The Southern Star is in pieces, the Perth Observation Wheel is closing, and now Jeff Kennett is leading a campaign against a proposed ferris wheel in Geelong and the barely-used eyesore on Birrarung Marr:
I can’t stand that Ferris wheel stuck in the middle of it, it’s an absolute eyesore… ¶ The park attracts enough people on its own as they walk or jog along the river, it doesn’t need a man-made piece of Meccano set sitting there for that purpose… Why don’t you go and shove it in an area that’s full of concrete? Take it out of our parks.
Hopefully things are taking a turn for the interesting. Love it or hate it, at least Anish Kapoor’s Orbit isn’t another bloody ferris wheel.