Mission Beach is a natural midway point between Townsville and Cairns. It is an unspoilt
tropical paradise of World Heritage rainforest fronting 14 kilometres of golden, sandy beach.
The relaxed nature of Mission Beach makes it a great place for all sorts of travellers to
visit. Whether you are a family seeking calm, safe waters for your kids to swim in or
a backpacker on your way up or down the coast, Mission Beach has something for you.
The Great Barrier Reef is only 38 kilometres from Mission Beach, thus making it the
closest mainland point to the Great Barrier Reef at just over an hour away. The benefit to
reef-goers is more time in the water doing what you go to the reef for - snorkelling and
scuba diving.
Offshore from Mission Beach are the beautiful Family Group of islands including the famous
Dunk and Bedarra islands and just south is the largest National Park island in the world,
Hinchinbrook Island where you can take tours to spot dugong or hike the wilderness trails.
Mission Beach offers as much to the adrenaline junkie and extreme sports enthusiast as to
the holiday-maker after some peace and quiet. Some activities you may or may not decide
to partcipate in are:
- Skydiving
- White water rafting
- Sea kayaking
- Jet skiing
- Scuba diving
- Snorkelling
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Croc spotting
- Sailing
Mission Beach enjoys an enviable climate. Average daily temperatures rarely drop
below 25 degrees celsius and we never suffer from the water restrictions so often
in force further south owing to our natural rainfall characteristics.
Getting to Mission Beach is easy and there are an abundance of choices for the traveller:
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BY ROAD - If you are heading from the south, turn right off the Bruce Highway just
north of Tully and it is approximately 26km to Mission Beach. If you are heading from the north then
turn left off the Bruce Highway in El Arish and it is approximately 16km to Mission Beach. To see
a map of our location click here.
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BY BUS - The Greyhound and Premier bus services make regular stops in
Mission Beach at the Wongaling bus terminal by the Big Cassowary. Mission Beach Dunk
Island Connections also have a coach service to and from Cairns 3 times a day
timetabled to interconnect with the Dunk Island ferries.
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BY TRAIN - QRail passenger train services stop at the Tully Railway
station. Your accommodation venue will be happy to organise transport to meet you
or you can catch a taxi from the station.
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BY PLANE - Qantas,
JetStar or
Virgin Blue fly direct into Cairns, or
Townsville.