Blogs from Mission Beach, Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 14

Efter forra veckans plagsamma fruktplock sa for vi till Mission Beach och himmelriket! Vart hostel, YHA Threehouse var helt otroligt! En stor timmer byggnad ute i regnskogen, med en liten swimmingpool, fjortonhangmattor lite over allt, och soffor och fotoljer och ett litet litet bibliotek (ca 40 bocker), och en stor veranda/balkong som vetter mot regnskogen! Det hostellet var nog det mysigaste jag varit pa hitills! Sa spelade de chillmusik ocksa och de hade en massa bradspel och INGEN TV! Det kandes nastan som hemma... Och pa kvallarna kom en massa kul mott till lamporna... Hon som agde hotellet visade mig ett foto pa ett gigantiskt mott som var storre en hennes hand nar hon spretade med fingrarna! Men det var inte sasong for dem nu... det skulle jag sa garna velat se. Har Softade vi ... read more

I got to Mission Beach on the 31st of May, just planning to stay a few days to do the white water rafting and a skydive but ended up staying nearly three weeks! I got offered a job in the local bar called Coconuts which was so much fun and where I met a great friend called Holly (see pic). Also worked for a bit at Scottys for free accomodation, the girls who worked there were really good to me and gave me silly little jobs around the hostel that didn't take two long and then they would write off another night so that was handy! There's not overly much to do in Mission so my highlight of the day was getting in the bus and picking up the new arrivals from the bus stop! I ... read more

We bought ourselves a Greyhound pass that takes us from Cairns to Sydney as we start the East Coast Run back to Sydney for our flights to NZ. Our first stop was Mission Beach, partly because we thought I'd be a nice place to chill for a while, and partly because we'd rather avoid any long and uncomfortable bus journeys if there's chance. And so what to say about Mission Beach..... well not a lot. It definately a place to chill and spend some time not really doing anything. There's plenty of beach and not much else. It's a popular place to Skydive and although we thought about it, the weather kind of stopped any chance of that. Yes, you'll be glad to know that we didn't really see much sun, but had plenty of ... read more

I thought I'd add a seperate blog for Mission Beach as I'm hoping that when I find the right computer I can upload my dvd footage, so keep a look out on the next blogs as I'll keep you posted! Well from Townsville we went to Mission Beach, we did want to see it but our main reason for stopping was to do a skydive. This wasn't my idea, it was Luc's! I have to say that even the thought of doing it made my stomach churn and I wasn't overkeen on doing it but I knew that Luc would come down and I'd end up wanting to do it! On our first day we chilled out at our hostel the beach shack. This place was really cool, it was a big house next to ... read more

Tjah, jeg ved ikke rigtig, hvorfor jeg gjorde det, men min rejsemakker, Neil, og jeg sprang i dag ud fra 14.000 fods hoejde over Mission Beach ved Great Barrier Reef. Forberedelserne var det smaat med. Det var tandem med instruktoerer. Min instruktoer sagde ikke rigtig noget, og Neils, en russer ved navn Igor, sagde blot: "Do lika dis, and wuuush... out of plane." Flyet (en aldrende Cesna) var mindre end min bil, og loed lidt som en 2CV paa en kold vintermorgen. Det var en trang, traeg og bumlende tur op til den hoejde for Neil og mig, men udsigten var fantastisk! Det var skyfrit og man kunne se Great Barrier Reef. Neil var nok mere nervoes end jeg paa vej op, men da de aabnede doeren og jeg sad med benene paa landingshjulene paa ... read more