No one cares who you are or what job
you do in Mission Beach. They just
want to know whether you've caught
any fish, what
restaurant you'd
recommend and what time the next
island water taxi leaves.
Mission Beach Australia is one of those lazy,
idyllic little locales you always
knew existed along the north
Queensland coast, you just didn't
know exactly where. If you need
respite from crowds, stress, and
having to get dressed for dinner,
you'll find it just 90 minutes drive
from
Cairns.
Hugging the coast for about 15km, Mission
Beach takes in a handful of villages from
Garners Beach in the north to Kennedy Bay in
the south. Along the stretch is sleepy Bingil Bay,
Mission Beach proper, Wongalinga
Beach and South Mission Beach. You'll find a
range of low key, low rise
accommodation,
shopping and
restaurants, and access to
rainforests, beautiful beaches, and the
Family group of islands.
And the only traffic jams will be caused by
cassowaries crossing. The rainforests
surrounding Mission Beach are famous for being one
of the few areas the large endangered native
birds are still found.
From Mission Beach there are several
day trip
options including rainforest walks on the Licuala or the Edmund Kennedy Tracks,
whitewater rafting on the Tully River,
sailing,
snorkelling in the Family Group of Islands or a
day at Dunk Island. Dunk is accessed via a
20 minute water taxi ride and you can spend
the day using the resort's water sports
facilities, Jetty Bar & Café.
