Sejala Beach Huts Mission Beach

<br>We left Cairns and got the evening bus through to Mission Beach, it was only a shortish bus journey of 2 hours, we arrived at the Casowary at Mission Beach and had to find our hostel, luckily, it was only 200metres away. We went and checked in to the hostel, although due to someone losing our key and the info about our room, we ended up in the wrong room, it worked out cheaper though and everyone seemed nice so there was no big issue.

... veg. <br><br>We took a walk along a newly established walkway just in from the coast leading northwards along Mission Beach, over Clump Point (which is formed from huge chunks of volcanic basalt rock) to Narragon Beach. There is an interesting plaque telling the aboriginal dreamtime story about the way the rocks were formed and the animal characters involved but is almost incomprehensible without some deeper understanding of the whole culture. Our photo of the ...

... I arrived at Mission Beach. This is long strip of beautiful, white sandy beach backed by several small resorts which exist purely as holiday venues. There is little of interest apart from the beach and the usual tours out to the reef but the area is very popular with families with small children. It's saving grace is that it is situated at the southern end of the rain forest and there are some good forest walks within a short distance of ...

Day 260-267 Mission Beach Mon 17th &#8211; Mon 24th Aug 2009<br><br> With our computer problem sorted we drove as quickly as we could to Mission Beach determined to get a powered site at the Council Park on the beach for a reported $18 per night per family.<br><br> Everyone is really excited when we arrive, we didn&#8217;t realise what a truly beautiful spot this is. Mission Beach has it all, we think we&#8217;ve arrived in a mini paradise. There are plenty of ...

... through the rain forest that was stated as being a 20 minute walk. As we were only there a night we packed a rucksack including a couple of bottles of wine, loaded ourselves up with the camera gear and set off&#8230;..We just hadn&#8217;t known or worked this one out properly&#8230 ...

... 10mt. There was no way I was going out there, but Geoff tells me the view was great. They also had a 37m tower with a top viewing deck, a bit like a fire tower. Yep you're right missed that one too, but it was still pretty special. We found this little beachside town just north of Mission Beach. It is filled up with Grey Nomads, who spend up to 3 months here. Not quite sure why, there is no shopping, and we don't ...

... a straight line and move across the sky. sounded pretty cool to me so we went for it. as i was next to the door i was the first one out. so when the door opened and i was shifted so i was dangling out of the plane i had a bit of adrenaline pumping. after a couple of seconds paul said put your head back, and out we went, tumbling out of the plane. what an amazing feeling. after a few tumbles we straightened up and started to really fly across the sky. you could ...

... we got to called the zig zag. We approached it quite quickly as we were the first to go down - it involved a sharp turn to the right through a small ravine where we were only then able to see the rest of the rapid unfolding before us . We then had to turn quickly to the left before heading down a shute directly into a massive rock headfirst, bouncing off and then continuing backwards before the water calmed down and we were able to rest again ...

... my friend at the airport, along with the family dog, who had come along for the ride. Now unusually for me, the dog took an instant liking to me and immediately insisted, mostly with paws on my ******, to sit on me the whole way back. If the intense excitement and licking wasn&#8217;t enough, she was so overwhelmed and nervous, that she couldn&#8217;t help breaking wind on me all the way back. Being in such proximity, led to some harsh words being exchanged, of which I ...

... an elderly woman who when she heard of me writing this blog - encouraged me to keep it up. Maybe I will. Dunk Island is another little paradise with crystal white sands and green waters. Unfortunately at this time of year in the Tropics, box jelly fish are rampant and so swimming was impossible. This was like one of those Chinese endurance shows where you see people starved to death and locked in a cage with a chute full of noodles sliding down it ...