~ One Man's Dream ~ by alhak
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Description
In 1929 a young spanish man named Jose' Paronella bought hectares of land in the north tropical rainforest of Australia. His dream was to create a magical place for the public to visit, theatre, ballroom, cafe, tunnel of love, waterfall, tennis court and picnic areas. Paronella Park was opened officially in 1935 with grand style, every thing was built by hand and workers hands and fingerprints. including Jose's, can be seen in the render work all over the parks structures. Years of cyclones and floods have taken their toll of this magical place, but it still survives and the dream lives on....
Movies have been made here also, including SNIPER,staring Tom Berenger and Billy Zane.
I will show you more of this tropical retreat as it is today through the week ahead.
Comments (31)
stuart83
Great capture Sue, didn't know this place existed
Thelby
NIce story, this looks a Fascinating Place!!!
finealine
Oh, wow, fantastic edit, compliments! Brilliant! Very greatful shoot Greetz Christina
fredster66
Impressive capture and place!
ledwolorz
Beautiful place and fantastic capture.
babuci
This is so magical.
DarkStormCrow
Nice photography and cool architecture image, well done....
bugatti
interesting
G_Mansco
Fascinating place and capture ;O)
Bossie_Boots
Wow very interesting story cant wait to see more of this splendid place superb capture and narative thank you for sharing hugs lou x
SapUS59
superb capture and thanks for the info, now that i think about it i do remember seeing that place in the movie "Sniper".
Mad-Mike
Thanks for sharing! very intersting, will love to see more of this magical park! and very nice capture and colors! :-)
ascript
Excellent shot and very interesting ;)
OldHippieKeyboard
What a fascinating place! I'll be looking forward to more views of this magical site. Well done!
NekhbetSun
Interesting info and awesome shot...looking forward to the next !
Realm_Of_Illusion
I didn't know of this place, it is so beautiful and definitely magical, this man had a great vision :)
durleybeachbum
How wonderful! Can hardly wait!
sharky_
Interesting place here... Aloha
LovelyPoetess
Very interesting bit of history, looking forward to seeing more. : )
MrsLubner
Your capture shows what it must have been so long ago. Great pov.
awjay
great work my friend
Cytisus
Super shot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
auntietk
Fabulous image! I've seen this somewhere before. It looks so mysterious and moody and wonderful. Wonderful work!
CavalierLady
Wonderful story and very interesting sounding place. Neat shot here!
JeffG7BRJ
Sepia tone works so well on this Sue, gives it that 1930's feel, I too look forward with interest on your coming series. Great narrative; gives us a feel for the place before we have actually sen much of it. Superb capture and presentation. Bravo!!!!!
MrsRatbag
Gorgeous image, well done!
frankie96
Would probably be almost impossible to start something like that today...looking forward to more..
lizzibell
Beautiful...
jocko500
wonderful to have dreams and this one came true for this man. wonderful shot
Richardphotos
amazing architectural style and capture. your choice of sepia is perfect