Introducing Dunk Island
Dunk Island is an easy day trip from Mission Beach. It’s just 4.5km off the coast and blessed with nearly 150 species of bird life and exotic butterflies in season.
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Rainforest walks here will revive the spirit. From the top of 271m-Mt Kootaloo (5.6km), entrances to the Hinchinbrook Channel fan before you, or there’s the rewarding but difficult island circuit (9.2km) that passes by secluded beaches. You can also check out the alternative lifestyle of Bruce Arthur’s Artists Colony (admission $4; 10am-1pm Mon & Thu).
Day-trippers can purchase a Resort Experience Pass (adult/child $40/20) from the Watersports Centre just south of the jetty, which entitles you to lunch, pool access and an hour’s use of a paddle ski. Basic food and beverages are sold at the nearby licensed café.
The newly revamped Voyages Dunk Island (07-4068 8199, 1300 134 044; www.voyages.com.au; s/d from $158/294; ) sits on palm-fringed Brammo Bay and has rooms ranging from pretty nice to pretty superb. Think split-level accommodation, a huge bed, a Balinese spa, a golf course and personal access to the beach. Kids, meanwhile, have access to a dedicated club. Tariffs include breakfast.
The QPWS camping ground (07-4068 8199; www.epa.qld.gov.au; per person/family $4.50/18) has nine sites with good amenities by the resort’s water-sports office.
Last updated: Feb 17, 2009
