I love some of the centers people hate. My all time fav is cannon hill. I always bowl well there and it has given me a couple 700 series, it's about the only place i feel comfortable playing outside.
Tuggerenong is great, filled with the nationals people (and all the grand stands) and it was still possible to get around. The lanes are slick with synthetic approaches. It was the newest bowl aus center at the time, everything felt and looked so clean and modern.
Elizabeth, most oil ever seen on lanes. Dont know if something went bad but, wow.