30th June - More sun, sea and sand.. An early start this morning, as we are moving on to.. Mission Beach! We caught the greyhound bus, the trip took about 3 hours, in which Lucy and myself spent the majority of the journey asleep. I discovered that I got really bad sunburn from the snorkelling trip the other day. Which is not fun, very itchy! And Lucy also discovered she had sprained her wrist from Kayaking in Cape Tribulation. The weather was beautiful when we arrived. The hostel ('Absolute Backpackers') is situated in Wongaling Beach, which is pretty much just a petrol station and a few stores. It is pretty remote, and a 45 minute walk from Mission Beach. We were going to stay at The Sanctuary, in a tree top hut in the rainforest. But
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