{"id":25173,"date":"2021-05-13T07:43:53","date_gmt":"2021-05-12T21:43:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=25173"},"modified":"2022-04-21T10:12:37","modified_gmt":"2022-04-21T00:12:37","slug":"cooktown-australia-%f0%9f%87%a6%f0%9f%87%ba-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=25173","title":{"rendered":"Cooktown, Queensland \ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Date: 9-10th May 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Travelled: Parked in Cooktown <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visited: Cooktown, far North Queensland.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stayed: Cooktown Orchid Travellers Park, $38, all services. S15.46954, E145.24837 <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Budget: 30 days @ $139 per day.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We spend three days in Cooktown<\/a>, the more we explored the more we like it. Rather than try to record our visit chronologically I have clumped the photos by subject to make it easier. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There are no shortages of places to enjoy a drink in Cooktown. But the most classic looking pub is the Cooktown Hotel, just across the road from our campsite. Pam didn\u2019t like the Sav Blanc, so we tended to frequent the RSL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Cenotaph and War Memorial Park is actually next door to our stop. So we passed it several times. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cooktown\u2019s Memorial Wall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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APC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Nice mural<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Leopard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The more we walked the more interesting things we found. Cooktown must have been a sprawling town in the late gold rush era. It had an estimated population of 7,000 people, the count never included the Aboriginals or the Chinese. Following the gold rush along the Palmer River in 1872 some 20,000 Chinese immigrated through Cooktown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Ferrari Estate ?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Mrs Watson\u2019s Monument<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Cooktown\u2019s Bowling Club, note the synthetic grass and huge shade cover.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Cannon dated 1885<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Mick the Miner.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Lieutenant James Cook<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We had dinner one night at Jackey Jackey Thai Restaurant. We thought the name a bit odd but it relates to the building\u2019s original name circa 1886.<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Walking the Grassy Hill makes for a challenging start to the day. It\u2019s a very steep climb to the hill behind Cooktown. Whilst the hill appears heavily timbered today it was described in Cook\u2019s journal as a grassy hill. Cooktown\u2019s lighthouse has stood on the hill since 1885.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Looking back over Cooktown.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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References from Cook\u2019s journal.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Looking over the Endeavour River.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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History of the Lighthouse.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Views from the Grassy Hill.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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