FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX: Mossman Gorge & Four Mile Beach

Mossman Gorge

Man we can't run away from these pesky neighbours...

It was a pleasant surprise to discover that my brother, Brian, and his family were going to be in far north Queensland at the same time. It was a shame that we only realised a couple of weeks before the trip and didn't co-ordinate ourselves. So...despite being within the vicinity of each other we only had 1 day overlap as our itineraries were in a completely different order! We met up at the Mossman Gorge Visitor Centre for our walk around the Mossman Gorge area. I would recommend going early. There was no one there when we arrived at 0830am and by the time we left at 1030am it was full of people. The children were delighted to see each other and any hope of spotting wildlife disappeared as the noise we created was deafening...Nonetheless we enjoyed our walk. The area was gorgeous and well worth visiting. We ate lunch at a milkbar in Mossman before having a brief afternoon snooze.

The plan was to swim at Four Mile Beach in the late afternoon but we were derailed by sandal-sucking black mud underneath the sand! We ogled at the multitudes of hermit crab instead before heading to our apartment for a much cleaner dip in the plunge pool. It was fortunate that we all had the same eating patterns. By 1630 it appeared everyone was starving.

Brian dutifully advised that the only Chinese restaurant in town had closed. So Thai would have to do the honours. Our reservation at Star of Siam was for 1730 but they kindly let us in right on opening time of 5pm. Opa and Oma would have been proud of us. Brian and family will now go their separate ways but we will reunite again we return home...when we can say hello over the fence everyday 😂