I am suspending my other uploads to do this one. I am posting about 15 photo because this Sunday (11 th November) the ABC TV continues the Documentary on Captain Cook and it will begin this episode with his crashing on Endeavour Reef near Cooktown. Very recently I visited Cooktown and the Coloured sands (10 days ago) and want to share these photos on the Cook saga because it will fit nicely with the Documentary this Sunday evening. For non-Australians, The east coast of Australia was discovered and mapped by Lieutenant James Cook in 1770 for the British authorities, and that led to British settlement in January 1788 when the United States colonies refused any more convicts so Britain sent them to Australia (New Holland) instead. Cook's ship carried about 100 men and was called the Endeavour, and James Cook was perhaps the most capable and expert captains the British navy ever had. **** This is on the bank of the Endeavour River at Cooktown and marks the spot where the Endeavour was beached for repairs. The 2 photos following this are enlargements of this one. Repairs took about 3 months and it was during "winter" so it was not boiling hot but this winter would have been warmer than an English summer by a long way.

I am suspending my other uploads to do this one. I am posting about 15 photo because this Sunday (11 th November) the ABC TV continues the Documentary on Captain Cook and it will begin this episode with his crashing on Endeavour Reef near Cooktown. Very recently I visited Cooktown and the Coloured sands (10 days ago) and want to share these photos on the Cook saga because it will fit nicely with the Documentary this Sunday evening. For non-Australians, The east coast of Australia was discovered and mapped by Lieutenant James Cook in 1770 for the British authorities, and that led to British settlement in January 1788 when the United States colonies refused any more convicts so Britain sent them to Australia (New Holland) instead. Cook's ship carried about 100 men and was called the Endeavour, and James Cook was perhaps the most capable and expert captains the British navy ever had. **** Cook was anxious to know a way out of the river and through the reefs, so he'd climb Grassy Hill to look out. It is 162 metres high. This photo is taken half way up and looks over where his Endeavour would have been on the bank.