Dreamworld pass torn up as memorial grows

An angry regular guest has handed back torn up Dreamworld annual passes as a memorial grows in front of the park entrance.

A mother and her child visit a floral tribute at Dreamworld

Tributes continue to flow at Dreamworld, two days after a tragic ride accident killed four people. (AAP)

Sadness has turned to anger at Dreamworld after a man handed back three torn up membership passes in the wake of Tuesday's ride disaster which killed four people.

Greg Bates, 52, angrily approached staff near the entrance to the Gold Coast theme park, requesting to drop off his and his two children's annual passes, vowing to never return.

"There's no safety," he told AAP.

"My brother has handed his in too with his kids. And I've got family members who are doing the exact same thing."

Mr Bates said he injured his shoulder on the Tower Of Terror ride earlier this year, when he claimed a harness came loose.

"I spoke to somebody here and nobody even bothered talking back to me," he said.

"They virtually fobbed me off."

The local man, who said he had been visiting the park since it opened in 1981, claimed he had seen the Thunder River Rapids ride have numerous issues in the past.

Dreamworld has defended the safety of the family ride, saying it had "successfully completed" its annual mechanical and structural safety engineering inspection late last month.

The park also said all rides were "checked and tested" by an experienced team at the start of each day.

Tributes continue to flow at the front of the park, where some children have laid their favourite toys in honour of Cindy Low, Kate Goodchild, Luke Dorsett and Roozbeh Araghi - who were all killed on Tuesday.

Flowers, candles, teddies and balloons have been laid across a hill outside the theme park's front gates, near where a candlelight vigil was held on Wednesday night.

A number of people on their way to work and parents with schoolchildren again dropped flowers at the site on Thursday.

The Australian Red Cross charity has also set up a tent at the site, handing crisis care books to mourners, including a puzzle and games book for young children to help explain the situation to them.

Gillian Vay, whose two daughters have annual passes to the park, said she was still saddened by the incident as she laid flowers on Thursday.

"It's only when you drive here that the reality actually hits," she told AAP.

"You don't stop thinking about it."

She hoped those close to the victims would take comfort from the tribute.

"I think it would be nice for the families that people have actually come here and showed some respect."


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