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Cape York, Queensland

COOKTOWN,
TORRES STRAIT
Thursday Island Cape York Peninsula
Seisia 1 1 Bamaga CAPE YORK
Jardine River
National Park & GULF
Shelburne
Jardine River
Bay SAVANNAH
Cullen Point • Moreton
Telegraph
Station Cape York Peninsula is truly Australia’s
Iron Range SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN
National Park
Weipa • Lockhart River • Cape Direction last frontier – 115,000 square kilometres of

untamed wilderness and rainforest, sacred
Aboriginal sites and rugged mountains.
Aurukun • Mungkan Further north are the small Aboriginal
Kandju GREAT BARRIER REEF
National Park Rokeby
National Park coastal communities of Bamaga and
• Coen Seisia and the fascinating Torres Strait
Cape Melville Islands. Running from Cairns to Broome
National Park
is the stunning 3700 kilometre long Gulf
Musgrave
Telegraph Lakefield Starcke Savannah. This year, Cooktown celebrates
Station National National Park
Park Split Rock Cape Flattery the 250th anniversary of Captain Cook’s
Art Site • Hopevale voyage along the east coast.
Laura • • 2 Cooktown
Cedar Bay
Helenvale • National Park
Gulf of Carpentaria SEE
• See examples of Indigenous rock art at
Split Rock Art Site, West of Cooktown
Staaten River
National Park • Check out the three weeks of exhibitions
Cairns • and festivals at Cooktown Expo 2020
Karumba • DO
Gulf Savannah
• Leave the mainland and take a day trip to
Thursday or Horn Islands
EAT & DRINK
• Stop by the Bamaga Bakehaus for a pie
or crayfish roll
• Try a Barra Burger at Mick’s Café in Karumba
WHAT’S ON
ATTRACTION Weipa Fishing Classic
June (dates to be confirmed)
HOTELS PAGE HOTELS PAGE
Cooktown Expo
1 Cape York Peninsula Lodge ◆◆◆¯ 73 2 Sovereign Resort Hotel ◆◆◆◆ 73 17 July to 4 August

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