Day 63-67 Mission Beach (part 1)

We travelled to Mission Beach via the Atherton Tablelands. We stopped at a dairy farm where we saw lots of cows and other animals. We saw where they milk the cows and how they make cheese and chocolate. We also stopped off at a Millaa Millaa falls but Dad was the only one who was brave enough to go for a swim because it was so freezing.

At Mission Beach we stayed at Beachcomber Coconut Caravan Village which had a great pool, water slide, games room and playground. There were lots of wallabies near our site.

One morning we hired a boat and went out to some of the islands off Mission Beach. We visited Bedarra Island, Wheeler Island and Dunk Island. In the morning it was really calm and flat but in the afternoon it got a bit windy and rough. Mum had to bail out some water from the boat as there was some water getting in but we made it ok. Wheeler Island was beautiful and we found lots of Cowrie shells. Henry found the biggest. We saw the damage to all of the buildings on Dunk Island caused by Cyclone Yasi.

We went to Tully gorge and saw all the white water rafters starting their trip down the river. It looked like fun. We also saw lots of butterflies, including a blue one called Ulysses. At the end of the day we had a swim at Alligators nest, a swimming hole near Tully, where we met another family who were travelling around Australia.

We climbed a big mountain called Bicton Hill which had a great view of Mission Beach. We looked for Cassowaries but didn't see any, but Mum and Dad saw one at the side of the road on our last day. We were too busy watching a movie so we didn't see it.