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Honeyeater Homestay
53 Reid Road
Wongaling Beach
Queensland 4852
Australia

Telephone/Fax:
National 07 4068 8741
International +61 7 4068 8741
Mobile 0418 256 656

Email Honeyeater

enquiry@honeyeater.com.au

website http://www.honeyeater.com.au/

MISSION BEACH
Set in its own cluster of tropical rainforest is the sparkling jewel of the Cassowary Coast...Mission Beach. An uncomplicated beachfront town with over 14 km of magnificent golden sandy beaches. Surely the phrase “where the rainforest meets the beach” was coined here at Mission Beach. Long stretches of clean golden sands with, in most places, the rainforest literally fringing the pristine beaches. Laze under the shade of a palm tree and soak in the true tropics. Best of all, none of the beaches are crowded – if you are looking for peace and tranquillity, then your search is over

DUNK ISLAND
From the Beach, directly opposite the Honeyeater you can see the beautiful “Family islands” including the famous Dunk and Bedarra Islands, and just south is the largest island National Park in the world, Hinchinbrook Island. Dunk Island is probably one of the best known of Australia's tropical islands, largely due to the writings of E.J.Banfield, the beachcomber. He lived there from 1897 to 1923

GREAT BARRIER REEF
The Great Barrier Reef is only 38 kilometres away making Mission Beach the closest mainland access to the Great Barrier Reef - a mere 50 minutes.

RAINFOREST
Mission Beach lies in the heart of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, which stretches between Townsville and Cooktown on the north-east coast of Queensland and covers an area of 894,420 hectares. As well as relatively common mammals like the platypus and wallaby, the Wet Tropics is home to 13 mammal species which are found nowhere else in the world. The Wet Tropics region is home to a quarter of Australia's frogs, a third of the country's freshwater fish, and almost half of Australia's birds - approx 370 species. A number of these species can be seen from the veranda while you have breakfast

CASSOWARY
Of these birds, the gem is the regal Southern Cassowary, a gracious but elusive flightless bird, which unfortunately is on the list of the World's Endangered Species. These huge birds are so important to the rainforest, as they are the only animals capable of distributing the seeds of more than 70 species of trees whose fruit is too large for any other forest dwelling animal to eat and relocate. The area is also home to dozens of species of butterflies, the most famous being the blue Ulysses Butterfly

HOLIDAY DESTINATION in Queensland
There is a fantastic selection of restaurants offering a wide range of cuisine from true blue Aussie, Chinese, Italian, Indian, Mexican, Thai. Plenty of takeaways and coffee shops can be found. And a couple of drinking holes with big screens for all you sports fans. Of course, all the retail outlets that you could expect to see - supermarkets, butchers, newsagents, greengrocers, liquor stores, Post Office, bank, delicatessen, clothing stores, hairdressers, art gallery, dive shop, hardware store and service stations. A market operates on the 1st Saturday and 3rd Sunday each month, catering for locals and tourists and a Monster Market takes place on the last Sunday of each month (Easter - November)

BEACH HOLIDAY
If it is R&R that you are after, then look no further - great walks, great views, great wildlife - all interrupted by a wonderful blue sky and a welcoming sea breeze. Just pick your own spot on the 14km of pristine beach, and look out towards Dunk Island and the Great Barrier Reef.

SPORTS
But for all you adventure seekers, fear not! Scuba diving and snorkelling on the Great Barrier Reef is just an hour away from the Mission Beach jetty. White water rafting, which offers pristine rainforest views, is done at the nearby Tully River, and for those with a head for heights Tandem Skydiving is another option. Sea kayaking for those who like to exercise a little, or maybe a sedate day's fishing is more to your liking, or perhaps a round of golf. All the tour operators in Mission Beach pick you up from the Honeyeater Homestay and drop you off after your day’s adventure at no additional cost.