Mission Beach

Australia - Mission Beach

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June 23rd 2007
We arrived in Mission Beach at 2pm on Friday 22 June and checked into Mission Beach Shack. Our twin room had a TV and DVD player which was a blessing as there's nothing to do in Mission Beach and the weather was bad. We watched Snatch in the afternoon and then walked into town (literally just a few shops) for dinner. We returned to our room to watch Babel and then went to sleep at 11pm. On Saturda ... 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