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It's difficult, however, to decide how you're going to describe the place. 

Quality accommodation is part of the package, with rooms that are much larger than you'd have a right to expect, especially for the price. There are, however, two slight drawbacks. The building was originally built in some configuration that needed to be subdivided, and the subdividing didn't deliver much in the way of soundproofing between adjoining rooms. We had what sounded like a gathering of old Teutonic speaking acquaintances next to us, and with a drink or two under their belts robust conversation went on well into the night. 

Could have been a problem if I hadn't anaesthetised myself rather well.

And if you choose to go down that road and indulge yourself in a drink or three the configuration might not be stumbling drunk friendly. Our room came in three sections - a sitting room closest to the front door, the bedroom section with a double and two singles, fridge sink and so on, and the bathroom, with stone floors and more than a single step between each. Not, I think, the sort of place you'd want to be stumbling around in the dark in search of the toilet in the small hours.

But with those caveats, quality accommodation.

Then there are the grounds. 

On the way in you'd probably be inclined to question the rainforest bit if you're coming in from the drier Mareeba side (and you're more or less out of the Kuranda rainforest when you hit the turn) but once you arrive at Cedar Park it's obvious, regardless of how things were when the founders found it, there's been a great deal of restoration done and the grounds are, in a word, quite magnificent. I know that's two, but you get my drift.

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© Ian Hughes 2012