Friday was a day of housekeeping. Joke did the washing and I
supervised.
I also chased out the last of the ants who had joined us in Cairns and who seemed to have wanted to make a home inside the door of our fridge. Shutting the gate after the horse had bolted I ant-sanded every wheel and stabiliser. (some readers may remember how we ant-proofed a certain caravan in Albany some years ago, only to discover that the nest was inside the caravan in the first place..!)
Then a swim and lunch and off to Cooktown’s
major attraction as far as I am concerned: the James Cook Museum. It is a
little jewel of a place which does far more than just commemorate the visit of
James Cook to this place when he repaired his ship the Endeavour on the river
bank. The museum also focuses on aboriginal culture and the mining boom, the
Chinese cultural influence, natural history, etc. All this in a compact and
pleasantly laid out area. For us it was a second visit and worth every moment
of it. |
| Supervising the housekeeping |
I also chased out the last of the ants who had joined us in Cairns and who seemed to have wanted to make a home inside the door of our fridge. Shutting the gate after the horse had bolted I ant-sanded every wheel and stabiliser. (some readers may remember how we ant-proofed a certain caravan in Albany some years ago, only to discover that the nest was inside the caravan in the first place..!)
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| A cannon from Captain Cook's ship The Endeavour. It was thrown overboard when the Endeavour struck the reef, and recovered some 250 years later. Worth going to Cooktown just to see it! |
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| The Captain Cook room at the museum |
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| View from the balcony |
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| Bird in the garden |
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| Part of the museum gardens |
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| Palm with bright red fruit. These palms seem to use some of the bright sunlight above to light up under their canopies. |
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| James Cook Museum |
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