We arrived at Mission Beach at about 4.30 and got the free shuttle to our hostel - Mission Beach YHA. There isn't really much in mission beach, its famous as being a skydiving spot. We had intended to stop by for the night, allowing just enough time to do a skydive and then head back onto the road. Unfortunately we didn't think about the fact that you aren't allowed to fly for 24 hours after you scuba dive so this spoilt our plans.
Because of this we spent the evening wandering along the beach and watching films at the hostel so our time wasn't very eventful. Its nice to have a bit of time to relax every now and then though. We left the next day at 9.45 to catch our greyhound bus to Townsville which got in at about 2.30, with plenty of time to catch our ferry to Magnetic Island at 3.45, which leads me to my next post.
