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Lee, Lea 'n' the Navvy
Went to this amazing place called Paronella Park after we left Mission Beach, on the advice of the girl at the tropical fruit winery.
It was built by a somewhat crazy Spaniard in the 1930's called Jose Paronella, who had a childhood dream to build a castle. It was an amusement park of sorts for the locals back in its day, and also had a ballroom and a bandstand. We did a guided tour - Jose was quite ahead of his time - the place was run on hydroelectricity, and the fountains were gravity-fed to save power. Paronella Park has been in a few movies, including Sniper (we thought of you, Matt!), and we ended up taking about 80 photos, it was beautiful.
Highly recommend a visit, if you're ever up this way.
L & L
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