre peak clearance and each ride was 10–12 minutes in duration.
It was imported by the Verfurth family, who ran Hi-Lite Amusements, having also operated Hi-Lite Park under the ownership of first-generation showman Emile Francis Verfurth, who resided in Braybrook, Victoria, and evidently moved his carnival to various sites around Victoria.[3]
References
- ^ ‘Hy-Lite Amusement Park, The Esplanade, Geelong’ – unpublished resource book compiled by Geelong Heritage Centre, 2010, GRS 2075/712.5 HYL – Geelong Heritage Centre Reference Library, Geelong Heritage Centre Collection
- ^ Heritage Impact Statement Eastern Beach Reserve, Geelong – Hi-Lite Amusements 2012 [dead link]
- ^ "Harrison leaves hospital, charged". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 29 January 1952. p. 1. Retrieved 14 May 2014.