Not everyone's dreams are fulfilled. Jose Paronella's dream was to build a castle. He
chose a special part of Australia and created Paronella Park.
On 13 acres beside Mena Creek Falls he built his castle, picnic areas at the lakeside,
tennis courts, tunnels and bridges, and wrapped it up in an amazing range of
7000 tropical plants and trees.
He passed away in 1948 leaving a wife, daughter and son. They continued to
look after the park until 1977 when it was sold. In 1979 a fire swept
through the Castle leaving only the walls and the Turret as a reminder of what had been.