Monday, April 22, 2013

Tully & Mission Beach

An early morning departure from Murray falls saw us in Tully in no time with a walk around the shops and a bit of stocking-up. Then a leisurely drive out to Mission Beach to book in to the council caravan park, at $21 a night for a powered site - we'll take three, thank you very much. The park is situated in the main street and right on the beach, great for relaxing strolls morning and evening. There is a netted 'stinger free' enclosure so swimming is OK, although the beach is so flat that you have to go out quite some distance to get wet. They have a market each Saturday in town, which coincided with our visit, and as luck would have it - or not - the markets are held right next to the van park. Another bonus was the Sunday lunch at a nearby restaurant, a pig on a spit roast, All you can eat for $13.00 - great !!

Sunrise - Mission Beach

Out to Lunch - Mission Beach Style

Carving Up for Lunch
During the evening a large Butterfly or Moth - I haven't been able to identify it yet - decided to attach itself to the side of our van for a few hours. One day we took a walk out at Lacey Creek, beautiful rainforest but the mozzies were so bad you could not linger too much. Here there were numerous Butterflies especially the blue Ulysses, however I wasn't able to get a good shot because they were so quick.
Ulysses Butterfly

Butterfly or Moth? - you tell me


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