Castaways Mission Beach

After staying a night at Rollingstone we left for Mission Beach driving though Ingham and Tully. This is where we discovered there was still a lot of damage remaining from cyclone Yasi. Driving along the coastal road next to the forest and palm trees on ...

... straight in to our resort room for the next 5 nights. For those of you who don’t know, we won 5 nights at Castaways Resort Mission Beach at the Sandy Primary Gala Night a couple of days before we left on our trip.  As we were already planning ...

... I talked to Harry quickly before I left, saying I wasn’t going to stay and was going to look for a full time job in Mission Beach, and thanked him for considering me. Back down at the Retreat, I spoke to the two Germans who are working here and said ...

... It’s annoying me not having a job but I don’t want to commit to anything full time unless I like the area, which at Mission Beach, what’s not to like! It’s gorgeous here, the sea is warm, the sand is smooth and until tonight I ...

... a little bit safer). Hurray - at last we could swim in the gorgeously warm water - we stayed in until we got wrinkly. Mission Beach is famous for being the place to spot wild cassowaries, so before leaving we drove out to do another rainforest walk ...

... all managed to stay in our tubes!.  At least Sam kept his pants on this time as the last time he did this at Mission Beach, he emerged from the water sans boardies!  After Horseshoe Bay we headed around to Florence Bay for snorkelling, which the ...

... weather has been lovely and we havent had to pack and move on quite so quickly. Our next stop is 5 nights at Castaways Resort, Mission Beach, the prize we won at the Sandringham Primary Gala night 3 days before we left Melbourne.  Looking forward to ...

... 's pretty easy to find. Just make sure your trike guy isn't as insistent as ours.   And there we were, four Castaways enjoying the beauty of this gorgeous hidden wonder, with our gourmet deli baon. There, you wouldn't need chairs and tables, ...