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Cyclone Jasper approaches Cooktown

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Quarantine Bay Cooktown

The Bay was called Quarantine Bay because it was thought it was used as a quarantine area, but it wasn’t because the bay was too shallow and another location on the Endeavor River in Cooktown did become the quarantine area. However, the name has stayed and people assume the Bay was used as a quarantineContinue reading “Quarantine Bay Cooktown”

Wujal Wujal

Wujal Wujal, sometimes spelt Wudjil Wudjil, is a rural town and locality in the Wujal Wujal Aboriginal Shire, Queensland, Australia. It is an Aboriginal community. In the 2021 census, the locality of Wujal Wujal had a population of 276 people https://wujalwujalcouncil.qld.gov.au/ Wujal Wujal is the local Kuku-Yalanji clan name meaning ‘many falls’, highlighting the manyContinue reading “Wujal Wujal”

Walker Bay Cooktown

Walker Bay Beach runs for about three and a half kilometres. It begins on the North side of the mouth of the Annan River and finishes at the rocks on the Southern end of Monkhouse Point. Beachsafe.org.au lists it as ‘Golf Course’…due to the Walker Bay links at the Northern section. If you search theContinue reading “Walker Bay Cooktown”

Quarantine Bay Beach Cooktown

Quarantine Bay owes its name to the fact that it was first used as a quarantine section for passengers of ships with diseases. Covered with pebbles and shells, this beach is fantastic for fishing and swimming thanks to its warm and shallow waters. Quarantine Bay is located just seven kilometres south of Cooktown, off the mainContinue reading “Quarantine Bay Beach Cooktown”