Mission Beach
Leaving Lucinda we opted for a mere 130km trek to our next
stop Mission Beach. There is only one
reason to go to Mission Beach and that is to relax and enjoy the beach and
rainforest. The beach is quite unique as
you can actually swim at it which is quite a novelty in North Queensland. The
beach itself is 12 km long with beautiful palms along the edge and views to Dunk
Island about 4km away.
Mission Beach is a Cassowary conservation zone
Swimming at a beach for the first time since Middle Lagoon.
At low tide the beaches are covered little balls of sand left by the soldier crabs.
We stayed at the Hideaway Caravan Park and after sorting the
van and heading off to the beach for a swim we quickly knew 2 nights would not
be long enough here. The coming weekend in Queensland was a long weekend and the whole area would be busy so we
extended our booking to 5 nights. The boys soon hooked up with some lovely boys
from Melbourne up here on holidays and were happy at the activities area
playing table tennis, pool, cane toad hunting and watching a bit of television.
Mission Beach Toad busters
We also took the opportunity to do a couple of rainforest
walks which promised the chance of spotting a cassowary but in reality, meeting
a 1.8m potentially aggressive large bird is something to do at a distance, not
on a tight walking track. Chrissy, when returning from a Physio
appointment in Tully saw one on the side of the road which was a good place to
see one.
The Cassowary,
Clump Mountain rainforest walk summit.
Everyone a bit hot and sweaty.
Views to Dunk Island
The 27th of September was our 20th
wedding anniversary and we celebrated the event at the Bingil Bay Cafe with
dinner, where we all enjoyed our meals as well as the quirkiness of the very
cute cafe.
Out for dinner at the Bingil Bay Cafe
As the weekend came around the boys were becoming very thick
with Lachlan and Gus and were having a ball at the beach,, on the hunt to spray
cane toads with dettol at night, and
collecting the dead ones in the morning as well. Lachlan and Gus’ parents Kate and
Casey were great value to be around and everyone was having a relaxing time. The weekend came and the Queenslanders piled
into Mission Beach for their long weekend. The locals are often in tents with a huge
silver tarp covering everything providing shade and cover if it rains. They are
very keen campers the Queenslanders....
The boys with Lachlan, Gus and Billy MacDonald
after a fun 5 days.
From Mission Beach it’s off to the Atherton Tablelands and
then the Daintree.
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