scottys hostel

mission beach

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April 5th 2007
so we made it here after our near death experience with the tsunami........well not quite but ads to the excitment. mission beach is not atal how i imgined it. i thought it would be mroe of a byron bay but it is even quieter than that! therer are about 3 shops and a couple hostels and thats about it........oh yeah and a beach! because of the bad weaher out at sea though its not looking that pr ... 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