Wonderland, Sydney (Forgotten Fun Parks 8) Eastern Creek, New South Wales, Australia
By The Booos on 23-Apr-11. Waypoint GC2TR6N

Tftc

Accio 09:16:20The long drive Canberra to Brisbane, and a few LGA-stops around Sydney. Thanks The Booos for entertaining me at this location. *{Overall find #12731}*

DNF

Last of a few nighttime cache logged geofinds. Heading home shortly. Hence simple finds here and there. TFTC The Booos

I loved Australias wonderland - literally grew up down the road from it. Had the wonder pass and my friends and family would come and hang out for the day. It was the best place ever!!! My fav was the snowy river rampage ride. Easy find. The log was dry so I could write on it but I dared not unravel it. The plastic protector is no longer a bag. Tftc

Nice quick park and grab. Tftc

A quick find today, but the log is soaked and unsignable. Tftc

Found on a quiet morning after work.In the obvious spot.I think I only went to Wonderland once, on a school excursion in the mid-late 90's.SL TFTC

Very easy find, struggled to open but eventually got to log. TFTC

I remember going to wonderland a few times back then, good memories tftc

Day 9. A last minute plan had been hatched to make my way to QOGM. Very little planning had been done but a very rough outline was in place and it was going to be a day by day trip.With my caching buddy on a plane and back home in Melbourne, it was time to start making some progress north with a likely end destination of Newcastle today.Whilst I never visited this park I do remember it being advertised as a child, and hadnt realised it was gone until now. A quick find here.Thanks The Booos for adding this cache to the worldwide collection for us all to enjoy.----------------------------------------------------------The 12 Days of Cachemas series is now live. Check out the list of caches and work your way through the series. Full details available at [Cachemas in July](https://geocachingvictoria.com.au/events/cachemas-in-July) Voting is also now open for the 2022 Victorian Cache of the Year Awards. The shortlist is available [here](https://coord.info/BMC8QYR)[Make your vote count - Vote here!](https://geocachingvictoria.com.au/events/Victorian-cache-of-the-year-awards/2022-Victorian-cache-of-the-year-awards

Nice quick find in the obvious spot after a day at BWU2. I have fond memories of Australia's Wonderland as a teenager, looking up at the wooden structure of The Bush Beast creaking and swaying as people screamed above us while we queued. TFTC!

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Quick find here. Tftc

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Man that’s a strong magnet. Not nice to leave the m7 cycle way but ticked it off thankyou

Magnetic

Easy find, watch for spiders

Great concept and hide TFTC

Quick easy find on the way from Canberra to Newy. TFTC!!! #1979

Quick and easy find

Good

Loved this one. My parents said they always used to go to Wonderland and it was the best place ever. Love the hiding spot! TFTC!

Quick easy find #158 @7.15 am, before work. SLRC as found. TFTC.

On my way from Canberra to North Queensland with a few detours for shires. TFTC.
So many truck trailers along this road.

A bit webby

Nice quick find. TFTC.

Quick find. What great days growing up as a kid and going to Wonderland. TFTC

TFTC. What memories were had here. Quick find at GZ. OCW MF428. Geodog Atlas was not with us today.

Found it

Learnt about a park before my time, quick find

Roadtrip - home. Well "half" way. I decided to add a few counties to my count on the way home. I am not going to try and do them all - I would take days to get home. Just going to the ones that are close to my planned route.

This was probably the biggest detour I had to take thanks to the new roads around Sydney. I had decided not to make any stops, but the need for caffeine steered me off the freeway. This one was handy on the way back to the tunnel.

We stopped for this drive-by because we happened to be driving-by. A straightforward find, thank you, The Booos. However, we made the mistake of arriving here on a weekday. As we drove around to get back onto Wallgrove Road, we were surrounded by semi-trailers. Dan felt intimidated. He is not used to anything being taller than him! Anyway, we survived. TFTC

Tftc. Spent many happy days at wonderland as a kid. Remember in 1988 the annual pass wa s $19.88.

found

Magnetic

Found KTM

Found. . KTM. Log was a little wet

First ever find! Very stoked

TFTC, nice quick cache with GLISS.

Found with Commando04 on our trip to Frying Pan. We are collecting counties on our way and this should be a new county for me. Easy find. TFTC

After lots of DNFs today, was happy to finish on a good note and find this one. TFTC

TFTC, weekend hunt, no muggles.

It was just starting to rain, but still only lightly, so we decided to stop on our way home to grab this one.

Good one, thanks The Booos.

Found with Mr MR, our last before heading home. Thanks The Booos.

Nice easy park and grab with mmiicckk ...tftc

Found with Luie on night shift. Easy!

Quick park 'n grab on our way to buy shoes for the Shoes. TFTC

Mrs shoes jumped out for this one on our way to the nearby Asics factory outlet to get Mr shoes some new shoes. TFTC.

Mum quickly jumped out and grabbed this one before going to the Asics factory. TFTC

Heading home to Brisbane after the Clear Waters Mega, with a geocache laundry list carefully compiled for collection .

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Log signed at 06:44 and cache returned as found . Thanks for the experience and the smilie  **The Booos**

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I Wonder where this could Land us? Quick find at GZ. TFTC

I wonder where it could be! TFTC

Well? Where to start... caching business first. A quick find although the ants didn’t like me. Signed and replaced with ease. And as for my memories... I used to work at Wonderland for a few years while I was in high school and then went onto my tertiary studies. It was a great job. I think if it was still open today I’d have worked my way up there and stayed there. We weren’t “staff members” but rather “cast members” because “everyday was a show”. Yes, the park was fun but the real fun occurred after the gates closed! Occasionally we’d stay behind and wait for security to do their park walk and then hit the beach. I have fond memories of a water fight in staff area where I dumped a bucket of water over my not so nice manager. I mainly worked on the games and in retail and did a small stint on the rides. I remember doing a stocktake after hours. It was late. Like midnight late and we were only halfway through counting magnets and key rings and those bean filled balloon heads. We were in the plaza, the main shop, with the doors locked to the park and suddenly there was a commotion in park and security and their dogs went racing in. We heard on the radios that they thought someone had broken in but we knew. We knew who it was. A ghost. Or several actually. The story goes that convicts were murdered in the area. They hung out in Goldrush. They’d ring the phones in the games and when you answered there was silence. They’d rattle the prizes hanging from the game ceilings. You’d feel them near you and turn around only to be alone. Some of the cast claimed to have seen them walking around. Anyway, they made their way out of Goldrush and distracted the guards long enough to taunt us in the shop. The heavy glass doors were shaking and someone was banging on them. Needless to say, we were freaked out and obviously security couldn’t find anyone there. And then it just stopped. Just like that. We laughed nervously and got back to work. We made security walk us to our cars too. I won’t forget that night ever. My last amazing memory occurred on the final day we closed. I was fortunate enough to be rostered on and after the park closed we headed for the Demon. We had the last and final ride and printed out the picture. It was a sad day. We all loved our jobs. I still have the picture and my badge and my hat and so many memories. Thanks for taking me back. TFTC!

Quick find with yehhboii, thanks The Boo

Night time park and grab

**Total find count: 574**

With an initial plan to have another attempt at the Heart Series of caches, a few finds were made before the heat overcame the desire to continue back to some park 'n' grabs to keep the count ticking over.

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After parking at GZ, it took me a few minutes to make the find because I didn't look properly. Once found, the log was signed and replaced as found.

**TFTC The Booos**

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The following TBs and Geocoins helped with the search to find the hidden cache:
* Miniature Itsonlybarney
* GeocachingNSW 2016 Geocoin
* GeocachingNSW 2017 Geocoin
* Geocache Talk Geocoin
* Planetary Pursuit Micro Geocoin
* Geocoin Club Jan 2015 - Rescue Coin
* Geocoin Club May 2018 - Blodeuwedd
* OzGeomuster 2018 Geocoin
* Col Miner HAVOC Geocoin
* Geocoin Club June 2018 - Illumination
* Caching Under the Moon
* Geocoin Club July 2018 - Dive Deep
* Geocache Talk Blackout Geocoin
* GeocachingNSW 2018 Geocoin

In the area today and headed out to grab a few caches and this was one of them. Very quiet today do parked near GZ and a short search and the cache was in hand.

Once the log was signed all was returned as found.

I remember taking my kids there when it first opened and then it was a regular part of life for a bit of fun every year. When I took them to Disneyland in 1992 I was excited and when I asked the kids what they thought and I can still remember my daughter saying, "It's just like Wonderland Dad." [8)] It would have been cheaper to go to Wonderland too!

TFTC The Booos

I took along some trackables for a visit.

Cool place TFTC!

Found at 13:15hrs. GPS was a little out, but I identified GZ upon approach. Easy find but SO HARD to grab coz of all thr muggles in their cars and trucks. Took about 25 minutes just to retrieve, sign and return. Jeez, all these imaginary phone convo's I am having to look legit

Cache find No. 2810
Streak Day: 1043

A quick and easy find while in the area today.

TFTC The Booos

#2351 well over the years I have been caching I have looked a lot of times but never found it. Today was so much different, I parked up the road to get some steps and got swooped by a magpie, what was that for, then it swooped me again. What??? Then swoop click. Oh try that spot. Walked to the end of the road & I put my hand on it in the first place I checked

With cache in hand we signed the log and replaced as found. Both the cache and log are in good condition. Thanks for bringing me to the area and thanks for placing the cache The Booos. Got back to the car and couldn't find the magpie

The following TBs visited for the distance - phlphotos 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 & 2018 NSW geocoin, phlphotos travelling 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017 & 2018 NSW Geocoin, phlphotos Mary Hyde's compass, phlphotos Spindoc Bob Memorial Geocoin, phlphotos, phlphotos Area 51 Tag, phlphotos backpacker canister cover, phlphotos Cache In Trash Out Geocoin, phlphotos Cache In Trash Out Tag, phlphotos CITO Micro Geocoin, phlphotos Col Miner geocoin, phlphotos Four Elements Geocoin, phlphotos Optical Illusion Geocoin, phlphotos Trackable Building Brick, phlphotos Travel Bug Dog Tag, phlphotos Oz GeoMuster 2018 geocoin, phlphotos Oz GeoMuster 2018 geocoin, & dirty Black Juke

Nobody around today. A quick find. TFTC

Not found

Tried not to look too suspicious in a location that I had no good reason to be. Fortunately the find was quick and I was off before any confrontation. TFTC

Quick find!!

Road trip Sydney to Peak Hill. This one had me walking up and down for a while. The truckie parked further up the road must have thought I was strange

Looking for a few extra km to get four circumferences it was good to get another forgotten adventure parks from The Booos. How different is thisnow as a truck storage area. Thanks The Booos for yet another find. are

Nice hiding spot

Found. Nice park and grab. TFTC

Nice easy park and grab. Tftc

Found a nice clean replacement log tonight,while clicking up the numbers for hidden creatures
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all good

Cache replaced and back online.

will replace this cache hopefully this week end

will replace this one soon

Found it but like comments say just the magnet left

Appear to have recovered the magnet, needs a new log tho

Just magnet left bag has disappeared as per comment

Requires maintenance but technically can still find it!

Quick find on this Saturday morning on the geobike. NOTE: the magnet needs re-gluing. But it is well guarded. Many thanks to the CO The Boos for establishing and maintaining this cache for the rest of us to enjoy hunting.

We lost our pen so we took a photo.

Found @ 5/10/17, 8:12 pm by BnB_Holton
Day Streak #273
#2 Cache for Today
#452 Caches this Year
#1044 in Total

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Container Condition:
The cache is in great condition.
Log Condition:
The log is less than 50% full.

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Log:
Second time lucky
Thanks for the cache
Brad & Bec

I've been here before and recall that I found the cache then ... but it appears not since there's no smiley on my map ... either that or I forgot to log the find then, which is quite possible. Anyway, it doesn't really matter now ... the new log has my moniker on it and this log gets the smiley on my map.

Thanks for the cache Booos ... it's interesting coming to Wonderland now, so different to what it was back in the day.

new cache placed

Coordinates changed from:
S 33° 48.116 E 150° 51.104

Coordinates changed to:
S 33° 48.112 E 150° 51.098

Distance from original: 38.7 feet or 11.8 meters.

The original GZ is now an ant nest, so have moved the cache to a new location with less ants.

3/3 looked for today, 3/3 not found. Maybe I'm just not cut out for this...

Out in Sydney with ContactPete and Ris768. Grabbing a few caches and a few laughs.
Managed to add my name to the squash.
I can't wait to catch up with everyone again at
[WA GOES BIG 2017](https://coord.info/GC6TD11) in Rockingham, WA.
Perths big event is on again.
**See you there**.

The Booos - Kyzabra found your cache Wonderland, Sydney (Forgotten Fun Parks . The cache is in good shape and we replaced it as found. Thanks for placing and maintaining your cache.!

Tfth

Thought had it but couldnt get at it...gps spinning so tried a few other spots but came back and persevered with original spot... could barely write on log...needs replacing and a new container. Tftc

Needs new log and container.

Eeewww need TLC/maintenance and maybe relocate slightly as full of ants and maggots.
TFTC.

Found after chatting to the CO at an Event this morning. Attacked by ants! Signed log and returned as found. TFTC

Had another good look but think it's gone

This geocacher reported that the cache might be missing.

No good for me today,
Looks like it may have gone,
I reviewed previous logs and used a touch other tools to look but no good.

Too many folks sitting in cars to be comfortable continuing the search, will have to be another one for a weekend .

I spotted the likely place but Pizza_Steve dismissed it - after more searching and previous log reading it was confirmed that were l originally thought the cache could be is actually where it is! Retrieved cache container with the aid of a tool, signed the log and replaced as found. TFTC The Booos!

I can't even remember where anything was when it comes to wonderland. It's a shame that there are no remains of what once was.

TFTC

The log book is soaked. Dried it out and put it back. Excellent hiding spot