Third, Aboriginal peoples had no writing so could not record their words before the arrival of Europeans, who soon discovered that the returning boomerang was called a ‘birgan’ by Aborigines around Moreton Bay, and a ‘barragadan’ by those in north-western New South Wales. Roughly 60% of Aboriginal peoples used both returning boomerangs and non-returning hunting sticks, and therefore had words for them a further 10% had only non-returning hunting sticks, and the remaining 30% used neither.

Second, the returning boomerang was unknown to Aboriginal peoples in most of the Northern Territory, all of Tasmania, half of South Australia and the northern parts of Queensland and Western Australia. The following should clarify some issues at the outset.įirst, there is no such thing as “the Aboriginal language” there were in fact between 500 and 600 different Aboriginal languages at the time of European settlement in 1788, each with its own terms for tools and weapons. There are several myths and misconceptions about the origin of the word boomerang that need dispelling before we investigate its use in the English language and in the modem world. Closed and removed for expansion of County Fair area.What is a Boomerang? An investigation of the word boomerang in Aboriginal and English languagesīy Tony Butz (former history teacher and linguist, past editor of the Boomerang Bulletin, and the founder of the Boomerang Throwing Association of New South Wales) Closed and removed for the addition of Copperhead Strike.Ī one or two person tube slide that had twist and turns. Closed and removed for Seaside Splashworks play structure.Ī relaxation area with pools that included jet sprays and water gushing mushrooms. It opened as South-East's longest mat racing slide.įour-person family raft ride that takes riders down four stories of unexpected dips and sharp turns.Īn interactive Children's play area with water jets, splash areas and more.įamily-friendly two-person inner-tube water slideįamily-oriented, multi-level water fortress complete with slides, bridges, and rope laddersĪ multi-level play structure with over 80 play elements, including dozens of interactive spray jets, water guns, net bridges, water wheels, six water slides, and a giant 423-gallon tipping bucketĪ complex consisting of two body slides and two inner-tube slides all of which are enclosedĪ new 27,000 foot wave pool with 8 massive generators and waves up to 6 feet, and interactive water geysers at the base at the poolģ51-foot-long enclosed slide that empties riders into a bowl.Ī small wave pool that was ocean islands first attraction.

Identical complexes exist at Oceans of Fun, Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom, Soak City at Kings Dominion, Soak City at Kings Island, Cedar Point Shores, Knott's Soak City (Adjacent to Knott's Berry Farm), and South Bay Shores at California's Great America.Ī six-lane family Mat Racer water slide. Multi-slide complex featuring capsule slides and inner-tube slides. List of attractions Thrill level (out of 5) ġ (low) 2 (mild) 3 (moderate) 4 (high) 5 (aggressive)įully enclosed inner-tube ride that plunges riders into total darkness This attraction has 6 separate enclosed, and open to the sun slides. On August 15, 2019, Carowinds announced “Boogie Board Racer”, the longest mat racing slide in the southeast. The expansion includes a new wave pool named Surf Club Harbor, 2 children splash areas named Myrtle Turtle Beach and Kitty Hawk Cove, a six-story, six-slide complex named Blackbeard's Revenge, and a new play structure called Seaside Splashworks. On August 27, 2015, Carowinds announced that Boomerang Bay would undergo a major expansion in 2016 and would be renamed Carolina Harbor. As part of the multi-year expansion at Carowinds, Boomerang Bay added Surfer's Swell and Dorsal Fin Drop for the 2014 season. In 2008, Cedar Fair added a 600,000-US-gallon (2,300 m 3) wave pool, Bondi Beach, increasing the total size of the water park to 20 acres (81,000 m 2). Another major expansion occurred in 2006 adding a new Australian theme and changing the name to Boomerang Bay, a name shared with several water parks at other Cedar Fair amusement parks. For the 1997 season, Paramount Parks invested $7 million in a 12-acre (49,000 m 2) expansion and renamed the park to WaterWorks.

The water park originally opened as Ocean Island in 1982.

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