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Willkommen in Mission Beach

Imechapishwa: 17.10.2018

While the East Coast of Australia brought me down to earth a bit, Mission Beach makes up for everything of the past few days...

Like in paradise!
Like in paradise!


The road from Townsville to Mission Beach is still the same - pretty boring, through the hinterland along the A1 highway... Forest alternating with sugar cane and steppe...

Forest...
Forest...

...and endless roads...
...and endless roads...

...lined with sugar cane
...lined with sugar cane

Shortly before Mission Beach it becomes more tropical, the palm trees increase... And I also pass the first town that is right by the sea...

It looks completely different with palm trees by the roadside...
It looks completely different with palm trees by the roadside...


Resting in a small town that is finally right on the sea...
Resting in a small town that is finally right on the sea...


The endless Pacific - beautiful...
The endless Pacific - beautiful...


My hotel is a bit old-fashioned, but the location is amazing - right on the white sandy beach, which is almost empty.

My accommodation for tonight...
My accommodation for tonight...

View from the hotel terrace...
View from the hotel terrace...

...the hotel garden is amazing...
...the hotel garden is amazing...

View of the fine white sand...
View of the fine white sand...


After a drink at the bar and meeting small and big iguanas, I head to the beach...

Like in the Caribbean...
Like in the Caribbean...

...and almost empty...
...and almost empty...


My big friend, the iguana...
My big friend, the iguana...

...and my little friend, the iguana...
...and my little friend, the iguana...

The Pacific is friendly to me - calm waters, no jellyfish, and a temperature like at home in the bathtub.

Absolutely dreamy...
Absolutely dreamy...


After a refreshing swim, I take a long walk on the beach - better than any meditation...

An endless beach...
An endless beach...


...only my footprints...
...only my footprints...


...the wind blowing in my face...
...the wind blowing in my face...

The colors are breathtaking...
The colors are breathtaking...


...letting the water flow around my feet...
...letting the water flow around my feet...


...and occasionally I have companions on my way
...and occasionally I have companions on my way


This afternoon is a dream, and I witness the sun going to sleep..

Then the shadows grow longer...
Then the shadows grow longer...

...and the sun disappears behind the palm trees...
...and the sun disappears behind the palm trees...


In the twilight, I find a coconut on a tree trunk in the middle of nowhere...
In the twilight, I find a coconut on a tree trunk in the middle of nowhere...

...it feels like Robinson Crusoe... :-)
...it feels like Robinson Crusoe... :-)


Dinner in the hotel is amazing - on the beautiful terrace, I enjoy an excellent Chardonnay with a delicious tuna tartare followed by seafood linguine...

View from the terrace in the evening...
View from the terrace in the evening...

...everything illuminated by fire
...everything illuminated by fire


The seafood linguine are amazing...
The seafood linguine are amazing...
...and the wine adds that little extra... ;-)
...and the wine adds that little extra... ;-)


Mission Beach has reconciled me with the East Coast of Australia and I am looking forward to my final leg by car to Cairns tomorrow...

Jibu