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 main

Sunset at Cooktown Wharf

Finally I stayed at the waterfront walk on the esplanade for the sunset. The sun sets over the water here and you can walk along the esplanade viewing the sunset Calculations of sunrise and sunset in Cooktown – Queensland – Australia for June 2023. Generic astronomy calculator to calculate times for sunrise, sunset… https://www.timeanddate.com/sun/@2170658

Quarantine Bay Beach

I decided to brave the steep road and walk Quarantine Bay beach. The tide was half out so we had a rocky walk as I was not willing to walk the little dog too close to the water because of crocodiles. We walked up to the rocks and back along the rocky shore This is

Elim Beach Hopevale

Elim Beach is exactly 72Kms from Cooktown. You drive through Hopevale on some very beautiful roads and head direct to Elim Beach 32 Kms from Hopevale. Its very hilly and the outgoing trip has some steep climbs. Coming back its more downhill and easier. You head along sealed road until the sign saying ‘Report to

Quarantine Bay

Quarantine Bay is located 8 km by road from Cooktown and 4 km off the Cooktown Road. It is a 1 km long, north-east facing beach, lying in lee of the densely vegetated 100 m high Monkhouse Point, that protrudes 1 km seaward of the southern end of the beach. The point together with Mount

Quarantine Bay Apartment

I move to a new apartment on Quarantine Bay Road. I have sold the caravan for less than half what I paid for it to simply get rid of it and I move to an apartment that has everything I need to be comfortable, including a beautiful garden which I simply have to admire. Finally

Anzac 2023 Cooktown Queensland

The Anzac March started at the RSL Club at 10.30am and ended at the War Memorial. The march started with the horse…the Light Horseman brigade. Everyone was seated before the Flag and the service began with speeches… I was at the back and couldn’t see very well. I was holding onto my new puppy. Then

Sunrise 17 April

I wake up every morning when the sky starts to color with the sunrise. It was early today but rich with color, so leaving the little dog snuggled up asleep in his velvet bed, I collect the camera and open the gate to the sunrise

Cooktown Lighthouse Grassy Hill

Grassy Hill Lighthouse. Cooktown was established in 1873, but no beacon guided ships through the reef until the lighthouse was built in 1886. 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. Wikipedia Cooktown was established in October 1873 to