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Aerial view over south Mermaid Beach and Nobbys Outlook, Queensland

Aerial view over south Mermaid Beach and Nobbys Outlook, Queensland

This is the site of the chairlift and Magic Mountain. Magic Mountain was a major tourist attraction built in 1962/63 by Page Newman. It consisted solely of a chairlift with a cafeteria in the early 1960s. It was developed into Magic Mountain theme park in 1983. $13.6 million was spent creating Magic Mountain theme park. Magic Mountain closed in 1987 and the land was subdivided into two portions in 1993. The land was sold and became the site of apartments, restaurants and shops.Nobby Beach is a location situated near Chair Lift Aveue on the boundary between Mermaid Beach and Miami. Some refer to this as Chair Lift Hill."Nobby Beach"--Inscription on reverse