~ The Grand Staircase ~ by alhak

Photography • Historical • posted on Apr 14, 2008

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Paronella Park...One man's dream The earliest structure, the Grand Staircase, was built to facilitate the carrying of the river sand to make the concrete. First they built a house to live in, then they started on the Castle itself. Apart from the house, which is made of stone, all of the structures were constructed of poured, reinforced concrete, the reinforcing being old railway track. The concrete was covered with a plaster made from clay and cement, which they put on by hand, leaving behind the prints of their fingers as a reminder of the work they had done. The rainforest is slowly taking back what once belonged to it, which adds to the character of this place, the plaques on the stairs are flood levels from over the years.

Comments (38)

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DarkStormCrow

1:37AM | Mon, 14 April 2008

Excellent capture and image, very cool ...

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dpr

1:40AM | Mon, 14 April 2008

Truly an oasis, fantastic photos Sue, please keep them coming......D

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babuci

1:56AM | Mon, 14 April 2008

Sure it is. Fantastic POV. Love the heavy green everywhere.

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lizzibell

2:03AM | Mon, 14 April 2008

Beautiful...

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fredster66

3:35AM | Mon, 14 April 2008

Amazing place and image!

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Bossie_Boots

4:35AM | Mon, 14 April 2008

Wow that is some staircase i cant imagine how long it would take to climb superb capture hugs lou x

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SapUS59

4:58AM | Mon, 14 April 2008

excellent capture and beautiful place !!

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Mad-Mike

5:13AM | Mon, 14 April 2008

WOW! old railway tracks! now talk about ingenuity!!! fantastic photo presented to us! thanks!!

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kwami

5:14AM | Mon, 14 April 2008

great shot, lovely colours

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awjay

6:21AM | Mon, 14 April 2008

super capture

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tizjezzme

6:58AM | Mon, 14 April 2008

What a fabulous shot .. this would make an ideal place for taking photos!

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JeffG7BRJ

8:03AM | Mon, 14 April 2008

Wow! Looking at the plaques, he really built this in a dangerous place, that top plaque must be 15 to 20 feet above your head, that is some serious flooding. A thought provoking shot if I ever saw one Sue, who owns the place now? It's obvious that you can access the place, but is it just a deserted ruin or do you have to pay to visit? Whatever, it must be facinating to explore the place, I'm looking forward to the tour. Excellent capture, very interesting narrative. Bravo!!!!!

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