Welcome to Cooktown!

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Wanhtharra
nyundu!

Welcome to
Cooktown!

Guurrbi Tours, Cooktown
www.guurrbitours.com

Guurrbi Tours operates from Cooktown,
in beautiful Tropical North Queensland

Cooktown is one of Australia’s most
historic townships

The coastal road to Cooktown (the Bama Way)
takes you through World Heritage rainforest

Stop and see the Bloomfield Falls with our friends
from the Walker family

The inland road to
Cooktown, the
Mulligan Highway, is
now sealed all the way
and a great drive

This is cattle country - be careful of those
unfenced roads!

Whichever route you take you’ll see Kalkajaka,
the mysterious Black Mountains

The Annan River marks the boundary of the
Kuku Yalanji & Guugu Yimithirr nations

Willie is from the Guugu Yimithirr tribe

The Milbi Wall tells the story of Hope Vale & the
Guugu Yimithirr people

Cooktown is in an area called Gungardie after the
quartz crystals found here

The word ‘kangaroo’
comes from the
Guugu Yimithirr word
‘gangurru’

Even the paving stones tell a story

In 1770, Wahalumbaal Birri, the Endeavour River,
provided safe haven for Lt Cook and his crew

Cairn marking where Lt James Cook beached the
damaged HM Bark Endeavour

James Cook statue overlooking the river he
named after his ship

Mick the Miner
commemorates the
Palmer River Gold
Rush

Cooktown’s oldest building houses the great
displays of the Cooktown Historical Society

The Old Bank, one of Cooktown’s beautiful
old buildings

Built in 1875, the
Cooktown Hotel is
known locally as the
‘Top Pub’

The old convent building is now
the James Cook Museum

The story of
First Contact,
James Cook Museum

The story of Cook’s arrival told by the Guugu
Yimithirr, James Cook Museum

The anchor from the HM Bark Endeavour,
James Cook Museum

The Endeavour’s cannon,
James Cook Museum

Re-enactment of Cook’s Landing

The Re-enactment takes place each June during
the Queen’s Birthday weekend

The confrontation over a turtle

Raising the flag

Sunset Corroboree

Movie in the Park

The Cemetery is a microcosm of
Cooktown’s rich history

Under the Tree of Knowledge, Cooktown Wharf

Cooktown Wharf is a favourite with locals

The fishing here is fantastic – almost everyone
catches something

The Endeavour at low tide

This is the country of ganhaarr,
the crocodile

Cooktown is known for its magnificent sunsets

Grassy Hill is everybody’s favourite spot…

…with fabulous views it’s the perfect place to
watch the sunset

Nature’s Powerhouse,
Cooktown’s Visitor
Information Centre,
in the
Botanic Gardens

Learning about crocs at the Powerhouse

Close encounter, Cooktown’s Botanic Gardens

Beautiful Finch Bay, Cooktown

Keatings
Lagoon, Cooktown

Little Annan Gorge, Cooktown

Art & Culture Centre,
Hope Vale Aboriginal Community

The Nugal rock art sites are located in the hills
outside Hope Vale

Boys fishing at Elim Beach near Hope Vale.
Photo: Kerry Trapnell

Checking crab pots, Elim Beach

Coloured Sands at Elim with
Dhiidhaarr, Cape Bedford, in the distance

A perfect morning on the Endeavour River

Cooktown waterfront in the evening light

Who said it’s a dog’s life?

Where else but Cooktown!

Wanhthaal-bi
ngayu!

We look forward
to seeing you!

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