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Cooktown History Centre
The Cooktown History Centre in Cooktown, Queensland, Australia welcomes you to visit them for everything about the history of the area and is run by the Cooktown and District Historical Society. Housed in a historical building in Charlotte Street circa 1875, it was then the town's first post and telegraph office, and now has photos, interactive displays, murals and oral histories for a fascinating insight into the past. The Cooktown History Centre brings you Cooktown through the years with an exhibition bringing to life the historical railway, early roads, cyclones and other disasters, the people of the time including early families and indigenous people, a visit is a must.
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Your Trails Tours2014-09-09
Located in Cooktown, Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia
Your Trails Tours in Cooktown, Queensland, Australia offers personalised 4x4 tours for small groups with an experienced host, and they will take you off the beaten track for a wonderful experience of tropical north Queensland. They offer day trips and extended tours, and you can experience the world heritage rainforest and sandy beaches, Aboriginal spirituality and culture, get up close with spectacular native wildlife. Also discover the art scene and meet the artists, enjoy farms visits and gourmet adventures and so much more. Your Trails Tours assist with accommodation and special meals, organise activities including visits to the Great Barrier Reef, outback or tropical rainforest, and are happy to design personalised trips around your special interests.READ MORE
Birdhaven2014-09-11
Located in Cooktown, Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia
Birdhaven Overnight and Short Term Accommodation in Cooktown, Queensland, Australia is a self contained studio apartment with fully equipped kitchen, washing machine, TV with Austar and so much more. Set on two glorious acres of bushand with gum trees and native plants, it's a wonderful place from which to enjoy fascinating bird life. Birdhaven Overnight and Short Term Accommodation ensures a relaxing and comfortable stay in quiet tranquility, and the property has mango, citrus and avocado trees as well as a vegetable garden, and you are welcome to enjoy them. With an ideal location just a few minutes from town this home away from home property awaits you.READ MORE
Cooktown History Centre2014-09-09
Located in Cooktown, Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia
The Cooktown History Centre in Cooktown, Queensland, Australia welcomes you to visit them for everything about the history of the area and is run by the Cooktown and District Historical Society. Housed in a historical building in Charlotte Street circa 1875, it was then the town's first post and telegraph office, and now has photos, interactive displays, murals and oral histories for a fascinating insight into the past. The Cooktown History Centre brings you Cooktown through the years with an exhibition bringing to life the historical railway, early roads, cyclones and other disasters, the people of the time including early families and indigenous people, a visit is a must.READ MORE
Endeavour Falls Tourist Park2014-09-12
Located in Cooktown, Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia
Endeavour Falls Tourist Park in Cooktown, Queensland, Australia offers powered and unpowered camping sites, as well as self contained en-suite cabins in one of the most beautiful locations in the Endeavour Valley, right beside the beautiful and tranquil Endeavour Falls. The camping sites are available for caravans and tents, and all the cabins feature air conditioning, a fully equipped kitchen, linen, verandahs with outdoor furniture, BBQ's, dining area, guest laundry and more. Endeavour Falls Tourist Park also has a swimming pool, general store, service station and manicured grounds, come for a fabulous stay here close to attractions and activities.READ MORE
Nature's Power House2014-09-08
Located in Cooktown, Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia
Nature's Power House is an interpretive centre in the Cooktown Botanic Gardens of Cooktown, Queensland, Australia offering a Visitor Information centre with gifts and an art gallery, also with displays of the fauna and flora. Their aim is to share the stunning natural heritage of the area with rest of the world, and outside of business hours, they offer their exhibition spaces up for functions and special events. Nature's Power House also have a cafe in a tropical garden setting with great lunches and beverages, and will cater your events for you, the gift shop has a number of fasciniating books, gifts and souvenirs, come for a wonderful visit.READ MORE
Italian Restaurant2014-09-11
Located in Cooktown, Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia
The Italian Restaurant in Cooktown, Queensland, Australia offers a relaxed tropical atmosphere and fine Italian cuisine made from traditional Italian recipes, including real Italian pizzas, highly recommended and a must try. The have outdoor seating and a friendly waiter service, offer take out and delivery, welcome kids and cater to groups. Enjoy a wonderful meal in one of the best eating houses in the Cape, and dine on great pizzas, pastas and seafood Italian style. The Italian Restaurant looks forward to being of service, and treating you to sumptuous Italian meals, they also offer Chinese cuisine all under one roof, come enjoy.READ MORE
Alkoomie Station2014-09-10
Located in Cooktown, Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia
Alkoomie Station is a cattle station and luxury mountain retreat just 30 minutes from the town of Cooktown, Queensland, Australia and offers a real Aussie experience. The road to the homestead is 4WD only and you can bring yours, or staff will fetch you in Cooktown, and once here there are breathtaking views that never end across the Endeavour River valley right to the ocean. Alkoomie Station offers accommodation in the two storey homestead for 8-12 guests or you can camp out in the furnished, self contained, all weather tents. Come work alongside the cattle dogs and assist the the cattle round up, learn and watch as you go, it's a fascinating experience, they also have horse riding, a 4-hole golf course, bush walks, barbecue dinners at the campfire and so much more, come stay in paradise, or as they call it, heaven on earth.READ MORE
Cooktown Tours2014-09-08
Located in Cooktown, Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia
Cooktown Tours offer you a real Cooktown experience with great guides and a door to door service from your town accommodation. Enjoy seeing the sites from an air conditioned, comfortable coaster, and discover the beauty of this town and the lesser known secrets with your local and knowledgeable guide. They offer a tour of the Black Mountains which includes tea and lunch, and this area of shiny black boulders is shrouded in mystery, visit historic sites and the Annan River Gorge, Botanical Gardens and more. Cooktown Tours also offer a historical town tour, where you learn about Captain James Cook and his crew, the birth of Cooktown, the first white settlement in Australia, the real history and so much more.READ MORE
Cooktown Caravan Park2014-09-10
Located in Cooktown, Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia
The Cooktown Caravan Park offers a natural bushland setting exclusively for caravans, motorhomes and camping in Cooktown, Queensland, Australia. They are the newest park in town, and provide shady sites over 5 acres at the foot of Mt. Cook with a variety of wildlife sharing the space. They have a disabled bathroom and wheelchair access in the amenities bock houses, and there are laundry facilities, a refrigerator, dish washing tub and more for guests use, they also have BBQ campfire facilities with chopped firewood. The Cooktown Caravan Park is your perfect base for exploring the historical buildings, museums, waterfalls, restaurants and beautiful bays, and activities include fishing, crabbing and more, come for a wonderful stay in beautiful surrounds.READ MORE
Gone Fishing2014-09-08
Located in Cooktown, Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia
Gone Fishing in Cooktown, Queensland, Australia offers premier guided fishing charters on the Great Barrier Reef, as well as sport fishing, game fishing, estuary, islands and sweetwater fishing, using lure, fly, live bait and pole fishing methods, for the greatest fishing adventure of your life, with half and full day charters available, as well as tailor made extended charters. They also offer Wildlife tours of the Endeavour River learning about the amazing eco system, seeing abundant birdlife, mangroves, rainforest flora, crocodiles and so much more, it's not to be missed. Gone Fishing Cooktown offer great fishing packages and sightseeing tours for memorable days of adventure, and with their professionalism and consistent results, an enjoyable time out is a guarantee.READ MORE