If , like Toulouse Lautrec, your eyesight is bad and you need the aid of pince-nez to focus on café signs , you could easily mistake the new LED illuminated one on Magnetic Island's French restaurant , Le Paradis , as indicating it is une petite Down Under version of the famous Paris nightspot , Moulin Rouge , above, which was renowned for its naughty can-can dancers .
On closer examination , after wiping the gravy stains from your specs , you will see that what appears to be the arms of a windmill is actually large crossed cutlery. In the grounds of Moulin Rouge was a model of a giant elephant . Le Paradis does not sport such an attraction, but from time to time Sunbirds build their nests in the tasty alfresco eatery and takeaway . No Citroen or Peugeot can be seen parked nearby . One's imagination is stimulated by a gleaming white Land Rover which would be ideal for Napoleonic expeditions of discovery into the North Queensland rainforest .
