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[jackso]

hahaha. Didnt we have a whole thing about 'intellect a year or two ago?

[desperaterobots]

Goodbye Wheel!

[crave]

are they taking it down?

[dallastexjr]

http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-...heel-to-close/

Perth wheel to close

BEATRICE THOMAS, The West Australian
April 12, 2010, 10:25 am

The Perth Observation Wheel will stop turning on May 2 after operators and the City of Perth were unable to reach an agreement on its future.

Perth Lord Mayor Lisa Scaffidi said this morning that World Tourist Attractions were seeking a five-year lease extension at the foreshore, which was not possible with the late 2011/early 2012 starting date flagged for the Perth waterfront redevelopment.

Ms Scaffidi said operators were also keen to move to Barrack Square with a wheel about 5m smaller in diameter.

However the council ruled it out because the site was not big enough.

Ms Scaffidi said other possible sites such as the Supreme Court Gardens and Langley Park were also deemed unsuitable.

"They need to justify the expense and guarantee a five-year lease period, which of course we can't give given the fact that we've got the announcement confirmed by the Premier now that (the waterfront redevelopment) will commence just after CHOGM," she said.

"We can't find another location that’s as amenable as the current one."

Ms Scaffidi said it was a disappointing outcome.

"It's disappointing because I love it," she said.

"People will notice that it's gone and it will be bare without it and I am extremely disappointed at its departure.

"I've ridden on it a few times myself and of course I love the lights, the lights are a huge addition to the city skyline."

Ms Scaffidi said she could see the wheel from her office at Council House and believed it had been popular.

"Traders around Barrack Square say it's really enhanced business for them," she said.

"It's been a good thing for the city."

The decision to close the wheel comes a month after the City of Perth resolved to change the zoning of the land it is sitting on from road reserve to crown reserve after World Tourist Attractions indicated it wanted to stay on the site for two more years.

Ms Scaffidi said the original two-year agreement expired in January.

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Stephen30 minutes agoReport Abuse
Well what a waste of money that was..............

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0Thumbs UpThumbs Down0cat_gordy21 minutes agoReport Abuse
No kidding ? Why can't they spend money on the river.....that would justify money well spent, the river is still touted as a tourist attraction and it stinks and is polluted to the max.

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0Thumbs UpThumbs Down0Shane2 minutes agoReport Abuse
Perth - dullsville. Opps, we did it again

[vic-k]

Shit, I actually was a fan of it.

[tbor]

Lots of comments on TheWest.com about the 'waste of money' that was the Ferris Wheel.

Ummmm, it was privately owned and operated yeh? No precious tax-payer (or rate-payer) dollars were spent AFAIK. So it didn't turn a profit, so what? That's private enterprise for ya. Shit happens.

[jackso]

People have been thinking public money was used every since it was erected. Idiots.

[jacoboy7]

Awwwwww, I came to love the wheel :'(

Figures. Classic Perth xD.

Hopefully we get a fucking epic wheel and more attractions at the new foreshore or something.

Couldnt the company of settled for a smaller lease?

[Sanj]

how the fuck is it classic perth??

some of the comments ive read about the wheel make me want to punch people

it is something set up by a private company and they are making a commercial decision to not continue with it. that happens every day in pretty much every city in the world

i dare say so many dumb fucks making uninformed comments about the wheel wasting taxpayers money is more classic perth than the wheel itself

p.s - rant is not really directed at you, ive just heard dumb comments all morning

[crave]

Originally Posted by dallastexjr

Stephen30 minutes agoReport Abuse
Well what a waste of money that was..............

i was gonna reply to this comment and ask him kindly to stop worrying about what tha world is doing and focus on digging his grave instead...

[dwdudley]

...the comments on Perth Now are sad and pathetic..someone is blaming Lisa Scaffidi like usual...the wheel was spoiling the foreshore apparently too... no-one uses the fucking foreshore... ode to the sacred foreshore! Who are these people? Do they even go anywhere near the fucking foreshore!!

[Kurtin]

All that effort wasted. The Wheel was destined to fail.

Time for foreshore redevelopment now. Let hope all the organizers involved get all of this right, and not cause one massive fuck up. Would be great to see a well designed foreshore development completed, not a half arsed one.

[jacoboy7]

Originally Posted by Sanj

how the fuck is it classic perth??

some of the comments ive read about the wheel make me want to punch people

it is something set up by a private company and they are making a commercial decision to not continue with it. that happens every day in pretty much every city in the world

i dare say so many dumb fucks making uninformed comments about the wheel wasting taxpayers money is more classic perth than the wheel itself

p.s - rant is not really directed at you, ive just heard dumb comments all morning

xD.
Ment classic Perth as in we get something, we dont like it, we end up liking it, then it gets taken away from us, unfortunately due to my fail, I cant come up with another example, but im sure its happened before, but I cant think of anything.

[NailZ]

CHOGM is still 2 freaking years away. Gah! We will have nothing there now... are you happy now? Typical ignorant wankers.

[crave]

i think a lot of it comes down to tha fact that they prolly didn't get enough people to go on that thing to make it viable... yet it's rent free etc etc but i suppose it has to do more than attempt to break-even?

we should build our own southern star wheel 100x as big!!! *t-i-c*

[jarkti]

why cant we have it at langley park or suprem court gardens...

suprem court gardens would be pretty cool

I guess I'll go on it before it leavs, maybe, probably not.

[desperaterobots]

WAToday are reporting that the council spent $10 million on the wheel. What could they be referring to?

[WCG]

Channel 7 news said this evening that the wheel is been taken down because the waterfront project is starting in the next 18 months

[samboy]

hahahah what a clusterfuck of misinformation.

[crave]

perthnow mentions that lisa said it has cost $10m...

it has cost barack obama $10m?

it has cost tha indonesian govt $10m?

it has cost samboy $10m?

who wore tha cost@!!_%@)^&@_%*@