The El Arish is an iconic North Queensland highway pub filled with farming and hunting paraphernalia and surrounded by a broad verandah held up by axe-cut wooden beams. The food (mains $20 to $31) is decent if unremarkable and the beer is cold. It's in El Arish, 18km northwest of Mission Beach.
El Arish Tavern
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