38 - 40 Riddoch St
Penola, South Australia
Phone: 08 87372247
Down in the Limestone Coast of South Australia there is a village called Penola. Within this village is a
Magical & Colourful Kingdom called
PENOLARAYA.
The quest to design & construct the Kingdom is in its 12th year, with the’ drawbridge’ opening to visitors from other lands on Dec. 5th 2009.
PENOLARAYA is the ONLY large scale ’FANTASY’ model railway of its type in Australia, basing its visual theme on the
MAGIC of MERLIN the WIZARD
& the
LEGEND of COUNT DRACULA. ..... { there is no ‘blood’, as its family friendly viewing}
On the 10th of Sept. 2011, with the opening of the outside railway in the Water Garden Kingdom, Penolaraya became the LARGEST ‘G’ scale { garden railway} in South Australia. The kingdom covers TWO HOUSE BLOCKS.
Sir Graham the Knight’s whole artistic life has revolved around the concept of ‘fantasy/ surrealist’ art.
MAGIC of MERLIN the WIZARD
& the
LEGEND of COUNT DRACULA. ..... { there is no ‘blood’, as its family friendly viewing}
On the 10th of Sept. 2011, with the opening of the outside railway in the Water Garden Kingdom, Penolaraya became the LARGEST ‘G’ scale { garden railway} in South Australia. The kingdom covers TWO HOUSE BLOCKS.
Sir Graham the Knight’s whole artistic life has revolved around the concept of ‘fantasy/ surrealist’ art.
Penolaraya is basically divided into 3 different areas...
Merlin the Wizard up on his castle Balcony
Your hosts: Sir Graham the Knight & Princess Rose
Count Dracula welcomes you to his cocktail party!
Merlin's Castle & School of Wizardry
The floating "Waterville" sign
Willy Wonka stands up on the WONDERLAND balcony, overlooking the "Fantasy" HO layout below where visitors to the Kingdom can drive their own locomotives. {An interactive layout}
The 3 dimensional logo for Rose's Tearoom
The ICE makes its way past a group of "train spotting" gnomes
Looking down on the water kingdom with its three railway tracks
· ROSE’S TEAROOM
where expresso coffee & other drinks can be enjoyed along side of Rose’s freshly baked scones; scones that are getting the reputation of being the BEST in the Limestone Coast.
The Tearoom occupies what was once the Penola Memorial Kindergarten, why not consider a birthday party or some other function in the LARGE space?
PLEASE NOTE that you are able to enjoy the Tearooms delights without visiting the adjoining ‘fantasy’ railway Kingdoms.
WHY NOT A COFFEE TO GO?
where expresso coffee & other drinks can be enjoyed along side of Rose’s freshly baked scones; scones that are getting the reputation of being the BEST in the Limestone Coast.
The Tearoom occupies what was once the Penola Memorial Kindergarten, why not consider a birthday party or some other function in the LARGE space?
PLEASE NOTE that you are able to enjoy the Tearooms delights without visiting the adjoining ‘fantasy’ railway Kingdoms.
WHY NOT A COFFEE TO GO?
· THE INDOOR ‘FANTASY’KINGDOM
In this large building you view highly detailed fantasy themes revolving around the 4 metre high MERLIN’S CASTLE & SCHOOL OF WIZARDRY & the 6 metre long by 4 metre high, HOTEL DRACULA.
Included in this Kingdom, is ‘WATERVILLE’ a large indoor pond with houses on the bottom. King Neptune resides in here.
'WILLY WONKA’S WONDERLAND’ is a large ‘fantasy’ HO train layout where visitors to Penolaraya are able to become ‘train engineers’ ;
ITS HANDS ON, INTERACTIVE TRAIN DRIVING FUN FOR EVERYONE.
‘MERLIN’S DETECTIVE SHHET’ is a popular quest to find & ‘tick off’ required items; a prize is on offer.
In this large building you view highly detailed fantasy themes revolving around the 4 metre high MERLIN’S CASTLE & SCHOOL OF WIZARDRY & the 6 metre long by 4 metre high, HOTEL DRACULA.
Included in this Kingdom, is ‘WATERVILLE’ a large indoor pond with houses on the bottom. King Neptune resides in here.
'WILLY WONKA’S WONDERLAND’ is a large ‘fantasy’ HO train layout where visitors to Penolaraya are able to become ‘train engineers’ ;
ITS HANDS ON, INTERACTIVE TRAIN DRIVING FUN FOR EVERYONE.
‘MERLIN’S DETECTIVE SHHET’ is a popular quest to find & ‘tick off’ required items; a prize is on offer.
·The outside ‘WATER GARDEN KINGDOM’;
In this Kingdom, where the GRASS IS ALWAYS GREEN, you will see several castles, waterfalls & a large pond with floating structures on it.
‘G’ scale trains slowly make their way around their tracks; their loud sounds competing with the cascading rhythm of the water nearby.
These large scale trains are designed to operate outdoors.
See the ‘BERMUDA TRIANGLE’ with its sunken ships, helicopter, plane , aircraft carrier & LARGE Skull.
The WATER GARDEN KINGDOM has as its back drop, the 1860’s cottage known as ‘GLENGARRY’.
This Kingdom is home to dwarfs, gnomes, fairies, Barbie, Ken & their friends.
In this Kingdom, where the GRASS IS ALWAYS GREEN, you will see several castles, waterfalls & a large pond with floating structures on it.
‘G’ scale trains slowly make their way around their tracks; their loud sounds competing with the cascading rhythm of the water nearby.
These large scale trains are designed to operate outdoors.
See the ‘BERMUDA TRIANGLE’ with its sunken ships, helicopter, plane , aircraft carrier & LARGE Skull.
The WATER GARDEN KINGDOM has as its back drop, the 1860’s cottage known as ‘GLENGARRY’.
This Kingdom is home to dwarfs, gnomes, fairies, Barbie, Ken & their friends.
The New COFFEE WHARF is open.