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| Overlooking the tropical rainforest |
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| At Heales Lookout |
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| We took a cruise around Lake Barrine and saw a lot of different wildlife |
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| Eurasian Coot |
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| Snapping turtles |
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| Up close and personal with another water dragon |
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| He was looking for food |
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| Ulysses Butterfly |
We also stopped by a huge curtain fig tree and a waterfall.
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| Paul is saying, "yup, it's a big tree behind me" |
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| Millaa Millaa Falls |
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| Side view of Millaa Millaa Falls |
We also got a tour of Paronella Park, a 13-acre park built by a Spaniard. Jose Paronella moved to Australia and saved for 11 years before purchasing land to build his dream castle. After 6 years of building, he opened Paronella Park to the public in 1935.
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| The Castle |
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| The Grand Staircase has 47 steps |
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| In the tennis courts looking at the Lower Refreshment Room |
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| The Great Kauri Avenue |
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| Paul lost in the Bamboo Forest |
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| Mena Creek Falls |
Our last stop where pretty much everyone (but us) swam was The Boulders.
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| The water was super clear |
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| Beautiful creek |
Paronella Park looks really cool! what was the inside like?
ReplyDeleteSasch, there wasn't a lot of an inside - the castle was just a shell of a building since he built it himself with local materials that wasn't able to sustain over time. But, you would have liked it because he built his own hydroelectric power plant that was able to power the entire facility!
DeleteSome of those photos look like Lost!
ReplyDeleteYou're right, it kind of does! Good thing we weren't actually lost.
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