Paradise Gardens Exhibit

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So today in my quest for junk food, i decided to pop my head into the Hawksbury Reigonal Museum and have a look at the Paradise Gardens exhibit they had on display. The room was smaller than the bathrooms near Sky Voyager, so not much to photograph, but there was a few cool tidbits. The park was out in Cattai between Wisemans Ferry and Windsor, and was started by Bullens. So once upon a time Bullens owned 2 animal parks and this fantasy/dinosaur park. 

 

The main attration here were the dinosaur displays dotted around the park akin to the Crystal Palace Gardens in the UK. Just as shoddy looking too. The exhibit has an old park map blown up on the wall and some people have donated pictures and slides that are shown. The park used to host a Flugtag like event that also allowed ornithopters and offered a 10k prize if you made it over 50m. You got $1000 if you flew the furthest under 50m, which 1 guy won twice. Nobody won the 10k. The venue also used to be under Baulkham Hills Council which is some 30-45 minute drive to the suburb alone. Other attractions included a boat ride like Jungle Cruise and a (real) tractor ride that lapped the park. A large biggature of the Old Woman Who Lived In a Shoe's shoe was also there and featured in an Arnotts commercial. One photo i did manage to get though featured the operating years of old parks around Sydney.