Mission Beach

We decided to stop here—halfway between Townsville and Cairns—for a night to relax. It was our mission, which we chose to accept, to avoid high-priced adventure sports in the area like skydiving and rafting in return for an afternoon of [free] laziness. Productivity included improving our tan and getting up-to-date with celebrity gossip. The event-packed part of the day was a competitive episode of Australian Idol interrupted by a giant cockroach that took too long to kill. We had a particular dinner in mind, but the kitchen closed on us at the nearby restaurant so instead we feasted on canned spaghetti and instant pasta. It might sound a little like freshman year, but there’s no work tomorrow and the palm-fringed beach is right around the corner...