Mission Beach

Mission Beach is one of those lazy, idyllic little locales you always knew existed along the north Queensland coast, you just didn’t know exactly where. If you need respite from crowds, stress, and having to get dressed for dinner, you’ll find it just 90 minutes drive south from Cairns.

Hugging the coast for about 15km, Mission Beach takes in a handful of villages from Garners Beach in the north to Kennedy Bay in the south. Along the stretch is sleepy Bingil Bay, Mission Beach proper, Wongaling Beach and South Mission Beach. You’ll find a range of low key, low rise accommodation, shopping and restaurants, access to rainforests, beautiful beaches, and the Family group of islands. And the only traffic jams will be caused by cassowaries crossing. The rainforests surrounding Mission are famous for being one of the few areas the large endangered native birds are still found. Prominent signs warn of the possibility of encountering them and be warned, they dash out of the greenery with little dalliance.

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