As most of Australia has spent a restless night in anticipation of the damage and destruction that Cyclone Yasi would leave in it's trace, we woke up this morning breathing a sigh of relief that so far there have been no fatalities or injury and that the major towns and cities were spared the worst of it. The cyclone was to ravage my favourite part of Australia and the place where I holiday every year. I leave cold Melbourne winters to bask in the Queensland sunshine, lie on golden beaches, swim in warm tropical waters and be enveloped in warm, balmy air. The eye of the storm has hit a few small coastal towns and the devastation to hit this area has yet to reported so we nervously await news. Mission Beach has taken the brunt of it and this is where I spent my last holiday.
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| Elandra - Mission Beach |
We stayed at Elandra, an amazingly beautiful eco-resort nestled amongst the palm trees overlooking Dunk Island and the Coral Sea. It breaks my heart to think that this resort along with the rest of the town may have been severely damaged and stripped of all it's natural beauty and tropical vegetation. These are a few holiday snaps that capture some of the magic of this beautiful part of the world.
Our thoughts are with the people who have lost their homes and their livelihoods and now face a long road ahead of rebuilding their lives and their businesses.
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