Day three at the Airbnb started much like day 1 and 2… With a wallaby visited breakfast!
Unfortunately it was already time to move on to our next stop, so we packed our gear. Along the way we had to stop for a lizard to cross the road. Leads me to a question – why did the lizard cross the road?
Along the way to our accommodation we headed to Mamu Tropical Skywalk. We made our way through the park slowly, following the audio guide. It was okay, but not the best skywalk we had done. If you’re looking for advice on what to see, I would skip this one. But we did see a cool bug, so we did a photo-shooting session with him.
Cool Bug. Unfortunately he flew away.
The view
We checked into our Airbnb, which used to be a flower farm and the accommodation was pretty nice and had a fantastic view. Apparently they even have glowworms down the hill, we will have to check those out sometime! We took a bit of a wander down the steep incline and had a look at the watering hole which was apparently safe for swimming… Unfortunately the mosquitos didn’t make it that inviting today! We climbed back up to our Airbnb with a view, before heading over to a recommended spot: Paronella park.
This place was pretty much hand-built by José Paronella in 1929, using hand-made concrete which was not as solid as it probably should have been. But over many years he created his dream space around the waterfall, into which he built one of the first hydraulic electricity generators in Australia. On the first introduction tour (Which is included in the admission, and totally worth it!) we saw this Ulysses Butterfly
By setting the camera to rapid-fire, Manja managed to get a shot of the Ulysses Butterfly with its wings almost completely open!
After the tour we explored a bit on our own, even finding a spot to feed some turtles.
We also took a tour of the generator, which I really loved.
Paronella Park was so pretty, we took plenty of photos.
Even some artistic ones, of flowers and water…
And a grasshopper eating a leaf he is standing on…. Talk about biting the hand that feeds you….
We decided to have a light snacks while waiting for the guided night tour to start, which turned out to be completely worth it. We even got to see some micro-bats which decided to hang around the place. As one of the last things they put on this light fountain and music show, which was seriously pretty.
By the time we got back to the car it was not quite dark yet, so we headed out for some dinner.
The tour guide at Paronella Park had said that we could return to try and see some of the glowworms, which we did. We walked around a bunch, bud didn’t see many unfortunately.
That meant that we had to exit through the campground though…. And we had no idea where that was! We explored for a while before we eventually found our way out. A quick visit to the bridge and a few more photos of the surrounds, as well as the awesome looking bugs, later, we were on our way back to our Airbnb – luckily only about 5 minutes away!
Paronella Park really is awesome. If you need to find an encouragement to dream, come and visit this place and get re-inspired.
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