South Mission Beach Qld 18 August 2019

South Mission Beach Qld 18 August 2019

Finally had a few very pleasant days lazing about in the sunshine here in and around Mission Beach. Friday the skies cleared and the warm weather came back. We spent some time on the beach, in the pool, and wandering about. Saturday we were up 5:45am to get down to Cardwell, which is 70km south of here. I wanted to do the Parkrun, which starts at 7am and is one of the most pleasant I've done to date. It runs from this jetty and along a perfect path right along the ocean, down almost to the entry to Hinchinbrook Harbour.

Cardwell,Qld

After the run, we had breakfast at the nearby cafe before venturing down to have a look around this troubled marina development. The harbour has silted up, the operators and developers have gone bust, several times, the place is neglected and run down

Hinchinbrook Harbour. Cardwell Qld

Hinchinbrook Harbour. Cardwell Qld 

Hinchinbrook Harbour. Cardwell Qld

Hinchinbrook Harbour. Cardwell Qld

We saw a couple of Cassowaries...

Cassowary. South Mission Beach Qld 

Faux Cassowary. South Mission Beach Qld

Watched a few people floating down from the sky and landing on the beach

Sky diver. South Mission Beach Qld

And found a really nice almost deserted pristine beach just to the north of the main Mission Beach area, you just had to go looking for it.

Gardners Beach. Qld