Blogs from Mission Beach, Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 17

We did it! After two aborted attempts in Lake Taupo we finally jumped out of a plane at 14,000 ft, harnessed to a professional skydiver. Although its a little more expensive to skydive in Australia, you can pretty much guarantee that the weather is right for a skydive at Mission Beach, just south of Cairns. Due to the generous leaving present that I was given from my former colleagues at Breast Cancer Campaign, I was able to have this "you've gotta do it once in your lifetime" experience. Thanks guys. After a very short safety briefing, Tom and I were herded into a very pink, light aircraft, with our jumpmasters and another English guy who was diving out of an aeroplane for his second time. As I was the first in the aeroplane it also meant ... read more

I'd scheduled a modest agenda for Mission Beach that included white-water rafting, a skydive, and cassowary-spotting. I'd elected to stay at The Sanctuary, an eco-resort offering shared huts with green mesh walls as accommodation, set in acres of rainforest. It wasn't the most convenient location, with the twice-daily shuttle being the only practicable option for getting to Mission Beach itself, and the complex was set on a hillside, requiring much huffing and puffing in the steamy atmosphere to get from A to B, but it was extremely relaxing, partly due to the environment and partly due to the friendly and laid-back staff. My main reason for staying there was in the hope of seeing a cassowary in the wild. With the roads in the area having probably more cassowary warning signs than anything to do with ... read more

We stopped off in Mission Beach on our way from Magnetic Island to Cairns. It was a beautiful beach and we had a lovely couple of days relaxing in between the rain. Mission Beach is a recommended stop if your wishing for a bit of R'n'R as the beach does not have very many people and everyone is pretty chilled there. I (J) quite like beach (see picts)!?! Next Stop was Cairns. I(H) have to say at times I didn't think we were going to get this far because we seamed to find so much to do on the east coast. I'm (J) surprised our van made it, only another million k's to go! We spent a couple of days chilling out and taking stock of what we wanted to do next. We booked loads of ... read more

well im only really saying something short now because iv paid 4 an hours internet cos it was worth the money but cant think of anything else 2 do for last 10mins ..and leave 2mo morn.....but seeing as u can pay for just 10 mins im getting my moneys worth by filling in one of these! not much 2 report from mission beach APART FROM I JUMPED 14,000 FOOT OUT OF A PEREFECTLY GOOD PLANE AND LANDED ON MISSION BEACH ITSELF...oh my god...was the most insane thing ever-was so incredably awsome--was so jelous of the guy who was strapped to my back that did on average of 8 a day...(that totals to over 6,000)-i felt safe--ish!!!!.....i cant describe it..iss just incredable- however, once moving closer to open plane door 14,000 ft up..ok that scary but when ... read more

Hi all, Thanks for the messages Ready and Andrew. Nice to get some news. We are all well and kicking back at Mission Beach for a few days. Staying in a council caravan park (just like at Rosebud foreshore), only $11 per night - cheapest we have struck. The weather has cleared and the days are warm, as is the water. I am off white water rafting on the Tully River tomorrow - should be a hoot! Recently stayed at some top national parks. Bowling Green Bay out of Townsville and Jourama Falls. We had a good walk down into Wallaman Falls, longest drop in Australia - spectacular. Ian & Sean - had a stop over at Cardwell - couldn't face the pub. I checked with the pizza guy at Mission Beach but he couldn't find ... read more