Mission Beach

Mission Beach, stretching for 14kms of beautiful sand looking out to Dunk Island, was another beautiful Aussie beach. Camping right up on the beach front, as some skydivers parachuted onto the beach, with a stubby and a pancake, was a bearable way to ...

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We catch our first of many greyhound buses to Mission Beach where we check in to a very chilled out hostel, the Beachshack, with a policy of no shoes and no locks and where the owner puts on a good barbie and makes the best apple and coconut crumble ...

... the pitch black and the only thing we see again and again is a sign saying "look for trains." We don't want bloody trains we want mission beach! We keep driving, past every creak from a to z and over at least 50 train crossings. It's really dark now. Ben ...

... Jack gives me brief control of the parachute - you pull down hard on one side and you go into a twirl - excellent! Fantastic views over Mission Beach, the sea, the islands, and then land perfectly on the beach - I have to do again! No photo's, and I ...

... down over the rainforest and see the river as well. We stopped at Innisfail for fuel, shopping & lunch then continued on to Mission Beach. Got a text from Phil saying he had got a new iPhone and could therefore read our blog on the bog!.......why ...

... was really noisy, the contrast being huge with the parachute descent which was as peaceful as you could imagine. We left Mission beach shortly after we landed, heading for Cairns. It was interesting to see signs warning drivers of Cassowarys (these ...

... boxes I was determined to tick while I was away (rafting, diving, and sky diving all ticked now!) and had been recommended that Mission Beach was a great place to do it as the great view of rainforest, beach, and reef below gave you something to look at ...

... far offshore. Mission Beach is like collection of beach towns, the hostel is actually in Wongaling Beach so I walked down toward the main Mission Beach centre. Stopped off along the way, sat down and felt the need to have a nap so laid down with the ...

... was still stormy and rainy - so much for lazing on the beach so we decided to push on and drive to Townsville. Distance Cairns to Mission beach is 140 Km - drive time 2 hours   Costs Unpowered campsite for the night - £13 2 home made scones - ...