Mission Beach

It took me a little while to stop looking for a clutch in the car, just out of habit. Eventually, it was too easy to drive as there wasn't much to do on the big open roads. The trip to Mission Beach was about 200k so was gonna take a little under 3 hours.

On the way there, the car was beginning to overheat so we had to make a stop and fill it with water, this happened a couple of times after that so we realised we couldnt keep doing 180k per hour in it or it would just burn up.

The Australian roads were in great condition though, much better than any of the roads back home, and the scenery was absolutely amazing so driving there was an absolute pleasure. Every few mins we passed over a creek, each with a different but unique aussie name. The rainforest was our horizon for the majority of the trip, and we had a ball getting down there.

We arrived at Mission Beach and went to a place called Scotty's as it had been recommended to us. Lucky enough they had a room available so we checked in and had a look around. The whole place was completely relaxed and there was only a small bar and cafe in the place. There was no nightclubs or anything in the area so it was just a complete chillout zone. We bumped into some girls we had met in Cairns and we had a few bottles and then went into the bar. It closed at 11 though so we literally only had a couple of drinks and then it was off to bed.