PB290020

Scottys' Mission Beach

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November 29th 2003
Arrived Mission Beach after a really boring and annoying trip down from Canz last night, full of kids and it was all a bit dull on the OZ Experience really and I was glad to see the back of them and the bus when I reached Mission Beach. Scotty turned up to meet us in his van and quipped 'I hope all the guys got life insurance' I spend a few days at Scottys' which was a real beach type hostel, ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Mission Beach

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more