Shire of Cook
The Shire of Cook is a local government area in Far North Queensland, Australia.
The Shire of Cook is a local government area in Far North Queensland, Australia. The Shire covers most of the eastern and central parts of Cape York Peninsula, the most northerly section of the Australian mainland.
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Worth seeing in and around Shire of Cook
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Mount Cook National Park
Mount Cook National Park is a protected area in the locality of Cooktown, in the Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia.
2.9 km · national park in Australia · Wikipedia - 02Grassy Hill Light
Grassy Hill Light, also known as Cooktown Light, is an active lighthouse located on Grassy Hill above Cooktown, Queensland, Australia, on the south side of the entrance to Endeavour River.
1 km · lighthouse in Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia - 03Old Cooktown Hospital
Old Cooktown Hospital is a heritage-listed former public hospital and now Jehovah's Witness Kingdom Hall at May Street, Cooktown, Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Francis Drummond Greville Stanley and built from 1879 to c. 1881 by Alfred Doorey & Son.
1.3 km · historic site in Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia - 04Cook Shire Hall
Cook Shire Hall is a heritage-listed community hall at Helen Street, Cooktown, Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1907.
300 m · Heritage listed building in Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia - 05Gallop Botanic Reserve
Gallop Botanic Reserve, incorporating Cooktown Botanic Gardens, is a heritage-listed botanic garden at Finch Bay Road, Cooktown, Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1878 to 1980s.
1 km · park in Cooktown, also known as Queens Park · Wikipedia - 06Cook Shire Council Chambers
Cook Shire Council Chambers is a heritage-listed former town hall and now museum at 121 Charlotte Street, Cooktown, Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1876 to 1877 by Henry J Meldrum and John Sullivan.
300 m · historic site in Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia - 07Cooks Monument and Reserve
Cooks Monument and Reserve is a heritage-listed memorial at Charlotte Street, Cooktown, Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia. It was designed in the office of the Queensland Colonial Architect and built by Hobbs and Carter in 1887.
500 m · historic site in Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia - 08Cooktown Cemetery
Cooktown Cemetery is a heritage-listed cemetery at Charlotte Street, Cooktown, Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1874 to 1920.
1.3 km · heritage-listed cemetery in Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia - 09James Cook Historical Museum
Cooktown Museum is a heritage-listed former convent and school and now museum at Furneaux Street, Cooktown, Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Francis Drummond Greville Stanley and built from 1888 to 1889 Hobbs & Carter.
100 m · historic site in Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia - 10Cooktown Powder Magazine
Cooktown Powder Magazine is a heritage-listed gunpowder magazine at Webber Esplanade, Cooktown, Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Francis Drummond Greville Stanley and built from 1875 to 1876 by Henry J Meldrum.
1.2 km · historic site in Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia
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Getting to Shire of Cook
- Airports
- Cairns (CNS), 166 km
- Cairns → Shire of Cook14212 km · quickest by air, 25h 29m · A$2,480–3,840
- Port Moresby → Shire of Cook13543 km · quickest by air, 24h 52m · $1,940–2,990
- Maroochydore → Shire of CookTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
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No local-transport research exists yet for Shire of Cook
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Shire of Cook. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Go nextIt's possible to go into the Cape Melville National Park along tracks, with a 4wd, or return to the Peninsula Developmental Road at Lakefield, to continue north to Weipa.
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