THE PARADISE QUEEN STORY
A family owned and operated business the Paradise Queen was constructed by Eildon Engineering in Eildon, Victoria in 1986
She was transported to Yarrawonga in two parts where the final piece of construction took place and she was put into service on Lake Mulwala in the same year She was designed for her current purpose as a cruise boat to service the locals and the tourism trade on Lake Mulwala and upstream of the lake on the Murray River The vessel floats on two twenty metre pontoons (3mm steel), each pontoon has 10 separate air tight compartments A design feature of the vessel is protective underwater bars at the front of the vessel to protect the hull from floating, fallen timber which does occur from time to time in the lake The Paradise Queen is powered by two Eighty Five Horse Power Caterpillar Diesel Engines The Paradise Queen has earned the moniker as an 'Icon' of Lake Mulwala pushing off from the banks of the lake around five hundred times a year on her various voyages |
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