We have started the very popular Monday Night roast at Dunk Island View Cafe once again.

We will rotate between lamb and pork and each meal comes with roast potatoes, pumpkin, cauliflower with cheese sauce, carrots,  peas and gravy along with either mint sauce for lamb or apple sauce for pork.

BYO wine and we will supply the glasses.

We will also have dessert available to purchase separately.

Come and sit outside in the balmy weather and enjoy your meal. We also offer takeaway roast dinners. 

The price is $15 for adults and $8 for children 5 to 15 years old. Under 5 is FOC.

​Book a table or order takeaway by calling 4068 8248 or leave details at reception.

One question we get asked a lot is whether or not we are pet friendly. We certainly are and we welcome pets in our caravan and camping sites.  We do not, however, allow pets in our 1 bedroom and 2 bedroom units. 

You can take your dogs for a walk on the beach, which is just across the road, and they love the freedom of being let off their leash to splash about in the water. It's also good exercise for Mum and Dad!

We even provide water for your pets when you come to our cafe for a bite to eat. As long as they are kept on a leash you are more than welcome to bring them with you.

As Managers of the park, Graham and I don't have a dog, but we certainly make up for it by patting as many dogs as we can throughout the day.

Come and join us in Mission Beach and bring your best friend with you to enjoy everything we have to offer!

I recently  took a day trip to Dunk Island with a couple of friends. This was our first time there and being so close to  where the water taxi leaves  Mission beach is an added bonus.

It takes approximately 10 minutes to get there and the boat ride over and back is a very pleasant experience. Once you arrive you virtually have the island to yourself because not too many people are allowed on the island at one time. The first thing you notice is the peace and quiet with only the occasional bird call.

We first explored Muggy Muggy Beach and there's a beautiful patch of rainforest you walk through to get there. On the way we passed the ruins of the Dunk Island Resort which was damaged during cyclone Yasi in 2011. It was so sad to see what once would have been a luxurious resort now standing empty.

Muggy Muggy has lots of shells and different shape rocks to discover and if you're adventurous you can climb to the top of Mt. Kootaloo for some of the best views of surrounding islands and the mainland. The image above was taken from the mountain looking at Mission Beach on the mainland.

On the other side of the island there is a long stretch of sandy beach  which ends at the spit.  There is a cafe but  it   only opens at the weekend so if you decide to go there, take your own food and water.  There are a couple of picnic areas for you to enjoy your lunch and soak up the atmosphere.

Winter is the best time to stay in the far North of Queensland. The days are beautiful and just perfect for a relaxing day at the beach.

The temperatures are  still up around 27 and 28 degrees and the water is still warm enough to swim. The beauty of this part of the coastline is that, even though the population has increased with tourists, you will more than likely have the beach all to yourself.

The beaches are very safe and ideal for small children to play in the shallows. Even the dogs love it!

This is definitely paradise!

We watched an expert tree climber remove coconuts from the numerous palm trees we have in our park the other day. To make it even more interesting, he was almost 7ft. tall!

I haven't watched this process before and I was amazed at how quickly he climbed each tree. Of course he was wearing safety equipment and used ropes to get him to the top. He had quite an audience at times and some people made use of the fallen coconuts by taking them home with them.

It's not something you see everyday but  it's just one of the things you may get to see when you visit us in Mission Beach.

 Winter in Far North Queensland is absolutely beautiful. The mornings are cool and crisp and the days are  absolutely perfect!

The weather makes it so easy to explore this amazing area where the rainforest meets the sea, and the sea temperatures are  mild so that you can swim without being too cold. It's perfect weather for a leisurely stroll along the beach or for exploring  some of the many walking tracks we have up here. You may even see a Cassowary on your travels.

​The weather is a big factor  here and brings people from all over the world to explore this beautiful region.  You can take a short boat trip across to Dunk Island and snorkel  straight off the beach to explore the Great Barrier Reef.

Escape the cold and head to Far North Queensland! You won't regret it!

Dunk Island View Caravan Park is offering you the opportunity to stay in a beautiful location for 4 nights but you only pay for 3.  Our sites are neat and tidy and our amenities block is one of the best on the coast.

This offer applies to all 8 units and our powered and unpowered caravan and camping sites. 

Bingil Bay is a small community just north of Mission Beach and you do get a sense that the rainforest really does meet the sea in this area. The following is information from Wikipedia about the history of this beautiful location.
The name Bingil is believed to be an Aboriginal word meaning a good camping ground given to the area by Frederick Cutten, a pioneer settler in the area. In 1884, the Cutten brothers (Frederick, Leonard, Sydney and James) established the first commercial tea plantation in Australia on their Bicton estate at Bingil Bay, also growing coffee, mangoes, bananas, pineapples and other tropical fruit. At that time, Bingil Bay was only accessible by boat. Most of the Bicton estate was destroyed by a cyclone in 1918 and although the homestead was rebuilt the remainder of the estate was never restored. The descendants of the original tea plants were rediscovered in the rain-forest by Dr Alan Maruff in 1958 and seedlings from these plants formed the basis for the Nerada tea plantations.
In 1921, an overland connection was created from El Arish (a distance of 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) away) but it was only usable by a dray and the journey took most of the day.
The area was formerly known as Clump Point (the name of a nearby headland) until 1929 when a post office called Bingal Bay was established.
On 9 July 1936, the road from El Arish to Bingil Bay was finally completed, reducing the travel time to 30 minutes. It was officially opened by Percy Pease, the Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Herbert.
The Bingil Bay Lifesaving Club opened in 1936.
Around 1966, then Prime Minister of Australia, Harold Holt and his wife Zara Holt, owned a holiday cottage they called "The Shack" at Bingil Bay. It sat high on the hill with views as far as Dunk Island. The couple were keen spearfishers. The cottage did not have a telephone.

Last week when my husband and I  were at the local markets, we came across a huge moth and wondered what it was. We were lucky enough to speak to a local who told us it was a Hercules Moth. We'd never  heard of them before and we'd certainly never seen one. I found the following information about the moth which was bigger than my hand!

The Hercules Moth is the largest species of moths in Australia and one of the largest in the world. The main colour is brown and both the male and female have triangular shape  transparent windows on their wings with a white triangle edge.

The male is smaller than the female and she  can boast that her wingspan of up to 27cm is the longest in the world. The male has a wingspan up to 20cm, their hindwing is longer with a tapered tail and has more vibrant colouring.

The adult female emerges from the chrysalis without mouthparts as her brief life does not include feeding. After she emerges she will emit pheromones to attract a male.  After mating, the female lays 80-100 eggs on the leaves or stems of some Daintree plant species. She dies shortly after that as she can only live only as long as her fat deposits last.

 They feed on leaves of several rainforest trees but prefer those of the Bleeding Heart tree.