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Cooktown Wow!

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Exploring Cooktown, named after that famous Martine explorer Captain James Cook who landed there in 1770. The town is well laid out for the tourist visitors to come and explore their town. On entering the town first place to see is Grassy Hill which is a lookout, lighthouse On top spectacular views. Road up is steep, and winding as well, deffinently worth the visit.. This is a great area to admire the views of Cooktown. Now heading down the hill, you come to a park on the esplanade, where a monument stands to acknowledge the presence of Captain James Cook made to this town. The Cooktown welcome chair where Gay-maree and Jools posed for a picture. The Musical Ship on display.  The Cooktown cannon was requested in 1885 to help protect them from a Russian invasion that never came. Now it was time for lunch, Fishermens Wharf, great fish and chips and a beautiful park along the esplanade to eat our fish and chip with the usual sea gulls hanging about.  The park has several jetties for fishi