So around 90 years ago, a Spaniard named Jose Paronella decided to build castles, bridges and gardens in the rainforest and use the waterfall next door to create hydroelectricity… as you do. Unfortunately, as he was neither a builder or an engineer, his concreting wasn’t up to scratch. Combine that with the amount of rain and regular cyclones North Queensland gets every year and it’s pretty amazing anything is still standing today. But amazing is definitely the right word to describe this place! We booked an overnight stay which gave us access to the grounds, a day tour of the park, entry to the museum, a tour of the hydro station and a night tour of the park which ended with a performance by the String family with synchronised lighting in front of the castle. Another stop we highly recommend.
PS How’s the casual racism from The Sunday Mail in 1935! (Last 2 pics)
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