All told, the Slippery Dip investment was close to $3 million, including land cost for the 11-acre tract. Funds were provided from overseas investors.

I also love creative slang like "slippery dip" (a playground slide), and "goon" (boxed wine). On my very first day of work in Australia, I got my first lesson in Australian slang.

In the 1970s, the slippery dip was a gleaming metal tower. Credit: Tanya Lake The summer sun throbbed onto its gunmetal grey surface, dazzling the young user.

South Australian local government authorities say the slippery dip that killed a young child on the weekend was recently safety checked. Six-year-old Max Redden died when a slippery dip tipped ...

Slippery dip that killed boy was recently safety checked. Max Redden's cheeky smile remembered. Boy killed in playground accident. Max was described as a little boy who always had a big grin, ...

Mourners have gathered at Sevenhill, north of Adelaide, for a funeral mass to remember the life of Max Redden, the six-year-old boy killed when a slippery dip fell on him last month. More than 900 ...