Cooktown.

Arrived in Cooktown which is where Captain Cook spent a couple of months repairing the Endeavour after it was nearly sunk at Cape Tribulation. We found ourselves parked next to a couple from Leeds Joan and Sean. We spent the afternoon wandering along the main street and checking out the local bars. The following morning we set off for Endeavour Falls although we weren’t sure that we could get there as the road was not tarmac all the way. We got there in one piece but the falls were a bit disappointing as the river wasn’t flowing much. Got back into town and then headed to the botanical gardens and for a wander to Finch Bay. Met up with Joan and Sean in the evening and with another couple Vinnie and Ruth who invited us all back to dinner at their place. It was very good we had roast roo and mango jack fish which Vinnie had caught. We were supposed to leave the following morning but the guys decided to go fishing in the morning. The guys met up on the quay about 6.00am and Joan and I turned up about 7.30 and Ruth about 8.00. A fishing boat arrived to unload and Ruth asked if there was a chance that she could have one. Apparently they had been fishing on the reef for coral trout and they are quotered so they couldn’t let her have one but they may have some something else. After they had off loaded they gave Ruth two huge trevally so it was round theirs again for dinner. They were delicious.