Hello there to all my my wonderful team #WednesdayWalk Created by the inspiring @Tattoodjay, I hope that you are all well and have had a magical day today and a great week so far.
So as we had one whole day of summer at 30c and then the next day it dropped down to 9c and rainy, I'm a bit sick of the cold, so I thought that while I'm still in Far North Queensland mode from last week, I would take you on a walk a bit further north to the historical town of Cooktown- ofcourse, named after Captain James Cook who had to beach his ship the Endeavour there for repairs back in 1770.
Cooktown has about 2600 people in it and sits at the mouth of the Endeavour River
It's a great little place to visit with some really nice hotels, motels and resorts, plus some delicious restaurants and a an absolute fantastic museum full of some incredible artifacts from it's long and diverse Indigenous, European and Asian history and it really put a smile on my dial when I was there with my best mate Lisa a few years ago, so @ElizaCheng and everyone else here today, I hope that it #makesmesmile and makes YOU smile too.
And if you want to know more about it, check out Trip Advisor here https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attractions-g499647-Activities-Cooktown_Cook_Shire_Queensland.html
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Anyhow, we start our #WednesdayWalk driving up the #MulliganHwy from #PortDouglas and crossing the 'Little Annan' on the causeway here, AFTER stopping for lunch and some great photos (which ofcourse I can't find at the moment...) Anyway, the #LionsDen is a must stop on your journey up there. http://cooktownandcapeyork.com/stay/cooktown/historiclionsdencamping
And this is the Causeway across the Little Annan below
Then up to the Grassy Hill Lighthouse when we get there late afternoon http://cooktownandcapeyork.com/do/history/grassyhilllighthouse
http://cooktownandcapeyork.com/do/walks/mountcook
The Endeavour River https://jamescookjournal.blogspot.com/2013_06_01_archive.html
And some of the beautiful locals
And then back to the Seaview motel for sunset drinks on the veranda before dinner. https://www.tripadvisor.com.au/Hotel_Review-g499647-d814044-Reviews-Seaview_Motel-Cooktown_Cook_Shire_Queensland.html
So I hope that you enjoyed this little trip to Cooktown as much as I did and hopefully we'll, all be able to go there again someday soon.
Such a shame that I cannot find the rest of my photos of the actual town....sorry...π±π’π
And so I hope to see you all again next week for another wonderful #WednesdayWalk with and #MakemeSmile with @ElizaCheng!
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Photos taken on an OLD iphone se back in the day....
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