Oct 19, 2012 - Clean up day in Cooktown

Today of all the days it rained making cleanup interesting. Had to get washing done so we spent $20 was and drying clothes. Dust everywhere. The boys had a sleep while I warship all the kitchen stuff then we cruised to see the lighthouse. Would have been an awesome view from the lookout if it not for the fog!! Things we loved about our trip to Cape York- the native animals roaming free, the fact that everything has stayed raw and uncommercialised, seeing the tip of oz- no longer just an image on the map, the clean clear...

Oct 18, 2012 - Coen to Cooktown via maytown ( old coach road)

Had a great stay at the homestead in Coen and would highly recommend it. $100 a night and a lot nicer than the "hotel" we stayed at on the way up. We even were offered a free breakfast which we declined but i did opt for a good cup of coffee instead. Overall we loved the concept of this place it's a cross between an open house and a backpackers. Five bedrooms and futons in the lounge so it slept around 15-20 people if needed in the busy period. After much discussion we decide to give Weipa a miss as we can't be sure what the exhaust is...

Oct 12, 2012 - Cairns to Cooktown

Well we finally made it today to Cooktown. Was a little unexpected but the road was better than we thought and it took less time than we had anticipated. It was an interesting drive we went along the coastal waters then headed inland through native bush next thing you know we are on baron road going from green trees to dead or burnt out trees. There are cows on the side of the road randomly wandering as they please with a sign to be careful to watch out for them crossing. Burnt out cars are not uncommon as are hawks and crows who try to...

Oct 2, 2012 - Cooktown Qld

Cooktown Qld: 2 - 4 October 2012 From Cairns we continued north and made our way to Cooktown which was named in 1770 after Captain James Cook was forced to beach his ship the Endeavour in what is now called the Endeavour River for repairs after damaging the hull of the ship on the Great Barrier Reef. Compared to Cairns, Cooktown is a quiet & sleepy town and very very windy. We found out from locals that it blows 25 -30 knots everyday for 9 months of the year – not great when you are living in a camper trailer! The highlight of our visit...

Aug 15, 2012 - Musgrave Roadhouse to Cooktown

We really enjoyed our stopover at Musgrave Roadhouse. We pulled in around 2.30pm and were the first campers to arrive so we got to watch many other roll in and it's always amusing to watch them set up. We have a nice grassy camp site and enjoyed being able to sit down on the ground and play with Max and Anna. In the morning we got chatting with an older couple who were complaining about the national park permit set up. We are also not very happy with how it all works. You must have prebooked ur campsite, most people pay online, there is a...

Oct 18, 2011 - Cooktown - Oct 13-18

Cooktown is pretty well surrounded on 3 sides with mountain ranges, and the other outlook is to the Coral Sea. Very scenic, very historic, very interesting. Other than our daily battle with the damn sandflies, we are thoroughly enjoying our time here. Seems they have developed an immunity to "RID" which used to work very well in keeping them at bay - would be ok if you could see the little mites before they pee on your skin!! Even Pete is wearing the big welts today!! The photos will tell the story of our 5 day stay in this lovely little...

Jun 28, 2011 - Cooktown

Tuesday 28 June: overcast... 7am and we are on the road again...this time to Cooktown.... Such a vast assortment of scenery as we travel thru canefields, tropical rainforests, over mountains, plains of farming flatland and finally into Cooktown... A pleasant walk along the one street town to explore where Captain Cook landed then onto the wharf where a mandatory lunch of fish and chips was then in order...followed by a swim and a lazy afternoon... Gary attempts still 3 - Fish still 0 !!

Jun 26, 2011 - Aus - Day 54 - CookTown & Wild Pigs

Drove to Cooktown, very small town based primarily on tourism. Stopped to take some photos of the ocean, Captain Cook monuments and watch a couple fishing off the boardwalk. The man had a great big fish on the line but it managed to escape and take his fishing hook and line with him. Very windy but nice warm day. We drove to Endeavour Falls which is located inside a private campground. The trail to get to the falls passes through the very well groomed campground down to the river where the falls appear off to the right. No crocodiles could...

Nov 10, 2010 - Cooktown

Cooktown – 26 October to 31 October (5 nights) The 298km drive from Atherton to Cooktown varied between being hilly and twisty and dry “Murray” cattle station scrub. Some of the hilly parts were in real mountainous territory with some very steep sections, which the commodore handled admirably. High mountains, steep slopes and not a guard rail in sight – quite a challenge for a woosie like me that’s not too good at heights. Still we made it in one piece – all we have to do now is get back out in that same one piece, on our return journey in...

Jun 7, 2010 - Cooktown and Hopevale

After a great nights sleep and a short drive into Wujal Wujal for my meeting with the Council, we made our way up the Cape Trib road to Cooktown for meetings with the Council there. We made a short stop at Lion's den for Nikita to have squiz at the "Famous watering hole", and visit the amenities. While we were there we made the acquaintance of a few other travellers heading up the track to the top. Earle and Jan were making their way up for the first time and as Earle put it, I am showing Jan the real Australia. Another couple we met at the...

Aug 5, 2009 - Cooktown

Today was a good day, a very good day actually. "Lovelock" didn't let me down and I drove the 4 1/2 hours to Cooktown as smoothly as you could wish, in fact the car ate up the road overtaking all and sundry even on the steepest of hills; the car may have an iffy name but performance wish its all I could wish. The drive up to Cooktown had its moments, one of the advantages of driving after dark is that Australia's most famous resident, the kangaroo, comes out and venture out they certainly did, there were dozens by the roadside, all a...

Jul 5, 2009 - Townsville to Cooktown

Monday 29th June Gary: We were going to move on this morning but we found out on check in yesterday afternoon that it’s a public holiday today, just in Townsville and to make good use of the long weekend there is the Townsville Show. Having been to a few town/city shows we were not going to miss out on what is usually a great chance to find out about the local area, not the best show but it was OK. We then cycled into central Townsville and enjoyed a visit to the ‘Tropical Queensland Museum’ which was excellent with lots of fun, interactive...