O'Neill's Adventureland
Encyclopedia
O'Neill's Adventureland was a small amusement park
located in Edmondson Park
, New South Wales
, Australia
.
The park was promoted in the 1970s and 1980s on television commercials with the lyric "Something for mum and something for dad, something for grandma and old grandad...at Adventureland".
The park operated under the name of Adventureland Sydney and was open throughout the year.
More recently the park has been used as a set for the television show Double the Fist
. The rides at the park have also featured in movies such as Babe
& Ghost Rider
.
The park was also used extensively in the 1983 Australian Drama - Hostage,
where the initial first section of the movie was based.
This movie was also know internationally as The Christine Maresch Story, which starred Judy Nunn and Kerry Mack.
Amusement park
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located in Edmondson Park
Edmondson Park, New South Wales
Edmondson Park is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Edmondson Park is located 40 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Liverpool.-History:...
, New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
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The park was promoted in the 1970s and 1980s on television commercials with the lyric "Something for mum and something for dad, something for grandma and old grandad...at Adventureland".
The park operated under the name of Adventureland Sydney and was open throughout the year.
More recently the park has been used as a set for the television show Double the Fist
Double the Fist
Double the Fist is an Australian satirical television show which airs on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. It follows the misadventures of four men and their pursuit of "fistworthiness": host Steve Foxx , and his three offsiders; Rod Foxx , Mephisto , and The Womp .The series has also been...
. The rides at the park have also featured in movies such as Babe
Babe (film)
Babe is a 1995 Australian-American film directed by Chris Noonan. It is an adaptation of the 1983 novel The Sheep-Pig, also known as Babe: The Gallant Pig in the United States, by Dick King-Smith and tells the story of a pig who wants to be a sheepdog...
& Ghost Rider
Ghost Rider (film)
Ghost Rider is a 2007 superhero film written and directed by Mark Steven Johnson. Based on the character of the same name which appeared in Marvel Comics, the film stars Nicolas Cage as Johnny Blaze, a stunt motorcyclist who sells his soul to the Devil and transforms into thevigilante Ghost...
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The park was also used extensively in the 1983 Australian Drama - Hostage,
where the initial first section of the movie was based.
This movie was also know internationally as The Christine Maresch Story, which starred Judy Nunn and Kerry Mack.