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Paul Dudley | profile | all galleries >> 28 Australian trips >> Queensland 2004-2006 (12 galleries) >> Album 7: Paronella Park tree view | thumbnails | slideshow | map

Album 1: Cairns Wedding | Album 2: To Kuranda by Skyrail | Album 3: Cairns and Green Island | Album 4: North from Cairns | Album 5: Lakes and Forests, Atherton Tablelands | Album 6: Malanda, Milk and Millaa Millaa | Album 7: Paronella Park | Album 8: Ballooning at Mareeba | Album 9: Mareeba Wetlands | Album 10: To Sandgate, to Sandgate | Album 11: Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary | Album 12: Springbrook: Lookouts and a Natural Arch

Album 7: Paronella Park

It's a bit hard to describe what Paronella Park is. Even the advertisements for it in the Cairns tourist brochures don't really try. To say it's a wrecked pleasure garden just south of Innisfail doesn't do it justice.
A planned pleasure garden, now mainly in ruins
A planned pleasure garden, now mainly in ruins		 The cottage is intact and used as a museum
The cottage is intact and used as a museum		 Canefields and Mountains
Canefields and Mountains		 The Grand Staircase
The "Grand Staircase"
Waterfall and swimming hole
Waterfall and swimming hole		 The original fountain still works
The original fountain still works		 Ruins of the refreshment rooms
Ruins of the refreshment rooms		 Fruit bats
Fruit bats
Micro bats on the roof of a tunnel
"Micro bats" on the roof of a tunnel		 A glorious ruin
A glorious ruin		 The function of some of the structures is a bit obscure
The function of some of the structures is a bit obscure		 Fountain, inspired by Europe's best!
Fountain, inspired by Europe's best!
Aboriginal dancers and Japanese tourists
Aboriginal dancers and Japanese tourists		 Blossom, close up
Blossom, close up		 Suspension bridge over the falls.
Suspension bridge over the falls.

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Guest 20-Feb-2007 02:04
Aboriginal dancers and japanese tourist photo
Thats me on the left with the boomerangs
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