For Sale: Derelict Australian Fairy Tale Park
A fairy tail deserted theme park in Australia, has recently gone on to the market for sale. At the same time as its doors were opened to prospective buyers, an urban explorer and photographer known as Urbexography.com, traveled to the site to capture it’s eerie neglected form.
It wasn’t always this way of course. The Fantasy Glades website explains genesis of the park:
“In the 1960’s a family of ‘Little People’ George and Rosemary Whitaker, along with their children James and Lynette, and Rosemary’s parents, Aub and Lin Gribble, set out on a journey from Sydney to Port Macquarie in NSW Australia with a dream to create their very own children’s Fairy Tale Theme Park.”
35 years later in 2002 the park was closed.
The main attractions were influenced by the works of the Brothers Grimm. The park’s founders also had experience in theatrical stage and set design work, which lent itself very well to the construction.
The location features the abandoned remnants of Snow White’s cottage, with the bedrooms of the Seven Dwarves.
Other buildings throughout the site depict similarly famous fairy tales and fables.
Who knows what the future of the park will be. It is highly likely that the fairy tale magic is gone forever. The current owners would love to sell the place to someone who has an interest in bringing it back to life. At the end of the day, economics will be the deciding factor.
For the photographer, Fantasy Glades holds a special place in his heart:
“Fantasy Glades was an absolutely magical, special place for many people including myself as a child and also my children when they were little. It has been visited and enjoyed by numerous families from all around the world since 1968 when it first opened. Fantasy Glades is a hidden piece of paradise in one of Australia’s best locations.”
