According to the attraction owners, the wheel welcomed 30,000 visitors annually at its height. However, like all attractions, the giant Ferris wheel was shuttered during Melbourne’s many and lengthy COVID-19 lockdowns and it eventually went into liquidation in 2021.

There were suggestions that moving the wheel to a busier location on the banks of the Yarra River could reinvigorate the attraction, but with no buyers in the offing, nothing has eventuated. While the Star still looms over Melbourne, it no longer lights up its skies at night and its pods seem unlikely to spin again.

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