16-639: Seal Harbour is a seal and sea lion exhibit at the Sea World theme park on the Gold Coast , Australia . It officially opened to the public in January 2013. Seals and sea lions have been part of Sea World for many years. Dedicated seal and sea lion shows have been running in the park since December 1996. These include Quest for the Golden Seal , Seals Aboard and Fish Detectives . The Seals at Play exhibit
32-551: A 3,600,000-litre (790,000 imp gal; 950,000 US gal) pool that is divided into three areas. The exhibit has a sandy bottom as well as a white sand beach. Guests can watch the seals and sea lions from a variety of locations around the pool and above the pool on clear boardwalks . Guests also have the opportunity to hand-feed fish to the inhabitants. Seal Harbour can feature up to 20 inhabitants, including Australian sea lions , California sea lions , New Zealand fur seals and subantarctic fur seals . As of January 2012,
48-621: A Hollywood theme action park, at Oxenford on the Gold Coast. That year, Pivot also purchased the Wet n' Wild Water park located next to the site of Warner Bros. Movie World. In 1993, Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow jointly acquired Pivot Leisure's interest in Warner Bros. Movie World, Sea World and the adjoining Sea World Nara Resort. As the name suggests, Sea World Resort and Water Park is an adjoining Resort and Water Park to Sea World. The resort underwent
64-473: A collection of nine animals inhabit the exhibit, including California sea lions as well as New Zealand and subantarctic fur seals. Sea World (Australia) Sea World is a marine mammal park , oceanarium , and theme park located on the Gold Coast, Queensland , Australia . It offers attractions such as rides and animal exhibits and promotes conservation through education and the rescue and rehabilitation of sick, injured or orphaned wildlife. The park
80-758: A large-scale refurbishment in 2007. In 2008, the Sea World Water Park became part of the resort with regular park guests having to pay an additional fee to make use of the water park. In 2010, part of the Water Park was demolished to make way for Castaway Bay . Television series filmed at Sea World include the Australian children's programs Dolphin Cove , Camp Orange , Toasted TV (since early 2007), H 2 O: Just Add Water , and its spin-off Mako Mermaids . Several accidents or incidents have occurred at or near
96-502: Is Didge, an Aboriginal Australian. Didge acts as Michael's assistant, besides being a mentor and (when called for) bodyguard to David and Katie. Kevin Mitchell, Alison's son, is one of David's classmates and frequently coaches David through life at their school. The series, filmed on location at Seaworld on Australia's Gold Coast, was co-created by Peter Benchley . Michael's in-laws visit and want to take David and Katie back with them to
112-469: Is commercially linked to Warner Bros. Movie World and Wet'n'Wild Gold Coast as part of the theme park division of Village Roadshow . The park has no affiliation with an American park chain of a similar name . Sea World was founded by Keith Williams as the Surfers Paradise Ski Gardens . The main attractions were "water ski shows that combined SOS, aqua ballet and action" . In 1971,
128-457: Is hired by wealthy industrialist Baron Trent to help perfect man-to-dolphin communications. To this end, Michael begins working with two dolphins named Slim and Delbert. Michael's wife died in an automobile accident roughly a year ago. David does his best to fit in with the Aussie lifestyle, and at his new school, but finds it tricky. Katie, who was in the car with her mother during the fatal crash,
144-495: The Sea World theme park. On 3 March 1991 at 1:58pm, six passengers and the pilot on board a Bell 206L-1 LongRanger II were killed during a joy-flight departing from Sea World. The helicopter climbed steeply with its nose facing almost vertically upwards. It then fell backwards, resulting in the tail boom being severed by the main rotor blades, causing the helicopter to crash on a South Stradbroke Island beach. The investigation found
160-560: The Surfers Paradise Ski Gardens moved to land on The Spit . Major dredging works were required to build the new ski lake. A year later, the Surfers Paradise Ski Gardens became known as Sea World with the introduction of dolphins, marine displays, a replica of the Endeavour, a swimming pool, a licensed restaurant and a gift shop. Additions over the next decade included the purchasing of the competitor marine park, Marineland , and
176-453: The exhibit was relocated to areas in the park's back of house . On 22 August 2012, Sea World officially announced that they would be adding Seal Harbour . The exhibit would house up to 20 seals and sea lions and would open by December 2012. At the time of the announcement, construction was well underway. In early January 2013, the area soft opened to the public before an official opening on 25 January 2013. The Seal Harbour exhibit features
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#1732856003546192-436: The helicopter was airworthy and there was no evidence of the pilot attempting a deliberate manoeuvre such as a torque turn. Although the pilot was unknowingly suffering from myocarditis , which could result in loss of consciousness or death, the reason for the loss of control could not be established. On 2 January 2023 at 1:59pm, two helicopters operated by Sea World Helicopters (a separate company from Sea World ) collided near
208-770: The resort. The departing helicopter (containing seven occupants) fell to the ground and crashed, killing four people and critically injuring three. The arriving helicopter (containing six occupants) landed safely, with five of the occupants suffering relatively minor injuries, mostly from glass shards from the broken windshield. Dolphin Cove (TV series) Dolphin Cove is an American-Australian drama television series created by Allan Marcil, set in Sea World , Gold Coast, Queensland , Australia that aired on CBS from January 21 to March 11, 1989 for eight episodes. The show centers on widowed researcher Michael Larson and his two teenage children: daughter Katie, and her elder brother David. The Larsons move to Australia, after Michael
224-613: The transfer of animals and exhibits to Sea World, as well as more shops and food outlets. SeaWorld was repeatedly rated as Australia's best tourist attraction by the Australian Tourism Awards through the 1980s. In 1984, Keith Williams sold the park to property development group Pivot Leisure. In 1988, Pivot built the 402-room Sea World Nara Resort, a joint development between SeaWorld Property Trust and Nara Hotels Japan. In 1991, Pivot Leisure, Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow jointly developed and opened Warner Bros. Movie World,
240-599: Was located in the centre of the park near the Carousel. The exhibit featured two separate enclosures under a circular shade. In 2005, a seal exhibit named Seal Rocks was proposed for the area where Ray Reef now stands. It was intended to replace the Seals at Play exhibit; however, the proposal never progressed and the exhibit was cancelled. On 9 July 2007, the Seals at Play exhibit was closed to make way for an expansion of Sesame Street Beach . The seal population formerly on display in
256-452: Was not injured physically but has been an elective mute (capable of speaking but refusing) ever since. Initially, Katie distrusts her new therapist, Alison Mitchell. Although Katie is not comfortable around most people, she promptly hits it off with Slim and Delbert. Moreover, Katie soon discovers that she has a telepathic means of communicating with both dolphins; thus she succeeds where her father and Trent have failed. Also working for Trent
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