Mission Beach

Arrived at Mission Beach and on checking in we realised me and Steph had accidentally been booked in different hostels at different ends of the town. We decided to both stay at the nearest and on checking in we were told, we were the last ever backpackers at that place (they were refurbishing the place and going for a family retreat hotel instead), and as the dorms had been gutted, we had been upgraded to an ensuite twin room by the pool... result! ...and a buffet dinner was included each night!

Not sure what I expected from Mission beach, but thought it would have more to offer than we found. The main shoping area has about 10 shops, although there is a long and beautiful beach. The beach was full of little white crabs which you couldn't help but tread on.

A lot of our time was spent making the most of the luxury (well, compared to what I've got used to) and spent a lot of time in and around the pool, which we had to ourselves.

Mission Beach