The Bush Beast

The Bush Beast
The Bush Beast
Wonderland Sydney
Location	Wonderland Sydney
Coordinates	33°48′03″S 150°51′04″E / 33.800767°S 150.851250°E
Status	Removed
Opening date	7 December 1985
Closing date	26 April 2004
General statistics
Type	Wood – Out and back
Manufacturer	Taft Broadcasting
Track layout	Double Out and back Figure 8
Lift/launch system	Chain lift hill
Height	27.5 m (90 ft)
Length	975.3 m (3,200 ft)
Speed	90 km/h (56 mph)
Inversions	0
Duration	2:30
Capacity	880 riders per hour
Trains	2 trains with 7 cars. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 28 riders per train.
	The Bush Beast at RCDB

The Bush Beast was a wooden roller coaster located at Wonderland Sydney in Australia. The ride opened with the park on 7 December 1985^[2] and closed with the park on 26 April 2004.^[3] The ride features a mirrored layout to that of other wooden roller coasters located at California's Great America,^[2]^[4] Canada's Wonderland,^[5] and Kings Dominion.^[6] The Bush Beast was manufactured by Taft Broadcasting.^[5]

References

^ "The Bush Beast". Wonderland History. Archived from the original on 5 March 2010. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
^ ^a ^b "The Bush Beast (Wonderland Sydney)". Parkz. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
^ Marden, Duane. "Bush Beast (Wonderland Sydney)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
^ Marden, Duane. "Grizzly (California's Great America)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
^ ^a ^b Ruben, Paul (1990). "The Coasters of Curt Summers". Roller Coaster Magazine. 9 (1): 18. ISSN 0896-7261.
^ Marden, Duane. "Grizzly (Kings Dominion)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved 7 October 2010.

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