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SANCTUARY RETREAT
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A couple of days after Easter 2002, we spent 2 nights at a unique rainforest retreat at Mission Beach, which is half way between Townsville and Cairns. When you arrive at the car park (above) you have to call on an intercom and a four-wheel drive vehicle comes to get you as the track to the retreat is 40-45 degrees (very steep).
There is a main building which houses a bar, restaurant, reception and self-serve kitchen for those so inclined. The view over the rainforest to the ocean is fantastic. Accommodation is mainly in small canvas-roofed, shade-cloth walled huts right in the rainforest (See above). There are three timber, self contained cabins as well.
While swimming in their pool, a family of cassowary ( the size of emu ) came out of the forest to the edge of the grass seen in the photo above.
There is a secluded beach only a couple of minutes from the car park where the rainforest meets the sea