Things to do in Cooktown
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Bowls Club
Sign yourself in at the door, and join the club for the night. Apart from the enormous surf’n’turf tucker, you’re able to visit the salad bar as often as you like and natter with the Cooktown regulars. Outdoor diners get a spectacular view of bowling in action.
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James Cook Historical Museum
Housed in the imposing 1880s St Mary’s Convent, this museum explores Cooktown’s intriguing past. From a traditional outrigger canoe to the Endeavour’ s massive anchor, there’s a host of interesting displays.
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Gill'd & Gutt'd
Fish and chips the way it should be – fresh and right on the waterside wharf.
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Cooktown Hotel
The double-storey timber 'Top Pub' is a local landmark at the top (southern) end of Charlotte St. Plenty of character, plenty of locals and a side beer garden to sit with a beer, kangaroo pie or Sunday roast.
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Nature's Powerhouse
Nature’s Powerhouse is an environment interpretive centre in the Botanic Gardens, with two excellent galleries, a great bookshop and a cafe.
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Restaurant 1770
Opening onto a romantic waterside deck right next to the wharf, fresh fish – such as beer- battered barra and Spanish mackerel – takes top billing, but save space for mouth-watering desserts.
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Italian Restaurant
For satisfying pizzas and pastas, head to this new kid on the block. Does fairly fast takeaway, too.
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Cooktown Café
This is the place to go for a big fried brekky, and the coffee’s decent.
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Balcony Restaurant Cafe-Bar
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Verandah Cafe
Attached to Nature's Powerhouse at the entrance to the botanic gardens, the broad, shady deck of this cafe is a serene setting for tea and scones or lunch mains like Thai chicken salad or gado gado with coconut damper.
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Maaramaka Walkabout Tours
Aboriginal cultural stories, rainforest walks, bush tucker and home cooking in a gorgeous setting near Hopevale; call for arrangements.
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Guurrbi Tours
Nugal-warra family elder Willie Gordon runs revelatory tours that use the physical landscape to describe the spiritual landscape, providing a powerful insight into Aboriginal culture and lore. Cooktown pick-ups are from your accommodation; self-drivers meet near the Hopevale Aboriginal Community.
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Cooktown Tours
Two-hour town tours (adult/child $55/33) and half-day trips to Black Mountain and the Lion's Den Hotel (adult/child $110/77).
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Cooktown Bowls Club
Big bistro meals. Join in social bowls on Wednesday and Saturday afternoon and barefoot bowls on Wednesday evening.
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Cooktown Barra Fishing Charters
Fishing tours plus croc-spotting, birdwatching, mud-crabbing and eco tours.
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Catch-a-Crab
Local seafood supplier Nicko runs river tours on the Endeavour and Annan Rivers in search of mud crabs. Great for kids. Book well ahead.
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Balcony Restaurant
Upstairs, the Sovereign Resort's formal Balcony Restaurant serves French-inspired Mod Oz cuisine like confit of duck with sweet potato puree or pistachio-crusted rack of lamb (along with seafood, of course). The Cafe-Bar has reasonably priced seafood, pizzas and BLTs, as well as pool tables and free internet.
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