Arrivaderci: Cooktown

on our way from Tablelands to Cape York

welcoming party for us arriving at the Lions Den Cooktown

very unique place, very popular now but really was a lions den in it's day

behind the Lions den Hotel a great place to camp on the Banks of the Annan River

black mountain …...all volcanic basalt

arriving into Cooktown village

all around the foreshore and wharf area

statue of a goldminer ..forgot his name

360 degrees awsome views from here

time capsule to be opened in 2073

plenty of interesting things to see around the Cooktown foreshore

musical boat on the foreshore

The cannon was brought to Cooktown at the request of the Town Council. On April 10^th 1885 Cooktown Council carried the following motion. "A wire be sent to the Premier in Brisbane requesting he supply arms, ammunition & competent officer to take charge against a threat of Russian invasion." The cannon, cast in Scotland in 1803, 3 cannonballs, 2 rifles and 1 officer were sent.

Quarantine Bay just south of Cooktown

next stop Archers Point also just South of Cooktown

Archers Point renowned to be one of the most windiest places in Australia, the wind was so strong it was difficult to breathe when facing into to the wind, the views from up here was awsome

abandoned pier at Archers point

Endeavour falls fabulous place to visit north of Cooktown

Isabella falls north of Cooktown near Hopevale Cape York

leaving Cooktown foreshore on the riverboat for a sunset tour on the Endeavour river, despite the windy and drizzly evening it was an awesome 3 hours on the water with to see