Former theme park Fantasy Glades, a sprawling two-hectare in Port Macquarie on the NSW mid north coast, closed its doors in 2002 after 35 years of operations.
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Itâs like something out of the Brothers Grimmâs darkest fantasies. Snow Whiteâs cottage, gutted and boarded up. The Three Bearsâ house, covered in graffiti and spiderwebs. Down a dim and winding path, an abandoned witchâs house looms out of the trees.
For nearly 20 years, the site of the former Fantasy Glades kids fun park in Port Macquarie has been left for nature to swallow up. Set as it was amid the lush rainforest of the New South Wales mid-north coast, the bush had no trouble reclaiming the castles and storybook cottages that drew families for school holidays and countless birthdays.