Man that ride is old, but was still one of my favourites, at the very back of the park. Believe they closed it a few years ago, after a series of faults.
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It is still operating, but my understanding is it is closed right now for refurb. The closure a few years ago was to replace the old trains as well as redo the station, but the ride is still going strong and will likely still be there for a long while given they invested into it a few years ago.
Back then Nine used to have a close relationship with the parks, sponsoring the old Looney Tunes River Ride, Hey Hey filming multiple shows there, filming this, and Kids WB regularly visiting the park (and the kids land named after the show).
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1 May 1960: The theatre production Seagulls Over Sorrento is adapted to a TV play, performed live to air from the studios of HSV7. The play, directed by Alf Potter, marked Crawford Productions’ first foray into television drama, having produced radio dramas and serials since the 1940s. The 90-minute production was videotaped for later broadcast in other states.
1 May 1975: Number 96 actor Joe Hasham stars in his own variety special, Hasham, screening on the 0-10 Network.
1 May 1994: The 1994 Eurovision Song Contest (SBS) is on delayed telecast from Ireland.
1 May 1995: The new ABC series McFeast features Elle McFeast (Libbi Gorr) with Mark Warren and Mikey Robins, as they lift the lid on Australian politicians.
1 May 2003: The Seven Network debuts comedy series Greeks On The Roof, featuring Effie Stephanidis (Mary Coustas) and her family hosting their own chat show. An Australian adaptation of the UK series The Kumars at No. 42.
1 May 2005: Rove McManus, Eddie McGuire and Andrew O’Keefe host the 57th annual TV Week Logie Awards from Crown Casino, Melbourne.
1 May 2013: Wentworth, a re-imagining of the former Network Ten series Prisoner, makes its debut on Foxtel.
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2 May 1976: HSV7, Melbourne, screens a replay of the FA Cup final between Manchester United and Southampton. Both ABC and Seven covered the match live from Wembley the night before.
2 May 1988: The debut of Seven’s breakfast news and finance program TVAM, presented by John Barton and Kay McGrath.
2 May 1996: The premiere of ABC drama series Mercury, based around the editors and reporters for a fictional newspaper, The Sunday Mercury. Cast includes Geoffrey Rush, Victoria Longley, Nicholas Hammond, Pamela Rabe, Susan Lyons, Julie Forsyth, Sue Ingleton and David Roberts.
2 May 2005: The launch of mobile soap opera, Random Place. For a subscription fee, customers can catch up with daily mini-episodes and other content from the relationship-based drama delivered to their mobile phone.
2 May 2006: ABC debuts nine-part music series SET, presenting live music with a focus on Australia’s experimental music scene. Hosted by Kate Crawford.
2 May 2010: Bert Newton returns as host of the TV Week Logie Awards, from Crown Casino, Melbourne.
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IIRC by roughly September the program had been axed, and Kay had joined Frank Warwick on the Brisbane nightly news.
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Stayed around til the end of 89’ but Kay was gone back to QLD at the end of 88’. Pretty sure Gina Boon was the reader til the shows cancellation alongside John Barton.
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Never knew Gina spent time at Seven. Thought she was always at Nine.
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Did a lot at 7 in a brief stint. Was a researcher on TWT for a little bit then was a presenter for much of 1989. TVAM, some weekend news, and then finished off at NewsWorld.
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3 May 1967: HSV7, Melbourne, screens the special The Seekers Down Under, featuring the famous Australian pop music group that had become a huge hit in Australia and overseas. The special aired on BTQ7, Brisbane, the previous night and on ATN7, Sydney, two days later.
3 May 1974: The Mannequin And Photographic Model Of The Year Awards is presented live from the studios of ATV0, Melbourne. The highlight of the one-hour telecast is a performance by Samantha Sang.
3 May 1994: Bruce McAvaney hosts Seven‘s coverage of the AFL State Of Origin match between South Australia versus Victoria from Football Park, Adelaide.
3 May 1995: The ABC special Eternity tells the story of Sydney eccentric Arthur Stace, who became famous for scrawling “Eternity” in chalk on footpaths around Sydney.
3 May 2000: The Seven Network debuts Ground Force, hosted by Graham Ross. The show’s team of Patrick Thompson, Fiona Bruyn, Pascall Fox and Andrew Wilson each week have 48 hours to transform a residential garden.
3 May 2002: The Seven Network screens the concert special Elton John: A Journey Through Time from the Sydney Entertainment Centre.
3 May 2003: Leah McLeod and Brett Cross (creator of Manpower) host Nine‘s new reality series Strip Search, presenting the hunt for Australia’s next all-male entertainment troupe.
YouTube: Lachlan Patterson TV
3 May 2009: Gretel Killeen hosts the 51st annual TV Week Logie Awards from the Crown Palladium, Melbourne.
3 May 2010: ABC2 debuts eight-part comedy-drama I Rock, the story of a struggling indie-rock band.
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That seems like such a weird choice in 2009, Like has it been 2005 when she was still hosting Big Brother and the show was still doing good it would make a lot of sense but 2009 it just seems weird.
This feels very much of that era.
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Rebecca Gibney won the Gold Logie that year.
Packed to the Rafters had 11 nominations that night.
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I can remember it was Seven News’ top headline the next day (and at a time when the combined bulletins were pulling like 1.6m metro and last dominating Sydney)
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4 May 1964: Melbourne’s third commercial channel, ATV0, presents its first test programs ahead of its official launch in August.
8am Test Pattern and Music, 12pm Australia And New Zealand, 12.13 The Pitcairn People, 12.40 Sea Road, 12.57 Three In A Million, 1.42 Isle Of The Caribbean, 1.57 Time, music, 4pm Flight Into Yesterday, 4.30 They Chose The Sea, 4.55 Speed The Plough, 5.11 The Power To Fly, 5.31 The Home Made Car, 5.59 Music, 7pm Grand Tour, 7.28 Final Victory, 7.57 Music, 8pm Close
4 May 1979: HSV7, Melbourne, launches a new weekly children’s show, Stax, promising a new approach to television where children, aged 7 to 13, provide the ideas for the show and present them.
4 May 1992: The Nine Network debuts children’s series The New Adventures Of Skippy, a modern take on the TV classic Skippy The Bush Kangaroo, starring Andrew Clarke.
4 May 1994: Andrew Denton hosts the special The Money Or The Gun On Ice as he journeys to Antarctica to see how the 19 residents on the island coped with living in isolation for a year.
4 May 1995: Network Ten screens the documentary Six Of Us: A Snapshot Of Young Australia, profiling six different Australians.
4 May 1996: Ten‘s new Saturday afternoon lifestyle show Bright Ideas: The Home Improvement Show promises “everything from purchasing a home to the range of home improvement options available”.
4 May 1997: SBS screens a delayed telecast of the 42nd annual Eurovision Song Contest, held in Dublin, Ireland.
4 May 1999: The Seven Network debuts real estate/lifestyle program Hot Property, hosted by Michael Caton.
4 May 2008: The 50th annual TV Week Logie Awards are held at Crown Palladium, Melbourne, and telecast on the Nine Network.
4 May 2009: Network Ten debuts factual series Recruits, following the day-to-day life of a group of police recruits on their way to becoming police officers in the New South Wales Police Force.
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YouTube: Nat Jes
ATV0 would get in trouble with the ACB after its first week’s schedule got leaked to ‘outside media’.
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Wow, really
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This was a great show, I recall it being popular and having a good run too
This was one of my favourite factuals, sad it only went for two seasons IIRC. Another, also around this time, was Keeping Up With The Joneses.
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5 May 1985: The 30th annual Eurovision Song Contest is on delayed telecast on SBS from Gothenburg, Sweden.
5 May 1991: The 36th annual Eurovision Song Contest is on delayed telecast on SBS from Rome, Italy.
5 May 1993: The Australian economy comes under the scrutiny of the team from Fast Forward in the two-hour comedy special A Royal Commission Into The Australian Economy.
5 May 2007: SBS quiz show Rockwiz presents a special edition from the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
5 May 2009: Network Ten debuts game show Talkin’ ‘Bout Your Generation, hosted by Shaun Micallef with team captains Josh Thomas, Charlie Pickering and Amanda Keller.
5 May 2011: Shutdown of analogue television services — Regional Victoria
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Oh sweet, is there a full video broadcast for it?
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6 May 1957: GTV9 launches Graham Kennedy’s In Melbourne Tonight, a live variety program that lasted 13 years.
6 May 1990: SBS has a delayed telecast of the 35th annual Eurovision Song Contest, from Zagreb, Yugoslavia.
6 May 1992: Nine’s telecast of the Rugby League State Of Origin is being scheduled in prime time across Australia for the first time.
6 May 2001: Rebecca Gibney, Grant Bowler, Jane Hall, Paul Sonkkila, Steve Vidler, Brooke Harman, Paul Denny, Victoria Longley, Monica Maughan and Damien Garvey star in the Network Ten telemovie Finding Hope.
6 May 2007: The 49th annual TV Week Logie Awards are held at Crown Casino, Melbourne. Hosting duties are shared between Adam Hills, Fifi Box and Dave Hughes, with Hamish Blake and Andy Lee doing the “green room” interviews.
6 May 2010: ABC1 screens the one-hour special The Inquisition, the docu-drama on the historic Wood Royal Commission into police corruption in New South Wales.
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