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#1 Attraction in Mission Beach on TripAdvisor…..

  • star rating  Thank you Mission Beach Charters (Adele & Stuart) for the amazing care you gave to our family of 4... read more

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    Q5321RRelizabethm
    7/24/2021

  • star rating  Thank you Mission Beach Charters (Adele & Stuart) for the amazing care you gave to our family of 4. The transfers to and from Mission Beach to Bedarra were educational... read more and stress free. Our 10 year old is still talking about seeing the incredible Pilot Whale pod you spotted for us. The snorkelling adventure you provided was one of the highlights of our stay. Adele, the amount of information you provided to us before even leaving home was of great assistance for airport transfer options, car hire timeframes, local contacts and especially planning ( and collecting ! ) our grocery shopping for the island. In addition to that, there were many times you both went well beyond the ‘call of duty’, in particular your unexpected morning visit to our accomodation with a first aid box to assess my wife’s foot after a stumble walking. Your bandaging skills were greatly appreciated as were the crutches you provided to assist with the transfer back to Mission Beach ! I’m not sure many charter companies would be able to provide such care and genuine kindness to their customers. Thank you for making the memory of our trip so unforgettable. Matthew Vitoli.

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    Q5321RRelizabethm
    7/24/2021

  • star rating  I cannot recommend Mission Beach Charters highly enough! My partner and I decided to elope to... read more

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    Maps546892
    7/21/2021

  • star rating  I cannot recommend Mission Beach Charters highly enough!

    My partner and I decided to elope to Bedarra Island in July.

    Not only did Adele and Shaun provide... read more boat transfers to the island which ran like clockwork. They also gave us an end to end “concierge service” whereby they helped us arrange transport from Cairns airport, told us where to shop and what to bring, picked up all our shopping for us, and liaised with the owners of the house we were renting on the island.

    Nothing was too much for Adele and Shaun. They made our elopement stress-free, and for that I can’t thank them enough.

    We can’t wait to come back for a wedding anniversary!

    Tash and Ben

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    Maps546892
    7/21/2021

  • star rating  Mission Beach Charters helped us (a group of 4 friends) with a Bedarra Island transfer and a... read more

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    7/20/2021

Mission Beach: The Adventurer’s Paradise

“My favourite place is North Queensland. It has for a naturalist everything. It has an amazing rainforest which is quite unlike any other rainforest in the world.

“Not only does it have that but down on the coast it has the Great Barrier Reef.”

“On top of that there’s terrific wine and food, so that’s the place for me.”

Sir David Attenbourgh

Acceptance speech for the 2017 Britain-Australia Society Award

#AdventureAwaits

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Marine biologist led private tours of The Great Barrier Reef and boutique boating adventures. All you need to pack is your sense of adventure.

Great Barrier Reef Safaris
“Don’t wait any longer. Dive in the ocean, lea “Don’t wait any longer. Dive in the ocean, leave and let the sea be you.” ― Jalalu'l-din Rumi ~ ~ Tori here is demonstrating the importance of preparing your mask so that it doesn’t fog up. Good old fashioned spit works the best. ~ ~ Pro tip, if your mask continues to fog up just crack the top and rinse it with a bit of sea water and let it out the bottom. ~ ~ All you need to bring is your sense of adventure!
"In the depths of winter, I finally learned that w "In the depths of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer." —Albert Camus ~ ~ Oh Albert, you should have escaped to the tropics to write like so many of your contemporaries. ~ ~ Winter in FNQ is glorious. The light reflects off the sea welcoming the day and warming the soul. The waters are still and clear. Even the whales come to play. ~ ~ All you need to bring is your sense of adventure! ~ ~ Credit where credit is due 📷 @phlipvids
Dr Adele here with some #wednesdaywisdom so that y Dr Adele here with some #wednesdaywisdom so that you can #learnsomethingnew ~ ~ This week's challenge has the punters stumped with an even split between fringing near shore reef and Great Barrier Reef as the location of this photo. It is a hard call; blue water, coral diversity and good cover, plenty of reef fish. ~ ~ We’ll forgive you for thinking it is off shore at the Great Barrier Reef as this photo was taken at Bedarra Island in the Giant Clam Garden. Bedarra Island is one of the Family Islands located off of Mission Beach. As it is in a yellow zone there’s no spearfishing and keen anglers like to avoid the one rod, one hook per person rule. ~ ~ The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park has many types of habitats and near shore fringing reefs are a critical nursery habitat for many species. As well they serve as sources of coral larvae from corals adapted to living in the warm waters of the near shore. ~ ~ They also make great places to visit as their closeness to shore can reduce the anxiety of being on the water. They are also family friendly with their short transit times. ~ ~ The white tips you see on the branching corals are not a sign of stress. In fact the opposite. They are new growth. As the coral grows it first creates new calcium carbonate skeleton, the same stuff our bones are made of. Then the coral creates some new polyps to take up residence in each “hole”. The coral polyps are clear. They get their colour, typically shades of brown and reddish brown in healthy corals, from their symbiont algae called zooxanthelle. ~ ~ OK, let’s all say that one together….zo-o-xan-thell-e ~ ~ The coral polyps acquire their zooxanthelle from either the rest of the colony or they can take them up from the water. The zooxanthelle photosynthesize during the day and provide the corals with food and oxygen. The corals provide the zooxanathelle with a safe place to live and nitrogen for growth from their carnivorous activities at night. ~ ~ It is a beautiful symbiosis. ~ ~ All you need to bring is your sense of adventure! ~ ~ Credit where credit is due 📷 by Dr Adele using @nikonaustralia Coolpics on 15 June 2021 #nofilterneeded
“There are no safe paths in this part of the wor “There are no safe paths in this part of the world. Remember you are over the Edge of the Wild now, and in for all sorts of fun wherever you go.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien ~ ~ One of our favourite places to snorkel is Mermaid’s Garden. From below the waters you can see what’s left behind from a game of chasies played by some mermaids across an expanse of white sand. Everywhere their tails touch a coral bommie sprouted up to create a magical playground for those that stumble across it. ~ ~ All you need to bring is your sense of adventure! ~ ~ Credit where credit is due. 📷 by Dr Adele taken 10/02/2021 @nikonaustralia Coolpics
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