page_title: Paronella Park
section_title: Hydroelectric plant
hierarchical_section_title: Paronella Park / Hydroelectric plant
caption_attribution_description: English: The Hydro Electric Power House from the swing bridge over Mena creek Falls
context_page_description: Paronella Park is a heritage-listed tourist attraction located at Mena Creek, Queensland, Australia, 120 kilometres south of Cairns.
context_section_description: In 1933, Paronella installed a hydro-electric plant, the first (privately owned) in Queensland, on the waterfall in the park. He used it to supply power for the park's lighting, pumps, refrigeration and cinema. The town of Mena Creek also used some of the electricity. The plant was eventually decommissioned.
  In 2009 the park completed a restoration of the plant, and now runs entirely off hydro-electric power. Some of the excess electricity is fed back into the local grid.
caption: Hydro Plant from swing bridge over Mena Creek Falls
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