Camper Trailer Australia – August 2019

ADVENTURES

QUEENSLAND

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THINGSTHATSTING

If there’sa downsidetosummerholidayinginthefar

northit’sthis:fromOctobertoMay,irukandjiand

boxjellyfishinhabitthebeaches,inflictingextremely

painfulandoftendeadlystingsonanyonesillyenough

tobravetheseawithoutwearingfull-bodyLycra.

Themarinestingersbreedupriversandmigrate

downstreamwithwetseasondownpourstodriftalong

thecoast.Theyaremorenumerousafterrain,and

whenseasarewarmandcalm,soavoidswimming

atthesetimes.Attacksoccureveryyear,despitethe

warnings,soif visitingfromOctoberonwards,graba

stingersuitorsticktoinlandwaterholes.

cassowariesintheworld.Fora goo
theseendangeredbeauties,hikeorbiketheMusgraveatrail
beneath lofty Licuala palms (6kmone-way)orheadtoLacey
Creek to tackle the Dreaming Trail at dawn (6.4km return).
Don’t miss the Cassowary Festival (September 21).

When you go: Mission Beach is located 140km
south of Cairns. Council-run caravan parks at Mission Beach
(powered & tent sites) and Bingil Bay (unpowered sites only)
provide hot showers, toilets and laundry (no generators)fro
$25/night (cassowarycoast.qld.gov.au).

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Lofty Licuala palms on the Musgravea Trail

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This guy pecks your partner in the club, what do you do?

Leave room for a full Lycra swimsuit

Mission Beach is home to the highest

concentration of southern cassowaries in the world