A place in Northern Queensland (Mission Beach)

Member Name: cbrewer1991

Product:	Mission Beach
Date:	01/05/08 (33 review reads)
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Advantages: weathers good, near the great barrier reef

Disadvantages: there might not be as many things to do there for everyone

I went to mission beach in the beggining of April this year, it's a town between Townsville and Cairns in North Queensland, Australia. It is 14 km of nice beaches, and it's a very good place to go if you want to experience the Great Barrier Reef because it's only 38 km away from Mission Beach where you can do snorkelling and diving. There is a small island just of the town called Dunk Island, there's also Hitchinbrook Island which is south of Mission beach. It's also located in the wet tropics of Queensland, so they boast a huge range of plants and species, including the famous but rare bird now endangered Cassawary.
The things you can do in Mission Beach include skydiving, hiking, sailing, scuba diving etc.
The climate is very good there, it very rarely drops below 25 degrees but they do get regular heavy showers but because it's so hot there it doesn't really bother you and they don't last long.
There are several waterfalls there including the Jourama Falls rockpools waterfall which is very scenic well worth a visit to if your interested in geographical features.

Summary: I reccomend going to visit this place for a short time it's a nice place