Cooktown Discovery Festival
Highlights includethe re-enactment of Captain Cook’s landing, Endeavour Ball, family entertainment and lantern parade.
Highlights includethe re-enactment of Captain Cook’s landing, Endeavour Ball, family entertainment and lantern parade.
Showcase of Indigenous and non-Indigenous performing artists – art, culture, language workshops, exhibitions, storytelling and tours.
Haggerstone Island is located on the Great Barrier Reef, about 600 kilometres north of Cairns alongside the rugged Cape York [more…]
Lizard Island is truly secluded from the rest of the world. With 24 powdery-white beaches and 40 luxurious suites, it [more…]
Nature’s Powerhouse is a much loved community asset situated in the magnificent Cooktown Botanic Gardens. Operating as a social enterprise [more…]
Journey through golden sandstone hills and sweeping grasslands, boat along scenic coastal estuaries and vast river systems, and delight in [more…]
Rising 431 metres above the surrounding landscape, rugged Mount Cook is the scenic backdrop to Cooktown. Lieutenant Phillip Parker King [more…]
Rugged yet beautiful, Cape Melville National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land) features the rocky headlands of Cape Melville, impressive [more…]
Little Annan Gorge is a gorge and swimming hole on the Anna River near Cooktown. It is safe to swim [more…]
To acknowledge the significance of the first known European contact with the Aboriginal people of the area, Cook Shire Council [more…]
This monument was erected in 1886 by the residents of Cooktown honouring Mrs Mary Watson. Mary, her infant son and [more…]
Recruitment for WWI in the Cooktown region drew men from the tin mining industries around Rossville and Shiptons Flat to [more…]
Famous for its rock art, Quinkan Country contains a large and dramatic body of prehistoric rock paintings. These galleries have [more…]
Wujal Wujal is the local Kuku-Yalanji clan name meaning ‘many falls’, highlighting the many sacred waterfalls in their landscape. This [more…]
Visitors come from all over Australia to enjoy the excellent fishing at Pormpuraaw, on the west coast of Queensland. Situated [more…]
Lockhart River was originally an Anglican Mission, relocated from ‘Old Site’ south of Cape Direction, to its present location on [more…]
The Wik and Kugu Arts and Crafts Centre is located in Aurukun – a small, remote Indigenous community on the [more…]
This walking track will take you through a picturesque experience of tropical landscapes and ecosystems. Starting from a coastal terrain, [more…]
An imposing mountain range of massive granite boulders is home to unique wildlife and rich in Aboriginal culture. At the [more…]
Immerse yourself in an authentic Aboriginal cultural experience like no other. Through hidden rock art, unravel the ancient stories of [more…]