Mysterious Mission Beach

There is something mysterious about Mission Beach (actually we are in Wongalin Beach but this whole area is called Mission Beach). You won't find someone who stayed the time what was planned. Till now the most extreme I heard was a guy who booked a caravan site for 2 weeks and still is here after 4 years. We came for a week and still are here 4 weeks now and I just booked another week. I said to Steve, the manager of the Sky-diving shop and caravan park, that this is definitely our last week but when I left, he said; " see you next Saturday with your payment for another week" haha! 

No, we won't stay 4 years although its tempting, but you don't want to be here in summer, too humid and very cyclone touchily.

It's really a pity because you can buy some land here very cheap but if you look around nearly every house, holiday unit, apartments etc is for sale and I can remember that that was already a few years ago. 

They also planned new estates but hardly any land has been sold......

you can see just one is sold......

There's been 2 famous cyclones in the past 4 years which destroyed a lot of things and damaged much nature, you can see they are always repairing here in the surroundings. We have been here 2 years ago and nothing has changed, may be a few houses more and there are also houses and even a restaurant gone, just wiped away.

So you can imagine that the insurance is also very high here and that's another reason that no one wants a house here. I heard a couple paying $ 11.000,- a year only insurance, gee that's nearly a thousand a month, who can afford that?

And not much people means no shops, except for Woolies and a few restaurants, a post office and some hear dressers there is not much more. Here in this building were Woolies is situated, were a lot of shops planned, I think two or three started there but there's nothing anymore;

Ah, I can show you much more, can make hundreds of photo's of houses for sale but who cares? The situation won't change and actually; we're in the same situation, not caused by cyclones but by greedy custom-made suits who caused the financial crises!

Anyhow, you wonder what we are doing here then? First of all, I had to catch up with my Weblog of course haha but just relaxing a few weeks is nice to.

But really, Mission Beach is a paradise on earth in winter!! I will show you that next time, so keep looking!