• Billionaire Gets Approval To Build Dinosaur Park
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[URL]http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/25/clive-palmer-dinosaur-park-approval[/URL] [QUOTE]Billionaire businessman Clive Palmer has been given the go-ahead to build the world's biggest dinosaur park on the grounds of his Sunshine Coast resort - as long as they don't roar too loudly. The Sunshine Coast regional council voted unanimously to approve the plans which include 149 life-size dinosaur models to join the already existing eight-metre tall T-Rex named Jeff, and a vintage car museum, all within the grounds of Palmer's Coolum resort. The approval was subject to 30 conditions, including noise and environmental concerns and on the proviso that all models would abide by various height restrictions of a maximum six metres, except for a Ruyangosaurus which will stand 10 metres tall. Roaring from the dinosaurs must not exceed 5 decibels above background noise levels. No vegetation is proposed to be removed and the resort site's environmentally sensitive areas are to be protected. The council received almost 200 objections including concerns about parking and noise, and that the park's existence would devalue the area. However, it was found that "the vintage car museum and the dinosaur park would establish new tourist exhibits to attract patrons to the resort," according to the minutes of the council meeting. "The new attractions are internal to the resort and would, therefore, not impact on the character of the area." In March this year, Palmer launched his plans to build Titanic II, a replica of the doomed cruise vessel. This week it was reported that several UAE companies were keen to bring the ship into Dubai once built. There were also rumours this month the Palmer was looking at launching a newspaper, after it was revealed he had registered the names "The Australia Times" and "The Australasian Times". Palmer dismissed the rumours, saying "we never said we'd do anything with it, so it's just media speculation. There's no plans to at this stage." Palmer has been contacted for comment on the dinosaur park. He is currently contesting the federal election through his Palmer United Party.[/QUOTE]
Oh Shit here we go [img]http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Jurassic-Park-logo.jpg[/img]
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Hold on to yer butts.
Holy fuck that's like a one hour drive from my place! Totally visiting that. [editline]25th July 2013[/editline] So many restrictions they've put on it though, no fun.
Clive Palmer is the coolest billonare ever! He's the one that is planning to build the Titanic II! An exact replica that will sail from the original trip from southampton! to NY. It will be wider than the original because of modern lifeboats. Concept: [img][URL]http://scandasia.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/titanic-2.jpg[/URL][/img]
An 8 metre tall T-Rex statue? That kind of makes me upset because T-Rex's were rarely any taller than 4 metres tall at the hip. Popular culture has blown them way out of proportion. Hell, most of them never even got THAT tall.
[QUOTE=benzer;41589675]Clive Palmer is the coolest billonare ever! He's the one that is planning to build the Titanic II! An exact replica that will sail from the original trip from southampton! to NY. It will be wider than the original because of modern lifeboats. Concept: [img][URL]http://scandasia.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/titanic-2.jpg[/URL][/img][/QUOTE] [video=youtube;f720MNvOeVc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f720MNvOeVc[/video]
[QUOTE=benzer;41589675]Clive Palmer is the coolest billonare ever! He's the one that is planning to build the Titanic II! An exact replica that will sail from the original trip from southampton! to NY. It will be wider than the original because of modern lifeboats. Concept: [img][URL]http://scandasia.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/titanic-2.jpg[/URL][/img][/QUOTE] I bet that ship is going to have that sinking feeling. But anyway I wonder how much this is all going to cost in the end combined with the titanic reconstruction?
[QUOTE=benzer;41589675]Clive Palmer is the coolest billonare ever! He's the one that is planning to build the Titanic II! An exact replica that will sail from the original trip from southampton! to NY. It will be wider than the original because of modern lifeboats. Concept: [img][URL]http://scandasia.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/titanic-2.jpg[/URL][/img][/QUOTE] No way. John McAfee is the coolest billionaire ever related: [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKgf5PaBzyg[/url]
[QUOTE=jackteam54;41589764]video[/QUOTE] That was a surprisingly good film once you got past it's low budget terrible storyline.
[QUOTE=tardation;41589828]No way. John McAfee is the coolest billionaire ever related: [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKgf5PaBzyg[/url][/QUOTE] holy shit this is amazing
[QUOTE=LuaChobo;41589715]He's a dumb manchild with too much money. He isn't very well liked over here.[/QUOTE] What did he do?
[QUOTE=benzer;41589675]Clive Palmer is the coolest billonare ever! He's the one that is planning to build the Titanic II! An exact replica that will sail from the original trip from southampton! to NY. It will be wider than the original because of modern lifeboats. Concept: [img][URL]http://scandasia.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/titanic-2.jpg[/URL][/img][/QUOTE] Hopefully not an [i]exact[/i] replica. :v:
thread music [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9AVTlvbhKM[/media]
[QUOTE=IliekBoxes;41590830]thread music[/QUOTE] i disagree. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh4zvQfDhi0[/media]
[QUOTE=tardation;41589828]No way. John McAfee is the coolest billionaire ever related: [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKgf5PaBzyg[/url][/QUOTE] Not a billionaire. [editline]25th July 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=Snood_1990;41590420]Hopefully not an [i]exact[/i] replica. :v:[/QUOTE] It's not an exact replica. It's wider.
Should be okay as long as he spares no expense.
This is by the same guy who wants to build a 2nd titanic by 2016 and hasn't even started.
I was actually thinking of a dino "cloning facility" that will display actual live dinosaurs. Especially with the latest discoveries of dinosaur tissue/blood and cloning development... Silly dream!
[QUOTE=weedscopes;41592330]This is by the same guy who wants to build a 2nd titanic by 2016 and hasn't even started.[/QUOTE] The original was made in 26 months, and that was 100 years ago. I'm sure he has plenty of time.
What we need is a dinosaur petting/hugging zoo
[QUOTE=benzer;41589675]Clive Palmer is the coolest billonare ever! He's the one that is planning to build the Titanic II! An exact replica that will sail from the original trip from southampton! to NY. It will be wider than the original because of modern lifeboats. Concept: [img][URL]http://scandasia.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/titanic-2.jpg[/URL][/img][/QUOTE] It will sink
[QUOTE=weedscopes;41592330]This is by the same guy who wants to build a 2nd titanic by 2016 and hasn't even started.[/QUOTE] The biggest cruise ship in the world was built in 2 years. The Titanic is tiny by todays standards. Shouldn't be too hard of a goal. [img]http://i.imgur.com/qr9Jvkc.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=benzer;41589675]Clive Palmer is the coolest billonare ever! He's the one that is planning to build the Titanic II! An exact replica that will sail from the original trip from southampton! to NY. It will be wider than the original because of modern lifeboats. Concept: [img][URL]http://scandasia.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/titanic-2.jpg[/URL][/img][/QUOTE] Sounds more like an evil genius. First he want's to recreate the biggest boating disaster in history, now he wants to feed humans to the most dangerous hunters in earths history. Truly, the Mr Burns of our time.
[QUOTE=rilez;41593152]The original was made in 26 months, and that was 100 years ago. I'm sure he has plenty of time.[/QUOTE] With next to no safety standards, no worker's unions, and rushed workmanship that contributed to the ship sinking. With only one guy funding it all I'm not sure about that time frame, billionaire or not. Perhaps he'll have more backers.
The ship sank because of negligence, and you know, that big ass iceberg they hit. Not the way the ship was built, it would've been fine if they avoided the 'berg.
[QUOTE=Deadman123;41594487]The ship sank because of negligence, and you know, that big ass iceberg they hit. Not the way the ship was built, it would've been fine if they avoided the 'berg.[/QUOTE] I said contributed, not the main reason :v: Rivets holding the ship together were found to be poor quality. [url]http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/15/science/15titanic.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0[/url]
Oh the things rich people do for fun.
WILL NO ONE EVER LEARN FROM PAST MISTAKES???
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