Sydney Luna Park - an amusement park located on the northern shore of Sydney Harbour on Cape Milsons Point.

The first amusement park was built near the famous Harbour Bridge in 1935 - attractions for him brought from Luna Park in the town of Glenelg in South Australia. Please park only worked 9 months of the year, closing for the winter season. During World War II, this place was extremely popular with the soldiers of the Australian and US armies. In the 1950s brought new attractions here from Holland, USA, Germany and England, and in 1970 the park was the slogan the phrase "place where happiness lives."

In June 1979, Luna Park was a terrible tragedy - the attraction "Ghost Train" there was a fire, which killed six children and one adult. The park was closed immediately. Most of the rides was dismantled and replaced in 1982 built a new park. Then the park was closed several times due to various repair and restoration works. The last opening of the park took place in 2004 - then, in spite of the rain, here come a few thousand people, and for the first two months of the park was visited by over 200 thousand people!

Today Sydney Luna Park - is one of two theme parks in the world, protected by the state, and several buildings in its territory listed national heritage of Australia and New South Wales.