South Mission Beach Qld 12-19 August 2019

South Mission Beach Qld 12-19 August 2019

We moved camp down to South Mission Beach, and lucked into a reasonably decent spot in the Coconut van park. The newest attraction to Mission Beach is a brand new council swimming pool complex, pool heated to 28℃ and inside another pool for aquarobics and stuff, purportedly at 34℃. Just throw in a bar of soap and do the washing as well!

Cassowaries are alive and well in and around the district, we never fail to see at least one on the roadside, and here's one that strayed into the van park looking for a feed.

Cassowary. South Mission Beach Qld

From our park there is a 1/2km stretch to the end of the beach, where there is the beginning of the Kennedy track, starting with a boardwalk that goes for about 300m, and then a path, with steps, (60+ up each way) which continues round the headland to another beach, Lugers Bay to be precise. This is beautiful, except for the stairs down to it, pretty much untouched and except for the odd other walker at 730am is pretty much deserted.

Kennedy Track. South Mission Beach Qld

Luggers Bay Beach. South Mission Beach Qld

Bridge over Mine Creek. South Mission Beach Qld

Just in case you had forgotten that we are still in croc country. Mine Creek. South Mission Beach Qld

Mine Creek. South Mission Beach Qld

The weather closed in a bit, so we went for a bit of a drive up toward Innisfail to check out the other two beaches: Kurramine and Crowley.

This could be Kurramine Beach... Kurramine Beach Qld

Always wanted to see The Top End in the wet. Crowley Beach Qld

This would be the end of the Cane Cutters Discover Road then.... Cowley beach Qld

We did manage to snap this little fellow on the beach at South Mission, A Forest Kingfisher.

Forest Kingfisher. South Mission Beach Qld

And then there were these up on the wire.

'Guys! Stop pushing!' You make the Welcome a bit hard to Swallow.

A long range snap of the now defunct Dunk Island Resort, wiped out by Yasi in 2011, but as of yesterday, has a new proud owner who snapped it up for a lazy 30 mill.