NEWS: "Paintball Theme Park" opens in Australia

[jedimaster1227]

http://www.macarthuradvertiser.com.au/news/local/news/entertainment/from-raiders-to-rambo-at-appin-paintball-theme-park/1867494.aspx

 

Anyone who has ever dreamed of being Rambo, Indiana Jones or Lara Croft or battling it out in a zombie wasteland will love Appin's paintball theme park.

 

Delta Force Appin opened on Saturday after two years of development and general manager Leon Bubenicek said it was the only five-star-rated paintball field in NSW.

 

"We don't do tyres and pallets and old wrecked cars,'' Bubenicek said. "We spend a lot of time trying to create a realistic theme about three months to a year. At Appin we've got the Tomb Raider field with a giant pyramid and a large sphinx. We have a London After the Apocalypse field with a double-decker bus and underground signs and we have a prisoner-of-war camp with a village that you have to attack. There's a jungle crypt which is a 1 acre field with thick bush, tombstones and coffins and then the fuel dump which is a modern urban-warfare field.''

 

Mr Bubenicek said most of the scenarios were based on popular movies. "We try to base them on things people can associate with so the London after the Apocalypse field is like 28 Days Later and the others are like something you've seen in a Vietnam war movie or Tomb Raider or Raiders of the Lost Ark.''

 

He said Delta Force Paintball was the world's largest paintball company and provided the next level in paintballing. "I would say the three things that have made us such a success are the professionalism of our staff, the realism of the game themes and finally, but most importantly, the safety aspect,'' he said.

 

Starter packages including entry, 100 paintballs and a Domino's pizza cost $20 and paintballs are then $10 for a 100. Mr Bubenicek said most people would spend $50 for a good day or $100 to ``be a real Rambo''. The park is open 9am to 5pm seven days a week, subject to availability.

 

Details, bookings (two weeks in advance): 1300850744.

Edited June 24, 2010 by jedimaster1227

[fatdaddy]

Kinda sounds like playing paintball at a miniature golf course, or not, i dunno.