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    THE ENCHANTED FOREST

    Dec 11, 2019 4 minutes
    Words Chris Stafford
    Photos
    Kerry Boyne, Paronella Park

    Like his fictional countryman Don Quixote of La Mancha, José Pedro Enrique Paronella grew up enraptured by the romance of medieval castles and knightly chivalry. He loved his grandmother’s tales of the Spanish nobleza and their dramatic deeds of derring-do.

    Unlike the deluded Quixote, however, José was more than just a dreamer. Leaving his Catalonian village in his teens, he worked for a time as a baker and pastry chef. Then, in 1913, aged 26, he emigrated to Australia to make his fortune.

    Jobs were plentiful in the canefields of North Queensland. Though he hated

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