Paronella Park

Visit the Spanish Castle built by Jose Paronella . This award winning site has to be seen to be believed.  The History will inspire you as well as feel for the man who single handedly built his dream.  This almost superhuman feat of building an entire castle as well as a cinema and hydro-electric plant in the early 1930's, after clearing the dense rainforest and carving all the stones and mortar to build monument after monument in the relentless pursuit of his dream.    Most of the main castle is still intact along with the public change rooms for holiday makers back at the turn of the century and now serves as a reminder of this popular spot. 

Also witness the beautiful Mena Creek falls the source of the early electricity produced by Jose's own hydro-electric plant.  Which was later  to be the demise of his dream, when flooding of the Creek almost totally destroyed the Spanish Castles.   But like the true pioneers of his day, the elements and nature were obstacles, but none which could not be overcome and so he started the painstaking task of once again recreating his dream.