Mission Beach, the Wet Tropics/Cassowary Coast, and Far-north Queensland generally is my favourite place in the world. I’m not really sure why, but it is the place I feel the most open and creative.
It continues to draw me back whenever I need to realign.
I’m back here in between trips to the Philippines and the last few days have been nothing short of magical: great big tides, glassy water, sunny windless days, cool nights, cassowary dads and their stripey chicks wandering the roadside. And best of all Friends. Friends. And Friends.
I’ve packed up the house and finally sold/given away nearly everything I own. What an experience!
This blog (and accompanying video) is a tribute to a place I love so much. Maybe when I am alone sometime and I need a boost I’ll have these videos to remind me of the magical place that was once my home.
How blessed am I to turn up at the Mission Beach camp grounds intending to camp out of my car, when two special people lend me a tarp, ropes, pegs, poles, a great big tent, table, and chairs AND THEN help to put it all up. I love you Doug and Irene Lennon.
Truly, I was expecting to just sleep in the back of my car but my friends Doug and Irene, the caretakers of the campgrounds in Mission beach, loaned me the tent and camping gear (see above video) so I could stay a bit longer. How wonderful!
Heading to Cairns sometime soon …
pearlz
There is so often a special place that claims our heart. You have done a beautiful tribute to what Mission beach is here Mel.