 Only one ride, "Skyrider" which was the former cable car at the Sydney Showgrounds, was added between the 1997 takeover and the park's closure.The site was serving as the terminus for Busways route 739 from Horsley Park.CEO Stephen Galbraith stated the September 11 attacks, the 2002 Bali bombings, the collapse of HIH Insurance, the SARS virus, the bird flu virus, "consistent losses" on the Asian financial crisis, the collapse of Ansett Australia, the Iraq War and the 2003 bushfires all contributed to the park's closure.