Not long after John Enevoldson joined as a partner and they expanded with 20 more plantation acres, a shop, cafe and a larger car park. In 1968 John retired and sold his share to Alan who continued building the business until 1988 when it was sold to Horticulture World which was part owned by local businessman Bob Johnston. Bob continued expanding the Big Banana into an educational showcase before undergoing a $30 million redevelopment that re opened in June 1989. |
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Disaster struck and 12 months later the big banana went into provisional liquidation, though still trading until Mr Kevin Ruby seeing huge potential in the complex purchased it in 1993.
The Big Banana now boasts a cafe, gift and souvenir shop, Candy Kitchen, Puppet Shop, Sunset Lakes Nursery, Banana Splitz Ice Rink, Wild Toboggan Ride, Trike rides and the two newest attractions "The World of Bananas" multimedia theatre experience and "The Banana Slip" Australia's first 3 story high inflatable waterslide.
The Big Banana "It's a whole Bunch of Fun"
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