Luna Park, Amusement park in St Kilda, Australia
Luna Park is an amusement park on the St Kilda foreshore in Australia, located beside the beach and the historic waterfront promenade. The site includes several rides of different intensities, from a wooden roller coaster to carousels and modern attractions for younger visitors.
J.D. Williams and the Phillips brothers opened the site in December 1912 on the grounds of a former amusement park called Dreamland. Over the decades, the park closed and reopened several times, but remained a fixture of Melbourne's coastal culture.
The grinning face at the entrance has become a symbol of St Kilda and draws photographers from around the world. Families with children often visit the park on weekends and school holidays, when the grounds fill with crowds and lines form at the most popular attractions.
Visitors can buy annual passes for unlimited access to all rides, while children under three years enter at no cost. The grounds are directly accessible from the beach promenade and within walking distance of several public transport stops along the coast.
The wooden roller coaster has run continuously since 1912 and remains the oldest continuously operating coaster in the world. A brakeman manually controls the speed of the train on every ride, a practice now almost extinct elsewhere.
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