Gumbuya World

Gumbuya World
Gumbuya World logo
Slogan "Have A Great Day Out"
Location 2705 Princes Highway, Tynong North, Victoria
Coordinates 38°04′09″S 145°39′31″E / 38.069185°S 145.658643°E / -38.069185; 145.658643Coordinates: 38°04′09″S 145°39′31″E / 38.069185°S 145.658643°E / -38.069185; 145.658643
Owner Gerry Ryan, Wal Pisciotta, Ray Weinzierl, Adam Campbell and Brett Murray
Opened 1978
Previous names Gumbuya Park
Operating season All year round
Rides
Total 7
Roller coasters 1
Water rides 5 (two slides, lazy river, water playground)
Website gumbuya.com.au

Gumbuya World (formerly Gumbuya Park) is an amusement park in Tynong North, Victoria, near Pakenham, in Victoria, Australia. The park is owned by Jayco, Inc Australia founder and owner Gerry Ryan and carsales.com.au owner Wal Pisciotta since September 2016.

The park contains various rides and attractions ranging from water slides to roller coasters and wildlife exhibits. It's two major waterslides are the Boomerango and the Taipan. The park also features a lazy river ride, giant water playground, wave simulator, fun-for-all roller coaster, tree swing, train ride, dodgem cars, and a berry twirl ride for young children. There is also an exhibit featuring dingoes, lizards, crocodiles, koalas, avaries and wallabies which incorporates a petting zoo.

History

Originally a pheasant farm, the facility was converted into a wildlife park in 1978 by the late[1] Ron Rado.[2][3]

In October 2011, vandals attached a powerful explosive charge to the large pheasant statue at the entrance to the park and blew out its rear end. That followed earlier vandalism, including the theft of mini cars and motor karts.[4][5][6]

In September 2016 Gumbuya Park was sold for $4.65 million[7] to a group of investors which included Gerry Ryan and Carsales.com.au founder Wal Pisciotta, Adam Campbell, Brett Murray, and Ray and Ron Weinzierl to buy the park and revamp it.[8][3][9]

Attractions

Gumbuya World is divided into 4 sections; Oasis Springs, Outback Explorers, Oz Adventure and Wildlife Trail.

Oasis Springs

Cabanas , Boomerango waterslide, Surfs Up (wave simulator), Taipan waterslide (180-metre dark slide), The Lazy River: 300-metre river cruise, Typhoon Island: interactive jungle gym with giant water bucket

Oz Adventure

Mining Race Coaster: roller coaster, Rush Hour, Tree Swing, Trackless Train (takes visitors through Gumbuya World),

Outback Explorers

Berry Twirl, Outback Pirates ship, Desert Derby dodgem cars, Truck Convoy (leads to Gerry’s Roadhouse),

Wildlife Trail

Koala and Dingo exhibit, Walkthrough Aviary and Wallaby trail, Critter Cave (featuring insects, lizards and baby crocodiles), Petting Zoo, 52 species of different animals in a bushland setting.

References

  1. ↑ "Ron's road to success". Star News Group. 15 March 2007. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
  2. ↑ "Gumbaya Park". Only Melbourne. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
  3. 1 2 Gumbuya Park to Make a $4 Million Comeback, by Tacey Rychter, 15th September 2016, Broadsheet Media
  4. ↑ Murnane, Matt (26 October 2011). "Man arrested over Gumbuya Park pheasant explosion". The Age. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
  5. ↑ Collins, John T (1984), Tynong "Gumbuya Park", Princes Highway, retrieved 29 April 2017 , ...Shows large statue of pheasant at tourist attraction...
  6. ↑ Bird, Frank (2005), Conservation analysis report : Gumbuya Park Big Pheasant, retrieved 29 April 2017
  7. ↑ "BRW rich-lister to revive Gumbuya Park with accommodation". Financial Review. 13 September 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  8. ↑ Ballantyne, Adrian (2016-09-14). "Gumbuya Park ready for good times after $4.65m sale". Commercial News. realestate.com.au. Retrieved 2017-06-21.
  9. ↑ Bailey, Megan (15 December 2017). "Revamped Gumbuya Park, Tynong North, opens". Herald Sun. Retrieved 16 April 2018.


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