* Mississippi's mainland had escaped oil from BP spill* Oil hits two tourist beaches, more expected
* Local frustration as no immediate clean-up (Updates with quotes, details)
OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss., June 27 (Reuters) - Large patches of thick oil from the BP Plc Gulf of Mexico spill washed ashore for the first time in Mississippi on Sunday and residents were outraged that authorities did not clean it up.
Hundreds watched as gluey gobs of brown oil and rainbow oil sheen sloshed onto tourist beaches at Ocean Springs, about 10 miles (16 kilometres) east of Biloxi, and at a beach used by fisherman that is close to an inland marsh.
"This might be the last time we are able to come to the beach. What makes us so mad about all of this is that it could have been avoided. All of it," said James Vogeney, 56, who grew up in Ocean Springs.
"Life as I know it is over. What are we going to do if nobody cares to act fast enough," said Mike Hollings, a local resident who cried as he stared at the oil on the beach.
Wildlife officials picked up one pelican covered in oil and one dead turtle.
Mississippi state officials and the U.S. Coast Guard, who said they were expecting more oil to arrive, were waiting for BP contractors to start cleaning up before beginning coordinated work.
"We cannot clean up or catch the oil until BP gets here. They have all of our people," said Earl Etheridge, a spokesman for Mississippi's Department of Environmental Quality. "We want to clean this up now. Maybe this will amp up BP's effort but we can't do anything because they have all the money."
Later, a Reuters reporter visited seven beaches affected by the oil and saw only one clean-up crew at work.