Monday, 31 May 2021

Day 33. Cooktown.

**warning  lots of photos below 😁**


Bit of rain around early this morning. Walked around the racecourse area.




Plan is to ride into Cooktown today and explore.
  Anzac Park 

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  On to the museum. 


   Pics from the various rooms.
1 of the original anchors recovered. 

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Chinese idols from the Cooktown Joss House. 
Sisters of Mercy convent area







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  The Great War memorabilia. 






         Dentistry
            Old jewellery 

Botanical gardens was a little disappointing, lots of the original trees were lost, the Orchid house had been pulled down. I was looking forward to seeing the Cooktown Orchid.
   A picture of a picture of a Cooktown Orchid. 



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         Cork wood



         Bangkok rose
        Gnarley old tree.
    Garlic vine.
    Weeping paperbark. 
       Finch Bay, tide was out.



             In town.


Stocked up at IGA on a few necessities 🥓🥚🍗🍦to keep us going until the next supermarket somewhere up the Cape.








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