On the Historical Town Tour you will hear about how Captain James Cook and his crew spent seven weeks here in 1770 after his ship, the Endeavour was damaged on the reef, as well as the real history of...

1. *the first white settlement in Australia
   

2. *Captain Cook
   

3. *the Endeavour disaster
   

4. *the discovery of the land of Australia and what part the Endeavour River played in it
   

5. *the birth of Cooktown - once the second largest town and port in Queensland
   

6. *wild times during the gold rush