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Cape York Peninsula | Cooktown | Laura

History & Culture | History & Museums | Indigenous Culture & Heritage

Museums and Galleries

Explore Cooktown’s heritage buildings, museums, galleries and local art

Cooktown

History & Museums | Wildlife & Birdwatching

Vera Scarth-Johnson Gallery

Explore Vera Scarth-Johnson’s botanic works and Banks Florilegium engravings

Cooktown

History & Museums

The Old Bank, Cooktown

Heritage-listed 1891 bank with magnificent red cedar counters in Cooktown

Cooktown

4WD Adventures | Wildlife & Birdwatching

Birdwatching in and near Cooktown

Explore four habitats and 150 bird species on Cooktown day trips

Cooktown

History & Culture | History & Museums

Cooktown School of Art Society Inc/Elizabeth Guzsely Gallery

View and buy original local art in oils, acrylics, pastels and more

Cooktown

History & Culture | History & Museums | Indigenous Culture & Heritage

Cooktown Cemetery

Explore diverse historic graves, cultural stories and gold rush mysteries

Cooktown

History & Culture | History & Museums | Indigenous Culture & Heritage | Island & Reef Experiences

Mary Watson

A tragic 1881 escape from Lizard Island ended in thirst and loss

Cooktown

History & Culture | History & Museums | Indigenous Culture & Heritage

The Normanby Woman

Mystery surrounds the fair-skinned woman captured near Byerstown in 1887

Rainforest Coast

History & Culture | History & Museums | Indigenous Culture & Heritage

Bana Yirriji Arts Centre

Temporarily closed after Cyclone Jasper; a new location is being sought.

Cooktown | Rainforest Coast

4WD Adventures | Aboriginal Tours | Guided Tours & Cruises | History & Culture | Indigenous Culture & Heritage | National Parks & Walking Trails | Scenic Drives & Lookouts | Wildlife & Birdwatching

Rossville Retreat Indigenous Tours

Learn bush medicines, foods and Kuku Nyungkul culture with Mooks

Cape York Peninsula | Cooktown | Hope Vale | Lakefield | Laura

Aboriginal Tours | Guided Tours & Cruises | History & Culture | History & Museums | Indigenous Culture & Heritage

Aboriginal Rock Art

Explore ancient rock art galleries and guided Aboriginal cultural tours

Cooktown

Fishing & Boating | Guided Tours & Cruises | Wildlife & Birdwatching

Endeavour River

Cruise ancient mangroves and rainforest to spot wildlife and crocs

Cape York Peninsula | Cooktown | Elim Beach | Hope Vale | Lakefield | Laura | Rainforest Coast

4WD Adventures | Fishing & Boating | Wildlife & Birdwatching

Fishing near Hope Vale

Fish Cape Bedford reefs and wrecks, or explore the McIvor River

Cape York Peninsula | Cooktown | Lakefield | Laura

4WD Adventures | Fishing & Boating | Wildlife & Birdwatching

Fishing near Laura

Remote Cape York waters offer wild barra, jacks and superb mud crabbing

Rainforest Coast

4WD Adventures | Fishing & Boating | Wildlife & Birdwatching

Fishing in the Rainforest Coast

Fish for barra, jacks and trevally amid rainforest and mountain views