3 days at Mission Beach....beautiful....

The drive from Flying Fish Point to Mission was all of about an hour, so it was nice to have an easy journey for a change. We stopped to pick up some presents from Kmart for Zander’s B’Day and had a nice coffee and some really fattening cakes before we moved on.

When we arrived, the boys eyeballed a waterslide and playground before we’d even hit the driveway, so we knew we might get some down time by letting them off the chain and just watching them.

After checking in we got a site right beside the dunnies which was not ideal but what do you do in school holidays with an oversize camper trailer. As it turned out it was a great spot and relatively quiet and dark at night. A lot of van parks light the amenities up like a Xmas tree but not here.

Zander again infiltrated some families to find new friends within minutes and clung on to this 6 yr old kid called Zane, who tried to (and did) convince Z Mann his name was Zander so he thought that was pretty cool. As it turned out this little kid was a real pain in the ass and his parents need to pull their heads in and start parenting.

More on that later.

We managed to get some beach time and pool time in the first day, sus out around the local area (which was South Mission Beach) and a few drinks and nibbles later we all found ourselves playing UNO and laughing uncontrollably at how the boys have figured out how to cheat at such a young age. They had Friday movie night after this and they were out like a light...

Day 2 we went into the main township for a look and whilst there is not much there, it really is a nice spot. We could easily have a holiday home here for the winter if we had the coin....The sand is grainy and a yellowy colour, which isn’t ideal but still nice all the same. You can still see scars from Cyclone Yasi also which must have been a massive storm, but to their credit they are very resilient and bounce back like true Queenslanders.

We arrived back to find out from some quality friends of Zander’s that the so called other Zander was just coming into our campsite and pinching the boys bikes to ride. Pretty cheeky if you ask me. I told him when I saw him it wasn’t on and he knew what I meant. During the stay he also became very pushy with the boys and started coming over to bludge food also. On the beach he pushed one of the kids into a hole we had dug (I gave him a serve after that) and was hogging the football from all of the other kids. By this time we were over him and all the while, we didn’t see his parents once over the 3 days. He was in the pool on his own, down at the beach on his own, in the playground on his own, and generally annoying all the travellers......on his own. It was good to see the back of him....Pool time again and some swims on the beach rounded the day off. The good thing about having them so busy all day is that they go to sleep fast, which enables us to have some us time.

Day 3 we just lazed by the pool and beach. Some quality sunshine whilst our friends and family froze in single figure rain affected conditions in Brisbane. Bugger.

We built a massive boat on the beach with the long handled shovel and then played footy with a number of kids. It was really cool and we are enjoying this time with the boys travelling on our own again. Up early tomorrow for a long drive to Airlie where the word is  the park is super for kids.

Mission – if you haven’t been here it is somewhere you must come for a look at this time of year, safe swimming beaches and friendly people. Great stay.

Jase & Nat.