where is mission beach qld

Mission Beach is a small coastal town on the Cassowary Coast in Far North Queensland, roughly halfway between Cairns and Townsville on Australia’s northeast coast.

Where it is

• Mission Beach sits on the Coral Sea, in the Cassowary Coast Region of Queensland, Australia.

• It lies about 165 km south of Cairns and about 235 km north of Townsville, along (and just off) the Bruce Highway.

What the area includes

• The name “Mission Beach” generally refers to four neighbouring villages along about 14 km of sandy coastline: South Mission Beach, Wongaling Beach, Mission Beach (central) and Bingil Bay.

• The town is between two World Heritage areas: the Great Barrier Reef offshore and the Wet Tropics rainforest inland, making it a popular tropical holiday spot.

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