South Mission Beach Qld July 30 - August 3 2018
I won't trouble you with endless photos of the beach at South Mission Beach, it's unremarkable except for the fact that its very flat and protected from the ocean by the Barrier Reef and Dunk Island. I will put in a picture of Luggers Beach, which is the very next one south, accessible only by a 1.2km walk, first on an easy boardwalk and then on a bit of a rough track around and over the headland. It's backed by National Park and is very clean and very quiet. Mission Beach, why is it so? Luggers Beach, South Mission Qld No, instead I will regale you with our two major tourist things we did: Paronella Park and Charleys Chocolate Factory Paronella Park was established by Jose Paronella, A Spaniard who came to Australia in 1913, worked hard cutting cane and doing land deals and making his fortune. He had a dream: he wanted a castle, just like they have in Spain. So in 1929 he bought 13 acres of scrub on the edge of Mena Creek and set about creating what was/is...