Cooktown
James Cook Museum Cooktown: history, artifacts & visitor guide
There is a nineteenth-century convent building on the corner of Helen and Furneaux Streets in Cooktown that stops most visitors in their tracks. Wide verandahs,…
Cooktown tour: 1 day or 3 day – which is right for you?
One of the most common questions when planning a Cooktown trip is whether a one day or three day tour is the right call. It…
Black Mountain Cooktown QLD: a geological wonder explained
Most of the landscape between Cairns and Cooktown is green – dense rainforest on the coastal route, open savannah on the inland highway. So when…
Grassy Hill Lookout Cooktown: views, history & what to expect
There is a moment at the top of Grassy Hill when everything clicks into place. You are standing 170 metres above sea level, the Endeavour…
Bloomfield Track 4WD guide: what to expect
Some roads get you somewhere. The Bloomfield Track does something different – it earns your attention for every kilometre of it. Running north from Cape…
Things to do in Cooktown – a guide to the top attractions
Cooktown sits at the end of the road in more ways than one. It is the last sizeable town before the Cape York Peninsula stretches…
Cairns to Cooktown: how to get there
Cooktown is the kind of place that stops you mid-sentence. You turn a corner onto the main street, the Endeavour River opens up ahead of…