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Well, as usual the phone never ceases to ring with the strangest of
requests. I figured that in hindsight because we have been so busy
responding to requests from all over the world for our unusual
products that we have in fact been
whispering down a well about the goods we’ve got to sell. Essentially,
if we want to work more in our own backyard then he ought to holler
about what we’ve projects we’ve been working on locally.
What have the group
been doing in the last few
years?
Check out the mountain and landscape of the Wild Wild West ride, the
new Looney Tunes ride, and the new roller-coaster rides at Warner
Brothers Movie World on the Gold Coast and you’ll see how we can
move mountains.
What about an entire coral reef in the World of Sea Theatre and
Dolphin Stadium, at Sea World or Tiger Island at Dreamworld.
How about a 23 month, 30 man job fitting out the entire Shanghai
Oceanarium including Mayan Ruins, Aztec Temples and 50 Giant
aquarium and reef tanks.
Check
out the surreal bar, the giant palms, and the rainforest cascade at
the Caloundra RSL, the giant palms at the Brisbane Treasury
Casino or the giant kentia palms at Canterbury Bankstown
Leagues Club.
When in Sydney take a look at the Gaudi Ceiling at St Mary’s
Leagues Club, the sizzling court Asian streetscape, Australian and
South American Forests in the Bankstown Sports Club or the
Serpentaria at Taronga Zoo.
In
Rockhampton have a look at the huge Carnarvon Gorge cave entry to the
Dreamtime Cultural Centre, The Yarrabah
Cultural Centre, the Pilbara in Western Australia and Weipa
have all been installed, as well as fit outs in the Northern Territory
at the Jabiru Information Centre and Warradjan at Yellow
Waters.
In Mt Isa look at the Riversleigh Fossil Interpretive Centre
and the interpretive shelter we dreamt up on the world heritage
National Park site at Riversleigh itself. Here we ‘carved’ a
moment in time out of the ‘rock’ of a reconstructed cave,
show-casing a moment 70 million years ago when a giant prehistoric
crocodile attacking a giant 3 metre bird.
Add
Dugongs and an Osprey at Osprey House in the Pine Shire,
Walkabout Creek at Brisbane Forest Park, the face at Luna
Park, a 6 metre great white shark for the Discovery Hall of
Washington National Geographic, reconstruction of an Ankylosaur
for the town of Richmond, and a Muttaburrasaurus for the town of
Muttaburra.
We
have laid out the blueprint for the major new Emerald Cultural
Centres and Charleville, with 5-acre lakes full of silver perch
and yellowbelly. The Lost City Bush Camp at Charleville has begun,
providing an insight into the magic of the Bidjara people of Western
Queensland.
And then there Vaughn & Carmel Bullivant's Residence – A mansion with an
entirely themed swimming lagoon; waterfalls, caves and grottos, Bengal
tigers, elephants, monkeys, lions and a jaguar, pythons, macaws,
toucans – too much to list here!
From there we headed to Daydream Island and built our 7th
Mini Golf, the most spectacular ever built in Australia- Around
Australia in 19 holes and then – the giant Mermaids on the rocks on
the north – east end of the Island. Then there was the Shell Fountain,
the Dolphin fountain and the Anemone Fish Fountain.
Then there was the Waltzing Matilda Centre at Winton, the
nocturnal house at the Sunshine Plantation and the coconut palms for
the Museum of Wellington.
In
2000 we supervised the system of the construction of the worlds largest Dinosaur which
was built in Angeles in the Philippines and shipped to Calgary, Canada. This was a T-Rex
standing 75ft tall and 130ft long.
And then there was the Earth Spike, a giant geological explosion
tipped with Quartz crystal bursting through the earths surface for
Escape, a new theme park in Singapore, and don’t forget the huge
rock and water feature in the atrium of the new Kuala Lumpur
International Airport.
Having also completed the huge central waterfall for the Hunter
Valley Gardens in Victoria we are now immersed in the 3
dimensional reconstruction of all the famous nursery rhymes and other
magic elements for the gardens including the Mad Hatter's Tea Party
and a full sized Gingerbread House.
Add to this the Giant Egyptian Crocodile God and 9 metre Frilled
Lizard and many animal habitats for the Australian Reptile Park
at Ourimbah NSW.
Throw in also the 8 metre reconstruction Megalania the giant
prehistoric Goanna that ruled the continent of Australia and numerous
reconstructions of our prehistoric tertiary mammals and a few
Tasmanian Tigers and you should be getting an idea of what pays the
bills for this wacky company.
Oops, I just realised I forgot to tell you about our fantastic
Polar Bear Shores at Sea-World. It’s cool!
So there, as you can see the rumours of my
recent death have been greatly exaggerated.
If
you have an idea which you want to achieve and it is in keeping with
the charter of the work of Natureworks., then I am confident of our
collective ability to develop those thoughts beyond your wildest
dreams, and to then add the third dimension to turn the dream into
reality.
A
person’s brain once stretched by a new idea never regains its original
dimension; I challenge you to make the phone call.
- David Joffe,
April 2003 |