Dare to be Different

Paronella Park.

At Paronella Park, everything is taken care of, even umbrellas for the sun or the rain!

The entry fee into Paronella Park includes a day tour, a night tour, one night's free camping and twelve months re-entry into the park.

Paronella Park is a MUST DO if travelling in the Innisfail area.
The above two photographs were taken on the night tour.

Mr Paronella and his family planted seven thousand trees at the park, including this avenue of Kauri Pines which is now over seventy years old.  Luckily, the avenue escaped damage during Cyclone Larry, but not so lucky were some of the major buildings.


In the early part of the twentieth century, Mr Paronella had a dream to build his own castle, but for other people's enjoyment.
He left Spain to fulfill his dream in a small town in North Queensland called Mena Creek and built his castle alongside Mena Creek and the falls.  He and his family lived in a small cottage on the property.  Every structure at Paronella Park has Jose Paronella hand print on it, literally!