Paronella Park Cairns

Mena Creek, PO Box 88, Japoonvale Road Cairns , Queensland, Australia - Phone: 61 7 4065 3225

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  • Spanish Castle in the Rainforest

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    paul_n_alex 19 contributions Leicester, United Kingdom Feb 24, 2012

    A Spanish castle in the rainforest, an awesome sight. If you're planning to visit you should stay the night in the campground so that you can do the night tour and the day tour in the morning. Really strange place but absolutely stunning.
    Very good!

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    A Spanish Castle in the Rainforest


    This blog entry starts off as we left Cape Tribulation and started our very long drive south. We shall be driving this direction for the next month or so, which keeps the route simple I suppose.

    After our day's riding in the rainforest we started our drive back down to Cairns. Before the crossed back over the Daintree river we …

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    We're off to Cairns

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    ... which much to Ral's dismay we had to walk (200 metres) to get to. The best part of tyhe dfay was our next stop at Paronella Park. It is this big spanish style castle that was built in the 1930's and has since been flooded 3 times, hit by several cyclones ...

  • 2

    Atherton Tablelands Day Trip

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    ... , myself and a Canadian called Danielle booked ourselves on a day trip around the Atherton Tablelands, including some waterfalls and Paronella Park - a now ruined Spanish-themed park built by a Spaniard in the 1930s, but destroyed by fire about 20 ...

  • 3

    Sightseeing around Cairns

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    ... lunch (with the best peaches & cream cheesecake I've ever had in my life!!) & then went to this place called Paronella Park which was cool. It's a neglected/burnt out castle that was built by a spanish guys called Jose Paronella back in the ...

  • 4

    East Coast Oddessy

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    ... path during my walk which is more exciting than leeches I think! That afternoon we discover a hidden gem off the main highway - Paronella Park - built by a Spaniard in the early 1900s. He created a series of castle-like spanish-style buildings next to a ...

  • 5

    Up the East Coast Best and Worst Bits

    ... the promenade -  Exploring Magnetic Island -  Jungle surfing as “Wonder Woman” at Cape Tribulation -  Revisiting Paronella Park and the beautiful Mossman Gorge -  Going on a night time rainforest walk in the Daintree and ...

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    ... into a little cash box. There is nobody around at all. The fruit was very inexpensive and very delicious. Once we got to paronella park, we got our, looked at the entrance fee of $24 per person and decided that from the brochure, the park could not ...

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    road trip day twenty seven - super ensuite :)

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    ... like stepping into another world. We drove in to a find a guy standing ready to greet us, he introduced himself and explained Paronella park was created by a Spanish guy - Jose Paronella, in the 1930's. The place ended up being deserted until 15 years ...

  • 8

    Rainforest, Waterfalls, and Paronella Park

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    ... pictures rather than this entry for today's highlights which included: 1. Babinda Boulders 2. Wooroonooran National Park 3. The enchanting Paronella Park, a Spanish "castle" in the rainforest 4. Mungalli Creek 5. Milla Milla Falls 6. Giant Curtain ...

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    ... to Cairns do the full day on the Tulley River with Raging Thunder. Absolutely amazing grade four rapids and I only fell out once! Paronella Park was amazing - the Spanish Castle. And so was the Great Barrier Reef.. Just a little choppy and most of the ...

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    Bribane to Cairns - the inland route

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    ... and outback at Ravenshoe and Innot Hot Springs. On the road from Mission Beach to Innisfail we took a detour to the very quirky "Paronella Park' at Mena Creek. This is like entering into a 1930s time-warp. Everyone has a dream, but not everyone's dreams ...