After leaving Mareeba we headed to Atherton
Tablelands. But we did not stop in Atherton. We kept on driving to innisfail
and found on the map book Etti Bay. We drove 7km out to the coast and had lunch
and then headed back inland and we went to paronella Park. We arrived at 3pm.
Paronella Park was built by Jose Paronella
He died. We went on the 4.30pm tour and we saw the castle and trees. But these
were not ordinary trees they were Karrie Trees. The army got their colours from
the camo trunks of the trees. The castle was very over grown it was made of
cement and old railway tracks. We walked down the grand staircase.
I fed the turtles and the black bream fish.
There was heaps of fish . There was heaps of turtles and it looked like they
were building a house on the bank of the river.
There was 2 waterfalls. The first was
called Mena Falls. It had a suspension bridge over it. The second was called
Teresa falls after Joses daughter. An eel lived in the stream. It was called
Troll. He was three times the size he was supposed to be.
There was a tunnel at the end of lovers
land. It was called the tunnel of love. It was first an aquarium but he forgot
to put waterproofing in it so it leaked. Then it was for his wife to grow
mushrooms. Every time the micro bats came she clung onto him so he decided to
open it as a lovers tunnel.
Next to lovers lane was changerooms and
they are nothing like they are today!
We went on the 6.15pm night time tour. When
you go to the big part of the castle it lights up and there is music. It looks
like a Disney movie!
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