Media Kit
Cooktown and Cape York Peninsula Media Kit
Downloadable Media Kit resources for online and print media
COOKTOWN – THE ULTIMATE SHORT-BREAK GETAWAY
With the ease of flying these days, Cooktown is somewhere one can just ‘drop into’ for a couple of days.
THE GUUGU YIMITHIRR PEOPLE – FIRST CONTACT FOR AUSTRALIA
In June 1770 Captain James Cook, the great explorer, and his crew, sailed their damaged ship, The Endeavour, into a river now known as the Endeavour River.
COOKTOWN – A BOTANICAL PARADISE
Cooktown's magnificent Botanic Garden of 62 hectares (154 acres) was established near the town in 1878.
COOKTOWN – GATEWAY TO CAPE YORK AND A 4WD ADVENTURE
Cooktown is the starting point for many when they are heading up Cape York Peninsula.
BARRAMUNDI FISHING – WORLD CLASS DESTINATION
For those of you with the desire to catch that elusive Barramundi, Cooktown provides the perfect base for this.
TREE KANGAROOS IN THE JARRABINNA FOREST
Cooktown is 30 mins from the Wet Tropics Rainforest of Rossville and the Bloomfield Valley which is home to the elusive Bennett’s Tree Kangaroo.
COOKTOWN - HOME OF THE COOKTOWN ORCHID
Queensland’s State flower emblem is the beautiful Cooktown orchid (Dendrobium Phalaenopsis) which is found around Cooktown and as far north as Iron Range, further up the Cape.
All Roads lead to Cooktown
The sun is shining, the roads are opening and the Bloomfield track is almost ready for business.
2011 DISCOVERY FESTIVAL IS SHAPING UP FOR SOME FUN!
This year’s Cooktown Discovery Festival, on the Queen’s Birthday long weekend, will feature all the best elements of the annual festival as well as some new and exciting additions to the program.
DON’T MISS OUT ON TICKETS – ONLY 37 DAYS TO GO!
For most Australian’s the chance to sit under a gum tree in a traditional Aboriginal Bora ground and watch, learn from and share experiences with the oldest culture in the world is not possible.
Bloomfield Track back in business
Cooktown and the Cape York Peninsula welcome the news that the traditional 4WD coastal road to the Cape via the Bloomfield Track is open once again following repairs to the Bloomfield Causeway last week.
COOKTOWN AND COOK SHIRE – THE SPORTING DESTINATION FOR THESE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS
Cooktown is the venue for a lot of major adventure and sports events this school holidays. With the increase in extreme sporting events in FNQ as well as our own unique local events, Cooktown and the Shire will be welcoming hundreds of bike riders, bull-riders, pig hunters, fishermen and festival goers over the next couple of months.
