Photo: Willie Gordon, Tea with Willie (2013) (Used with permission) The site of Australia’s first European settlement, Cooktown, Queensland, is famous for being the place where Captain James Cook stopped for repairs in 1770, after running aground on the Great Barrier Reef. Cooktown is 327 kilometers (4 hours) north of Cairns. Google Mapsgoo.gl/maps/m81JJVWhSsazpEKAA Discovery Festival … Continue reading Cooktown, Queensland