Thursday 4 August 2011

July 30 - Cooktown

After leaving Mareeba, we went further north to Cooktown. Cooktown is where the bitumen ends, so that is as far north in Queensland as we will go on this trip. Cooktown is, as the name suggests, one of the places in Australia where Captain James Cook went ashore.
Black Mountain, just south of Cooktown. An amazing sight.
These piles of black granite rocks just appear out of nowhere.

The statue of James Cook with his dog that looks just like our Princess

The lighthouse errected on the high point of Cooktown.
The lighthouse was actually built in England and shipped to Australia.

Impressive views of the sea

Impressive views of Endeavour River - named after Cook's ship
Split rocks on the beach near Cooktown
 




Princess meets the Cassowary, which is a famous native bird found in this area.
OK, this one isn't real, but we did get to see a couple by the roadside.

4 comments:

  1. Hi Robert, looks like you were running the 1/2 mile marathon in that photo....too much exercise for someone relaxing on holidays haha! Love the Wolfgang tricks & games you've played on each other. Keeping having fun. Ciao

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  2. Grrrrr. I think it is me and technical but every time I try to leave a comment nothing seems to happen. I guess it is a natural filter against Tasmanians!!!!!..... I wonder why??? am loving my regular escapes to far away places and I don't even need my wishing chair!!!... Just watch out for your random tassie stalker. Jenny

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  3. Grrrrr. I think it is me and technical but every time I try to leave a comment nothing seems to happen. I guess it is a natural filter against Tasmanians!!!!!..... I wonder why??? am loving my regular escapes to far away places and I don't even need my wishing chair!!!... Just watch out for your random tassie stalker. Jenny

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  4. Prinny is the cutest dog ever!!!! :)

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