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1st COOKTOWN SCOUT GROUP
1st COOKTOWN SCOUT GROUP {ESTABLISHED }
300 ROAD Kms NORTH OF CAIRNS VIA KENNEDY HIGHWAY
15"28'SOUTH 145"17'EAST
LOCATED CORNER JOHN STREET AND HOGG STREET,COOKTOWN
FAR NORTHERN REGION
CHATSWORTH DISTRICT
GROUP SCOUT LEADER:
JOE BLISS 07 40 695658
PO BOX 503 COOKTOWN 4871 QUEENSLAND,AUSTRALIA
GROUP COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSON:
JOEY SCOUTS MEET:
CUB SCOUTS MEET:
SCOUTS MEET:
VENTURE UNIT SCOUTS MEET:
ROVER CREW SCOUT MEET:
PARENTS COMMITTEE MEET:
SECRETARY:
TREASURER:
HALL HIRE:
MAGAZINE EDITOR:
BOATS:
CANOES
HISTORY:
1st COOKTOWN SCOUTS
COOKTOWN ON 17 JUNE TO 4 AUGUST 1770 THE SITE OF COOKTOWN MADE HISTORY AS THE FIRST EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT IN AUSTRALIA AFTER CAPTIAN JAMES COOK,S BARK THE "H.M.S ENDEAVOUR" STRUCK THE GREAT BARRIER REEF,ITS CREW OF 97 SAILED FRANTICALLY FOR 7 DAYS IN SEARCH OF A SAFE HARBOUR.THEY AVERTED DISASTER WHEN THEY FOUND THE SHELTERED WATERS OF THE ENDEAVOUR RIVER,AS CAPTIAN JAMES COOK NAMED IT THIS VISIT PROVED THE LONGEST CAPTIAN JAMES COOK AND CREW HAD ON ANY AUSTRALIAN SHORE.FOR SEVEN WEEKS THE CREW REMAINED ASHORE AS THEY REPAIRED THEIR SHIP, MET WITH LOCAL ABORIGINES AND RECORDED THEIR FIRST SIGHTINGS OF KANGAROOS,POSSUMS& OTHER UNIQUE NATIVE ANIMALS
COOKTOWN ESTABLISHED 1872 FACING THE CORAL SEA FIRST DISCOVERY AT THE MEETING PLACE "MIMBI WALL" {STORY WALL} JUNE 1770 BETWEEN CAPTIAN COOK & CREW AND THE ABORIGINAL TRIBE OF "GUUGI YIMITHIRR" NEAR THE RIVER CALLED "WAHALUMBOAL" NOW ENDEAVOUR RIVER "HMS ENDEAVOUR" WAS REPAIRED FOR 7 WEEKS IN OUR HARBOUR, PRESENT TOWN POPULATION 1800.
COOKTOWN WAS A HARD MINING PALMER RIVER GOLD BY WILLIAM HANN ON 14th AUGUST 1872 AND CATTLE FARMING AREA,COMMERCIAL FISHING, TOURISM IS NOW HELPING TO DEVELOP THIS FAR NORTH OF OUR AUSTRALIA
PLACES TO SEE ARE QUARANTINE BAY WITH ITS HERMIT CRABS WATCH YOUR FINGERS ,FINCH BAY,CHERRY TREES BAY ,GRASSY HILL',MOUNT COOK ISABELLA FALLS AND THE ENDEAVOUR FALLS TOURIST PARK 32KM NORTH WEST OF COOKTOWN PHONE 07 40 695431
CAPTIAN JAMES COOK,S STATUE 1728-1779 AND CAIRN,MARKING THE SITE WHERE
H.M.S. ENDEAVOUR A BARK TYPE VESSEL WAS BEACHED ON JUNE 18,1770.
"HE LEFT NOTHING UNATTEMPTED"
HARBOUR AND BOAT RAMP;
ESTUARINE CROCODILES: ARE PRESENT IN ALL NORTH QUEENSLAND RIVERS,SOME FRESH WATER LAGOONS AND SWAMPS CAMP AWAY FROM EDGE OF WATER WAYS.CROCODILES ARE FIERCELY TERRITORIAL AND WILL DEFEND THEIR AREA IF THREATENED DONT LEAVE FOOD SCRAPS, LEAVE NOTHING BUT FOOTSTEPS TAKE LITTER HOME
SNAKES: THERE ARE 46 SPECIES OF SNAKES ON CAPE YORK PENINSULA OF WHICH ONLY 5 ARE DANGEROUS
UPCOMING EVENTS:
COOKTOWN DISCOVERY FESTIVAL 17 JUNE ANNUAL RE-ENACTMENT
07 40 696100
QUEENS BIRTHDAY COOKS LANDING
1800174895
1907 - 2007AD SCOUTING 100 YEARS OF SERVICE FROM 20 BOYS ON BROWNSEA ISLAND IN POOLE HARBOUR
ANZAC DAY:
AUSTRALIA DAY:
SURFLESS CARNIVAL FINCH'S BAY:
CHRISTMAS IN COOKTOWN:
100 YEARS OF SEA SCOUTING 1907 - 2008
JAMBOREE
CHRISTIAN ERA CELEBRATION 1871 TORRES STRAIT CELERATED 1 OF JULY EACH YEAR
EARLY HISTORY NEW GUINEA AND ISLANDS OF THE STRAIT:
SPANIARD SAAYEDRA FIRST EUROPEAN TO LAND ON NEW GUINA NORTHERN SHORES CALLED ISLA DEL ORO - "AITAPE" GOLD NUGGETS WHERE FOUND IN 1852 GOLD NUGGET ARE WASHED OUT OF THESE MOUNTIAN RANGES BY HUGE RAIN FALLS AND LAY IN MOVING ALLUVIAL BEDS.
TWENTY YEARS AFTER SAYEDRA,ANOTHER SPANIARD,DON YNIGO ORTIZ D RETEZ,CLAIMED THE LAND FOR SPAIN AND CALLED IT NUEVA GUINEA,EITHER BECAUSE HE FANCIED ITS NATIVES RESEMBLED THOSE OF AFRICAN GUINEA OR BECAUSE THE ISLAND ITSELF WAS DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSITE GUINEA ON THE TERRESTIAL GLOBE.
THIS WAS LONG BEFORE TASMAN DISCOVERED TASMANIAN 1642, OR THE EAST COAST OF AUSTRALIA WAS CLAIMED FOR BRIIAN IN 1770
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OTHER SITES:
www.jacobseec.qld.eduau/info.htm
crimp.marine.csiro.au/nimps/
www.anmm.gov.au
www.cooktowns.com
1800 174895
07 38 707000 SCOUT HQ
COOKTOWN TOURISM 07 40 696100
1800174895
THURSDAY ISLAND TOURISM 07 40 691551
www.cook.qld.gov.au
07 40 695444
COOKTOWN SWIMMING POOL 07 40 696928
CROCODILE AND STINGER FREE CHARLES STREET JUST PAST SCHOOL
www.webspawner.com/users/xcor/index.html
JAMES COOK MUSEUM COOKTOWN 07 40 695386
www.cyfe.com.au
AQIS CAIRNS 07 40 307800
www.aqis.gov.au
RADIO FM 88.0 QUARANTINE RADIO STATION
ROYAL FLYING DOCTOR SERVICE 07 40 535687
www.flyingdoctorqueensland.net
SCOUT REFERENCE BOOKS:
"SABOT SAILING SIMPLIFIED" MURRAY McLACHLAN
"POLLUTION BEGINS AT HOME" FRANK RYAN STEPHEN RAY
"SAILING AND BOATING" HENRY MARLOW
"THE AUSTRALIAN BEACH AND BOATING BOOK" GAINOR W. JACKSON
"SAILING" JOHN DAVIES
"EXPLORATION AND GOLD WAS OUR START UNDERSTANDING AND MATESHIP OUR FUTURE"
"WE WILL RIDE THE WILD HORSE TO FURTHER THE BREED"
"YOUTH WILL LOOK TO THE STARS FOR THE CHALLENGE"
"A STORMY SEA NO MATTER HOW FAR I MAY ROAM,THIS IS MY AUSTRALIA.THIS IS MY HOME"
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