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Redcliffe Bowl which is a center that AMF was leasing is closing its doors after Xmas. The center is located about 35ks north of Brisbane and was built in the 80's I believe. The site was previously a drive-in movie and will now probably be sold for housing development.

I nearly worked on them at innisfail back in the 80's. a colleague I do subbie lane work with worked on them at ballina and shell harbor.

hi ron, how you going? I heard you were working in a mine out orange way or something. I have just finished some refurb work at strathfield for amf. heading home tomorrow then up to mt.isa for some machine maintenance.

I am in Sydney at the moment installing kickbacks for the new string machines at strathfield. oddly strathfield is changing from an amf centre to kingpin! I did the change at Liverpool from kingpin to amf centre a couple of years ago. cost a lot of money to convert the "atomosphere" of the place.

AMF lease the majority of their centres. In Brisbane all the centres which they operate are leasehold. It is believed that Cannon Hill will not continue as a bowling centre and a third party is negotiating with the owner of Kedron to purchase it and continue bowling operations. Richlands and...

I was talking to an AMF fac. manager the other day and he told me of the fact that they want the pins rotated weekly. I told him that to do 20 lanes would take approx. 20 hrs depending on your skill level. Also the suppliers QubicaAMF don't actually advise operators to rotate pins whereas...

Bowlers at Kedron and Cannon Hill have been told that the centers will be closing in June. We hear that several other Brisbane centers may not have their leases renewed next year. Meanwhile AMF have started changing some of their centers over to string machine operation with Castle Hill being...

It is possible that if the old oil is not completely removed then that oil could be pushed down the lane by the squeegee blade. This would be a compounding effect with more oil being moved each time the machine is used and this would result in patchy backends.

Hi Terry, you can contact me on 0414787452. Regards, Len

Hi Docta, Are you looking at a league centre or a social centre. Have you considered other suppliers such as QubicaAMF or Switch.

I believe the machines were purchased by the owners of Horsham Bowl. Lanes wee trashed during demolition.

String machines are becoming popular with the small outlets and private houses. The TMS machine is sold here by QubicaAMF. Everything is the same as a normal lane setup including the pins except they have a string attached. There have been a couple of instals done recently at a private house in...

Hey Nev25 I heard a rumour that Rosebud may be changing to string machines.

Yea Loose Cannon, I drove past the old Goulburn site on Monday on my way back from Melbourne. Can't believe that noone else has put one up. Foe Geoff300, Liverpool is a new AMF centre and is locate next to the Krispy Kreme "factory" at the end of the Cumberland Hwy. Wagga Wagga looks like...

I received a phone call from the owner of the cosy little 6 lane centre at Stanthorpe on Monday telling me that after much deliberation they were going to have to close the centre. Due to the economic downturn in business around the Stanthorpe district over the past 3 - 4 months it was not...

With all the changes happening around the country can the centre information get updated. I travel round the country with my work and find it difficult to find some centres especially where they have closed and been relocated i.e. Blacktown. I'll start it off. AMF centres; Bankstown -...

A 4 lane 82-90 installation is being added to a new amusement centre at Westfield Belconnen and is looking for an experienced tech to carry out maintenance on a parttime basis and also be available to repair breakdowns that the in centre amusement techs can't fix. Some training ofthe inhouse...

I'm trying to find these guys to see if they are still in the ACT. If anyone knows them or where they are you can contact me on 0414787452. Thanks, Len.

Mr Watts, The lanes and approaches are brand new Brunswick units. Machines are reconditioned 82-70 XLI's. The Craigie machines have been sent back to Melbourne for storage and the lanes were scrapped.