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Gordonvale - Gordonvale: Current Population: Approx 7,000
Established 1887
The river flats were used for growingmaize, bananas and sugar.
John Gordon, moved there in the early 1880s. Gordonvale was named after him, officially in 1913, superseding
the name Nelson which had been given to the town surveyed in 1896 for the Mulgrave Central Mill.
- Private transportation
- Bottled water
- Dinner
- Goods and Services Tax (GST)
- Lunch
Brief history of Paronella Park
José Paronella arrived in Australia from Catalonia in Spain, in 1913. For the next 11 years he worked, cutting sugar cane initially, then purchasing, improving, and reselling cane farms. In 1924 he returned to Spain and married Margarita in 1925. The trip back to Australia was their honeymoon.
Jose’s dream was to build a castle which is unique in itself as this Spanish style castle has never been built anywhere else in Australia.
He chose a special part of Australia and created Paronella Park. He chose a special part of Australia and created Paronella Park. On 5ha beside Mena Creek Falls he built his castle, picnic area by the falls, tennis courts, bridges, a tunnel, and wrapped it up in an amazing range of 7,500 tropical plants and trees (now a lush rainforest!
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