Cooktown Continued

We had a day doing the usual chores, washing and supplies but at the same time we explored Cooktown a little more. We saw a sign for a lookout and followed it. It was lovely and we had views all around us, we could actually see our caravan on the other side of town, the waterway into Cooktown and on the other side the beaches and rock face. They have a time capsule up there, it was a little confronting to be standing reading about something that is not going to be opened until after my time! Poor old bugger! But we spent some time reading about where Captain Cook had landed and that he had come up this hill to get a view of where he was. His ship had come aground here and it had caused a large hole in the ship.

We had a general drive around town but like I said before it really isn’t that big. We spotted the museum so we set aside some time to do that the next day. We went back to camp to see a HUGE rig that had moved in, now that’s what I call a big rig, not sure i’d like the fuel bills or problem’s with getting into sites but hey if you have that much money who cares.

Today was Emma’s last day and she really wanted to do some fishing. So we decided a take away down by the sea and fishing would be the go. They have great facilities here for just that. The recommended takeaway was Thai, so we popped in placed our order then set up with the rods before we picked it up. Nothing was caught before eating but luckily Emma caught a bait fish and was very happy with her catch. Our Thai was lovely and there were tables to sit at, we had a little jetty to ourselves and a lovely evening was had by all. Jock didn’t catch a fish but he caught a boat!!!

All around this lovely park there were bricks printed with local peoples names it really was a lovely touch and interesting to read them, some actually said decedent of Capt Cook. I was thinking that we should have something similar in Kleinton/Highfields as we have so many people here from many places around the world and Australia.

The Curlews were around us hoping they were going to get some food. As we watched them we were surprised to hear a weird scalding noise come from them. It seems they make this noise if they want to go to something ie food but are very unsure as to whether to or not. I had always thought they just made that awful screeching at night.