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Adventure World is a small Theme Park in Perth, Western Australia . It is located in Bibra Lake , 20 km from the CBD. The park opened on 11 November 1982 as "Edgley’s Adventure World" Adventureworld.net.au ''Background information''. Accessed 21 February 2005. and undergoes a winter closure each year. Michael Edgley International created and ran the park from its inception to December 1990. 380,000 tonnes of sand were used to reshape the land contours of the industrial dump site into a suitable theme park location. Since 1999, Omni Leisure Operations has been managing the park. In 1999 LeisureWide Property Trust (a 40% owner of Omni Leisure and owned by Macquarie Bank ) did not act on their option to buy Adventure World"Trust Takes Option On Adventure World" by Fran Spencer, ''The West Australian'', 28 January 1999 and since 2000 a West Australian has owned the park. In 1999 '' The West Australian '' compared Adventure World to Australia's largest theme park DreamWorld , illustrating its smaller nature and limted profit making ability: Dreamworld's total revenue for the half year was $27.3 million, from 566,374 visitors and average per capita expenditure of $48.12. In comparison, Adventure World has a total revenue of $4.72 million from 225,292 visitors and an average per capita expenditure of $20.95. ATTRACTIONS Kiddy Land Kiddy Land is an area of the park that is just for young children and their parents. There are a number of rides to suit young children. For all the family Adventure World has a number of rides and attractions suitable for the whole family. These include a chair lift and a pool area. Thrilling and fun These rides are for older children but younger children may be accompanied by and adult. Included are a few waterslides and a Grand Prix raceway with mini cars. Fear Factor 5 These five rides are considered the scariest in the park. They are advertised as 'Extreme, Not for the faint hearted'. They are among the most popular rides in the park. The 5 rides are:
FOOD AND BEVERAGES Adventure World has 4 food outlets. These are:
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