We really liked Mission Beach, as Lonely Planet described " it has the feeling of a tropical island" . The early morning run along the beach was a bit boring, sea on one side, palm trees on the other and it was very flat!This piece of coastline is known as the Cassowary Coast. The Cassowary is a large ostrich like bird with a blue plumage around Its head. Everywhere there are signs telling you not to feed the Cassowaries, drive carefully because of the Cassowa...

Townsville was just a convenient stopover so we made an early start to head out of the city. The region now becomes much more interesting with lots of national parks . We stopped at a couple of places to walk to waterfalls and look for some exotic wildlife but apart from beautiful butterflies and birds we haven't encountered much. On arriving in Mission Beach we called at the tourist information office for advice on accommodation and we discussed our disappo...