Sydney's iconic amusement park celebrates its 90th birthday today

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Sydney's iconic Luna Park turns 90 years old today, and has invited 90   year olds along to celebrate. The park's management says its retained its original character, while evolving with the times.

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00:01It's been 90 years since Luna Park opened its gates here on Sydney Harbour

00:06and this park has become an institution in Sydney's cultural landscape

00:11and an icon facing the foot of the Harbour Bridge.

00:14To celebrate the occasion, the park's invited 90 90-year-olds along

00:19to come and reminisce about the park and what it's meant to them.

00:22And one of those is Barbara Long who joins me here for a trip on the Ferris wheel.

00:26Now Barbara can you tell me, can you share with me a memory about when you came to Luna Park as a young person?

00:32Yes, well as a young person I lived in Paddington.

00:35I was born and bred in Paddington and we didn't have very much money.

00:39So we used to every, maybe once every six months or something

00:43all the kids in our street would get together and we'd pack our lunch

00:47and we'd get the tram and then the ferry across to Luna Park and spend the day.

00:52That was our big day out, it was like our backyard.

00:55And has the park changed a lot since then?

00:57Oh yes, it's much more modern now, yes much more.

01:01Do you feel that it's kept a lot of that character, the original character of the park?

01:06Well I haven't had a lot of time to look around today but I think so, yes.

01:11As long as the front of it's all still intact, it's Luna Park.

01:18Absolutely.

01:19Now Luna Park's management say that today is a great occasion for them to celebrate the work that's been done here over its 90 year life.

01:28They say the offering it presents today is for kids to come along and get off their screens

01:34and have a bit of an in-person experience and it hopes to continue to do that for many more years to come.

01:39And what can we do for kids to do is play golf in this.

01:45And in a

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