Comments on: Perth’s Wheel(s) of Misfortune

By: whocares

whocares — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:08:19 +0000

Its a ferris wheel, calm down. The kids and families who flock to it love it, go on and tell the smiling children its a waste, it injects money into the city and who cares if its not 100 metres high. Now you can all go back to righting the worlds wrongs as you all do so well.

By: Steven Adams

Steven Adams — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:46:08 +0000

It’s seems very simple to me and we are all blessed with being able to voice our opinions in a country that allows us to, it’s true Perth certainly has its faults and many mistakes have been made i think mostly in part to a state that was left behind somewhat by the rest of the country, it’s been used and left by so many and just like people who have experienced the same it suffers a confused and complex time in it’s journey to being in a better place, so it’s no wonder the decision makers fall short sometimes whether the wheel is good or bad, it’s something, Perth has a long way to finding it’s self and i for one am happy to wait,if others are not up for it they can choose to make it better or move to another state (Melbourne is great) this kind of criticism wont help. Steven.

By: Emnem

Emnem — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:21:44 +0000

Sad, sad, sad,,,,another sad history has been added to Perth. The WHEEL!!!!
It was in the paper while ago that Perth was planning to have a second hand ferris wheel from Brisbane for new attraction. I could not believe my eyes when I read the article. I thought it must be some kinda mistake so I read it over and over and I remember my heart was beating faster and faster with anger.

Coming from different culture, art scene and entertainment in Perth is very conservative and oldfashioned-I try not to use words boring or dull as I am trying to be as polite as possible. I always think it is very tragic that AFL is the biggest entertainment here and even worth that a few square minded people thought “The wheel” would be a good tourist attraction to manipulate tourists.
It is shocking and embarrassing to tell my friends who has never been to Perth before that “come to Perth! we have the wheel!”-my home town has a bigger wheel. I can’t remember how much money they spent on the wheel but there are many better ways to spend the money specially in this economy crisis.
The wheel has just confirmed how ridiculous our governors are.
Wake up Perth!!!!!

By: JayJay

JayJay — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 08:02:21 +0000

This wheel is a joke! What does it give you a birds eye view of? The freaking Belltower – another tourist white elephant! Shit Perth, come up with something original, like a Bungee jump platform off the Mt Eliza escarpment (which works well in Queenstown) or perhaps an observation deck at the top of Central Park tower.

As Derek Zoolander so appropriately put it:

What is this? A FERRIS WHEEL FOR ANTS?!?! The Wheel has be at least…..three times bigger than this.

By: effjayh

effjayh — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:50:08 +0000

That wheel is TINY, TINY, TINY
and if you go to Rocky, make sure you keep your shoes on – tho why ANYONE would even consider going to Rocky, by train or car or plane, with or without shoes is a definite Graylands candidate
As for the crack Bunbury’s power that be moving the station from the PRIME SPOT in the centre of town to the outskirts – you have to remember that there are at least three taxis in Bunbury to service the myriads of day trippers to that fair city …
LOL