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Mission Beach City Guide
A complete guide to Mission Beach City, Accommodation, Restaurants and Cafes
Mission Beach is about an hour to hour an half drive south of Cairns. Mission Beach offers two World Heritage areas side by side, as the waters of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park meets the rainforest of the Wet Tropics.
Things To Do In Mission Beach At No Cost
Licuala State Forest
A 1.25 km (30 min) Licuala Fan Palm Walk and 350m (20 min)
Children's Walk loops through rare Fan Palm forest. The Children's Walk follows cassowary footprints to
eggs in a nest. A "Cassowaries for Kids" brochure makes learning about these big birds a lot of fun.
Getting There: Take the Tully-Mission Beach Road and watch for signs for the
turnoff. The carpark is about 1km down an unsealed road.
Licuala Rainforest Walk
Despite its length, this 4.6km (2 hour) walking track is a fairly easy walk along an overgrown forestry
road. Gradient is minimal. The only difficulty may be in arranging a vehicle pick-up at the other end
of the track. Getting There: The track is accessible either from the carpark at
Licuala State Forest or from the other end on the El Arish-Mission Beach Road about 2km southeast of
the Lacey Creek Walk.
Kennedy Walking Track
In 1848, the Tropical North's first European explorer Edmund Kennedy landed at Tam O'Shanter Point to
begin his ill-fated expedition north to Cape York. Take a walk in his footsteps south of Mission Beach.
The full track length is 7.8km (nearly 5 miles) round trip but walkers can turn around and retrace
their steps whenever they're tired. The track is narrow and rough in places and there are some sandy
stretches and rock hopping along the beach. Getting There: Park at the boat
ramp on the southern end of South Mission Beach.
Other Places To Go Around Mission Beach
Markets of The Tropical North Queensland
