Situated at the entrance to Mossman Gorge (the southern end of Daintree national park)

Mossman gorge bed and breakfast is ideally located to explore Port Douglas, the Great Barrier Reef, Cape Tribulation - Daintree National park and the Northern Atherton Tablelands.

Our modern timber tree top home combines stunning views and the experience of sharing your visit with a North Queensland family.

• Overlooking historic Drumsara Plantation and the mountains of World Heritage Daintree National park.
• Minutes from the walks and swimming holes of Mossman Gorge national park.
• Native birds, butterflies and other wildlife can be viewed from the split level verandahs.
• Guests can relax in our salt water pool set in tropical gardens.
• Breakfast is served on the main verandah each morning.
• Your hosts,Chris and Mandy Coxon met and married in the tropical north Queensland and have both worked extensively in the local tourist industry. The past eleven years of which we have spent setting up and running Mossman Gorge Bed and Breakfast.
• We invite you to spend some time enjoying our tropical lifestyle, who knows you may never want to leave.

• Open plan, indoor/outdoor living and dining areas.
• Ceiling fans in all rooms and on main verandah
• Saltwater swimming pool
• Rainforest acreage with creek
• Hammock and sun loungers
• Extensive natural history library including: wildlife, travel, local history and diving
• TV/DVD with a selection of Australian movie DVDs and satellite television
• Binoculars and bird books
• Telescope and star charts
• Fiction books from classics to current best sellers
• Large selection of board games
• Tea and coffee making facility
• Filtered water
• Fridge
• Laundry service
• Walking distance to shops and restaurants
• Bus service direct to door
• Local tour information, tour desk and booking agent

Breakfast is served on the main verandah each morning at 8am. This allows our guests to take in the superb view across the valley to the mountains of Daintree national park and the Great Dividing Range, as it is lit by the morning sun.

Early breakfast can be arranged for those venturing out to the reef or on other adventures

• Freshly baked croissants, Danishes, muffins or pancakes (changes daily)
• Tropical fruit salad (in season savour mango, custard apple, lychee, rambutan, mangosteen, passion fruit and pawpaw as well as our staple banana, rockmelon, kiwi, pineapple)
• Juice milk (soy and skim milk as required)
• A selection of flavoured yoghurts
• A selection of cereals
• A selection of home made tropical fruit jams, marmalades and conserves
• Toasting breads and muffins:  rye, grain, fruit
• Freshly ground coffee and locally grown tea
• Filtered water
• Gluten free, wheat free, yeast free are available for a small extra charge for those with special needs, please advise on booking

Standard Double Room:		Deluxe Queen Room:
Double Bed Air conditioning Ceiling fan En-suite bathroom Fully screened against insects Mozzie nets Hair dryer Handmade soap Electric alarm clock Looks into the garden Non smoking Polished timber floors		Queen bed Air conditioning Ceiling fan En-suite bathroom Fully screened against insects Mozzie nets Hair dryer Handmade soap Looks out across the valley Non smoking Polished timber floors Bathrobes Fresh flowers Electric alarm clock

Green or wet season: November to April
Light weight clothing (cotton shorts/skirts/sarongs and cotton shirts) the lighter the better, hat, sunscreen, insect repellent, small beach towel and swimmers, umbrella or if you have it tropical weight wet weather gear (normal wet weather gear is too heavy for the tropics), walking sandals or shoes you can wear in water.


Cool or dry season: May to October
Shorts for day wear and jeans/trousers for night plus a jumper/jacket, it can get cool in the evenings(you will be surprised just how cool it can get), small beach towel and swimmers, hat, sunscreen, insect repellent, walking sandals or shoes, umbrella just in case (after all it is the wet tropics)

We recommend that you stay at least three to four days or longer if you can, to get a real feel for the area and to touch on some of the special things to do. Here are just a few of the things to do whilst staying:

A day trip to the outer reef either diving or snorkelling, some of north Queensland’s best diving and snorkelling companies operate from Port Douglas just 15 minutes away. A morning or afternoon spent with the local aboriginals taking a guided walk, either in the rainforest or a food gathering walk along the local foreshore ending with the cooking of what you have gathered. 5 minutes from us. Spend some time at the Rainforest Habitat to see our fantastic birdlife (10 minutes from us) or get up close to a crocodile at Hartley's creek crocodile farm. (20 minutes from us) A day trip to Cape Tribulation:  For guests with only limited time, a day trip to the cape is perfect. We have a very good map on which we mark all the really good things to do, so you don't have to wade through all the not so good things first. A day walking and swimming in Mossman Gorge National Park. Take a drive to the Atherton Tablelands to sample some of the local produce eg coffee, tea, cheese, fruit and vegetables and local wines. (a day trip) If you are here on a Sunday, the Port Douglas Markets are not to be missed. Spend a day relaxing by the pool or on one of the many beaches in the local area. Go horse riding, parasailing, bird watching, reef or estuary fishing, hang gliding, jet skiing

Fine Feather Birding Tours: www.finefeathertours.com.au | info@finefeathertours.com.au A guided birding tour with highly respected birder Del Richards Silversonic: Small group, fast new boat offering both diving and snorkelling Solar Whisper Daintree River Cruise: www.solarwhisper.com | info@solarwhisper.com Environmentally friendly river cruise on the Daintree, excellent for birding and wild life spotting. KuKu-Yalanji Dreamtime walks: www.yalanji.com.au | tours@yalanji.com.au Small group guided walk with the local aboriginal custodians in their section of the national park.

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The best time of the year for the rarer of our feathered friends is from the beginning of September and on through the hot wet months of summer. The trees around our house ring with the calls of upwards of two dozen different species of birds. It is not uncommon to spot 30 or more species of birds in one day from the main guest verandah. You don't have to walk for miles to achieve this either, just a short walk through the house and out into the garden, is as far as you need go. For shear quantities of birds, then the winter months are sure to impress.

Some of our resident flock are as follows:

The list goes on and on. To date we have 95 species of birds that visit our property during a twelve month period

Allow us to send you on a self drive tour or an early morning walk in the national park. We can also arrange for Del Richards from Fine Feather Tours to collect you from our door and show you some of the more out of the way places. Birding is good all year round, with an increase in migrant bird numbers starting in September and continuing on through to May. With the greatest numbers of resident birds and migrants coming together from around March on through until June/ July. It is not unusual to sight up to 100 species of birds on a full day birding tour. During the winter months our resident birds remain and are joined by a mini migration from the mountains to the west of us.

• One hour from Cairns Airport
• 15 minutes from Port Douglas
• 7 minutes to the closest beach
• 3 minutes to Mossman Gorge
• 2 minutes to Mossman township
• 20 minutes to the Daintree ferry
• 30 minutes to Daintree township
• 1 hour 15 minutes to Cap Tribulation

When travelling north from Cairns:
Turn left off Captain Cook highway at Johnston Road
(this is the road to Mossman Gorge National Park)
Turn left into Coral Sea Drive
Turn right into Gorge View Crescent. We are lot 15 and have a large white sail over our drive way.

Standard double	1 night	2 nights or more
double	$125.00	$105.00
single	$100.00	$90.00
Deluxe queen
double	$145.00	$125.00
single	$110.00	$100.00
extra person	$30.00	$25.00
Children over the age of 10(using a trundle or foldaway bed)	$25.00	$20.00
Sorry we do not have facilities for infants or small children
All rooms have ensuite bathroom, ceiling fan, air conditioning and are fully screened against insects.

Note: The above prices are for cash payments only. Visa and M/Card payments incur a 3% surcharge. Prices affective 1st April 2008

• Whilst we do take one night bookings, we recommend a stay of 3 or more nights to really appreciate what the Mossman area has to offer
• All prices include a full continental breakfast

Bookings are subject to the following conditions, please read carefully.

• Credit card details are required within 48 hours of confirmation email, bookings are not firm until details have been received.
• Cancellation policy applies, see below
• Check in time:  after 2pm
• Check out time:  before 10am
• Credit card payments incur a 3% administration fee

Whilst we understand unexpected things can happen. To avoid unforeseen circumstances we recommend travel insurance.

• 30 days:  no charge
• 14 days:  $50 administration fee
• 48 hours:  one nights room rate
• 24 hours or no show:  100% of the booking will be debited from the credit card account provided as security, we will gladly give a full refund (less credit card charges) should we fill the empty room.

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Chris and Mandy met and married in tropical north Queensland in the late 1980’s and have both worked extensively in the local tourist industry.  Chris hales from Melton Mowbray, a small town near Leicester and having finished university at Girton College in Cambridge, made the move to far north Queensland.  Mandy from Brisbane originally, was transferred to Cairns with Ansett airlines and couldn’t have thought of a better move to make.

For many years Chris worked as a diving instructor, while Mandy ran tourism retail outlets.  We have lived here nearly 20 years now (11 of which have been spent running the bed and breakfast) and now have two lovely daughters and share our home with a small dog named Angel.

Chris has a masters in geography and is also a diving instructor, who turned a hobby of diving into a job and now works for the Queensland government developing and administering diving safety regulations.  In this capacity Chris gets to dive along the north Queensland coast regularly and has a wealth of knowledge on the best diving and snorkelling sites in the far north.

Mandy is a qualified library technician who moved into tourism and retail when library life proved just a little too quiet, (it does mean however that we do have a fantastic selection of books as I can never throw a book away).  Since moving to our current house, Bird watching has become a favourite past time (hard not too when nearly 100 species of birds are seen on our block in a 12 month period).

A current bird list is always on display on our main verandah

All the photos used on this website, except for the one shot taken looking at the suspension bridge at Mossman gorge, were taken by either Chris or Mandy or by guests who were staying in house. We hope you like them.

Welcome to our picture gallery. Please take a tour through our tropical north Queensland home surrounded by incredible flora and fauna in a perfect relaxing location.

Enjoy.

Mossman Gorge B&B - Front Door	Mossman Gorge B&B - View from Balcony
Mossman Gorge B&B - Balcony	Plant Pot in Tropical Garden
Mossman Gorge - Daintree National Park	Goanna in the Garden - Native Australian Lizard
Rainbow in Mossman	Mossman Gorge - Daintree National Park
Tropical Rainforest - Devils Thumb
Mossman Gorge B &B- view from verandah