Exploring Beaches & Giant Gumboot

We ate our yoghurt and muesli outside the caravan today, drinking in the beautiful palm-fringed beach behind us. After, we decided to drive to the beaches just south of here, via the town of Tully.

In Tully we walked the Main Street and ended up eating at a local bakery. Then we took the obligatory photos at the giant gumboot, testament to Tully’s status as the town with the highest rainfall in the country.

Next we tried to head to Tully Gorge but in the end realized it was too far. So we headed to the southern beaches instead, including South Mission Beach, Tully Heads and Hull Heads. At both Heads, huge rivers meet the sea and we were wary of crocodiles. The beaches at the Heads are almost undeveloped and feel like they are still in a time warp - kind of how Mission Beach itself was a number of years ago. Older, fibrin homes still line the esplanade, as they once did in many seaside towns across Australia.

Late afternoon we headed back to our caravan at Mission Beach, devouring some fresh sourdough bread we’d just picked up. Then we headed to the beach, enjoying the afternoon breeze, soft white sand and the white capped water l
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