Park Paronella is a tourist attraction in 120 km South of Cairns.

The Park was built in the 1930s, an immigrant from Spain Jose Paronella. Jose arrived in Australia from Catalonia in 1913. After 11 years he returned to his native Spain, where in 1925 he was married to Margaret and took her on a green continent. In 1929, Jose purchased a plot of land – 13 acres in the Bay of Maine and began to equip here entertainment to the public.

First, Jose and Margaret built a house for himself, and then began construction of the Castle.

With the exception of the house which is built of stone, the rest of the Park design are made of concrete. In 1935 the Park was opened to the public. Every Saturday at the local movie theater showed movies. And when he removed the chairs, the ballroom was transformed into a dance floor. The real miracle in those years was suspended from the ceiling of a huge rotating ball covered with 1270 small mirror shards. In the mid-1960s, Paronella has become a popular place for weddings. Heavy concrete tables in the lower Tea Garden and pool were incredibly popular, however, they remain so today. In 1933, at the waterfalls of the Park built a hydroelectric power plant, the first private hydroelectric power station in Queensland. In the future, the station was decommissioned.

Jose planted in the Park more than 7 thousand trees, including the magnificent new Zealand Agatis (also known as cowries) that form the Avenue of Kauri.

The first disaster struck the Park in 1946 – the big flood and the resulting landslide almost completely destroyed the work life of Jose. However, the family did not lose heart: Jose fixed a snack bar, a fountain was built, repaired the Castle, the newly planted trees in the garden, and the Park began to live a new life. Further flooding again and again destroyed the buildings of the Park in 1967, 1972 and 1974. In 1979, Paronella was badly damaged by fire. For some time the Park was closed to the public.

In 1993, the Park was purchased by mark and Judy Evans, who decided to revive the iconic Queensland place. But they decided not to restore Paronella in its original form, but to have only the most necessary repairs, and continue to demonstrate the traces of history and natural destruction. Their concept proved to be successful – from 1998 to 2009, the Park became the prize-winner of more than 20 travel awards. In 2004, Paronella was named the chief attraction of Queensland.