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Cooktown History Centre
The Cooktown History Centre in Cooktown, Queensland, Australia welcomes you to visit them for everything about the history of the area and is run by the Cooktown and District Historical Society. Housed in a historical building in Charlotte Street circa 1875, it was then the town's first post and telegraph office, and now has photos, interactive displays, murals and oral histories for a fascinating insight into the past. The Cooktown History Centre brings you Cooktown through the years with an exhibition bringing to life the historical railway, early roads, cyclones and other disasters, the people of the time including early families and indigenous people, a visit is a must.
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The Milkwood Lodge2014-09-10
Located in Cooktown, Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia
The Milkwood Lodge in Cooktown, Queensland, Australia is your home in the tropics overlooking a rainforest canopy surrounded by giant milkwood trees. Six comfortable and secluded pole cabins split level come furnished with fully equipped kitchenette and en-suite bathroom, and they include large private verandahs overlooking spectacular bushland and rain forest, tropical fans or air conditioning and colour TV for an unforgettable stay in beautiful surrounds. The Milkwood Lodge also has a saltwater swimming pool with waterfall for refreshing dips and lazy days, and there's a BBQ area and tranquil tropical gardens with fascinating birdlife. Services include a tour desk and breakfast packs, a laundry service, courtesy airport pick up and car hire, come enjoy a wonderfully relaxed stay.READ MORE
Nature's Power House2014-09-08
Located in Cooktown, Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia
Nature's Power House is an interpretive centre in the Cooktown Botanic Gardens of Cooktown, Queensland, Australia offering a Visitor Information centre with gifts and an art gallery, also with displays of the fauna and flora. Their aim is to share the stunning natural heritage of the area with rest of the world, and outside of business hours, they offer their exhibition spaces up for functions and special events. Nature's Power House also have a cafe in a tropical garden setting with great lunches and beverages, and will cater your events for you, the gift shop has a number of fasciniating books, gifts and souvenirs, come for a wonderful visit.READ MORE
Peninsula Caravan Park2014-09-10
Located in Cooktown, Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia
Peninsula Caravan Park in Cooktown, Queensland, Australia is situated in a grove of paperbark trees at the base of Mt. Cook adjacent to the National Park, and visitors here enjoy a natural beauty surrounded by paper barks and abundant wildlife. Accommodation options include grassy, powered camping sites for motorhomes and caravans and tents in the native bush or staying in a self contained timber cabin with air conditioning, fans and microwaves, they also have bunkhouses available. Peninsula Caravan Park has a swimming pool, children's play area and disabled amenities and is the closest park to the beach at Finch Bay, they also have laundry and drying facilities and are the perfect base for exploring the area and Cape York, come for an unforgettable stay.READ MORE
Cooktown History Centre2014-09-09
Located in Cooktown, Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia
The Cooktown History Centre in Cooktown, Queensland, Australia welcomes you to visit them for everything about the history of the area and is run by the Cooktown and District Historical Society. Housed in a historical building in Charlotte Street circa 1875, it was then the town's first post and telegraph office, and now has photos, interactive displays, murals and oral histories for a fascinating insight into the past. The Cooktown History Centre brings you Cooktown through the years with an exhibition bringing to life the historical railway, early roads, cyclones and other disasters, the people of the time including early families and indigenous people, a visit is a must.READ MORE
The Lions Den Hotel2014-09-10
Located in Cooktown, Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia
The Lions Den Hotel outside Cooktown, Queensland, Australia is set on seven tropical acres and was built in 1875 on the banks of the Little Annan River. Come for the best camping in Cooktown with powered and unpowered sites on spacious, grassed tropical sites ideal for caravans, buses and camper trailers, they also have safari lodges for true tree house adventures in African inspired safari tents, and the Dongas are comfortable, air conditioned and equipped with fridge, bedding and more. The Lions Den Hotel also offers delicious home cooked meals, seven days a week and an everyday pizza menu, great breakfasts and more enjoyed on the deck and icy beers in the iconic pub. There's a children's playground, natural swimming holes, gorges, helicopter joy rides and more, and they welcome groups, stop by the on-line store for great merchandise too, and they stock essentials like fuel, gas and ice.READ MORE
BIG4 Cooktown Holiday Park2014-09-10
Located in Cooktown, Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia
BIG4 Cooktown Holiday Park welcomes you to a fabulous stay in Cooktown, Queensland, Australia complete with 8 acres of award winning gardens and stunning surrounds. Accommodation options offer something for everyone, from choices of one and two bedroom fully self contained cabins, to motel style units, budget cabins and rooms, powered caravan and camping sites large enough for motorhomes and RV's. BIG4 Cooktown Holiday Park has a camp kitchen with gas barbecues, fridges, gas cooktop, microwaves, a large screen TV and undercover dining area, perfect for getting together. There's a swimming pool with large grassed area, free WIFI internet, an amenities block, car and boat wash bay, and fish cleaning area, come for an unforgettable stay.READ MORE
The Riverview Holiday House2014-09-10
Located in Cooktown, Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia
The Riverview Holiday House in Cooktown, Queensland, Australia offers premier holiday rental on the banks of the beautiful Endeavour River, and this two bedroomed self contained house comfortably sleeps up to 6 people. There's also a sofa bed in the living room which comes with TV and DVD player, and there's a sun deck with BBQ facilities for enjoying quiet time, fabulous river views and breathtaking sunsets. The Riverview Holiday House is your ideal lock up and go, home away from home close the restaurants, shops the wharf, excellent activities including fishing, crabbing and more in this historic town, and they have plenty of space for your car and boat on-site, come for the perfect stay, you'll be back.READ MORE
Alkoomie Station2014-09-10
Located in Cooktown, Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia
Alkoomie Station is a cattle station and luxury mountain retreat just 30 minutes from the town of Cooktown, Queensland, Australia and offers a real Aussie experience. The road to the homestead is 4WD only and you can bring yours, or staff will fetch you in Cooktown, and once here there are breathtaking views that never end across the Endeavour River valley right to the ocean. Alkoomie Station offers accommodation in the two storey homestead for 8-12 guests or you can camp out in the furnished, self contained, all weather tents. Come work alongside the cattle dogs and assist the the cattle round up, learn and watch as you go, it's a fascinating experience, they also have horse riding, a 4-hole golf course, bush walks, barbecue dinners at the campfire and so much more, come stay in paradise, or as they call it, heaven on earth.READ MORE
Cooktown Botanic Gardens2014-09-08
Located in Cooktown, Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia
Cooktown Botanic Gardens established in 1878 in Cooktown, Queensland, Australia welcomes you to come explore 62 glorious hectares of native Australian plants and international plants with a threatened plant program in place, and they have walking trails. They have special collections of many species, a wetlands, an Aroid Garden, Timber Trees section, flower garden, Bush Tucker garden and so much more, come for a fascinating visit of beauty. Cooktown Botanic Gardens also exchange seed and plants with other gardens and provide seeds and plants to research institutions, they also have indoor exhibition space available for events and celebrations, come for a magical visit, complete with Nature's Power House an environmental Interpretive Centre, with displays of paintings and wildlife exhibitions.READ MORE
Endeavour River Escape2014-09-10
Located in Cooktown, Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia
Endeavour River Escape in Cooktown, Queensland, Australia welcomes you to come experience the natural beauty of their surrounds the Endeavour River and the Cooktown bush. They have grassed camping sites for caravans, buses, trailers and tents over 250 spectacular acres. Enjoy your own personal BBQ and campfire with wood provided, and the exclusive use of the boat ramp and rainforest split for easy access to the river, and you can go fishing, explore the mangroves and do some croc spotting. Endeavour River Escape also has native animals, bush walks, bird and butterfly watching and so much more, it's a wonderful escape in a beautiful bush setting for a peaceful and relaxing holiday, come experience something special here, they are also an environmentally friendly, certified working farm with everything running on solar power.READ MORE