Quoting from a leaflet given out to those doing the tour, it reads as follows.


"Why do I do it, people ask, it is because I wish to do something.
I make my money in sugar industry and in selling my farms. I have
travelled the world twice and never have I seen
anything as beautiful as places you have in Queensland.
People smile and say Paronella, he is mad - stupid - to
work so hard and to spend so much money this way!
Why does he not sit down and rest? That is not my way.."