Go for it, Melbourne’s Mile Eye couples told

Monday, 12 Jan, 2009 0

MELBOURNE – The newly launched Southern Star observation wheel received some unexpected publicity at the weekend when a couple was caught on camera embracing passionately.

Their high jinks were seen by a Melbourne Sunday Age and CCTV camera inside the each capsule.

Southern Star’s chairman Fred Maybury, when told of the incident, conceded, “I suppose it had to happen.”

When Britain’s giant wheel, the London Eye, opened in January 2000 it took until July before the first couple — a pair of 17-year-olds — was caught in the act, sparking tabloid headlines such as “Mile Eye Club”.

The Eye’s operators immediately banned couples from taking trips on their own, but Maybury has ruled out such a ban on the Southern Star.

“There are definitely no plans to stop couples from enjoying flights together at this stage,” he said.



 

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