Discover National Parks - Townsville to Cooktown
by Queensland National Parks & Wildlife
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Townsville is a city on the north-eastern coast of Queensland, Australia. Adjacent to the central section of the Great Barrier Reef, it is in the dry tropics region of Queensland. Townsville is Australia's largest urban centre north of the Sunshine Coast, with a 2013 population estimate of 189,238, Considered the unofficial capital of North Queensland, Townsville hosts a significant number of governmental, community and major business administrative offices for the northern half of the state.
Popular attractions include "The Strand", a long tropical beach and garden strip; Riverway, a riverfront parkland attraction located on the banks of Ross River; Reef HQ, a large tropical aquarium holding many of the Great Barrier Reef's native flora and fauna; the Museum of Tropical Queensland, built around a display of relics from the sunken British warship HMS Pandora; The Townsville Sports Reserve; and Magnetic Island, a large neighbouring island, the vast majority of which is national park.
Cooktown is a small town and locality in the Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia. At the time of the 2011 census, Cooktown had a population of 2,339.
Cooktown is at the mouth of the Endeavour River, on Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland where James Cook beached his ship, the Endeavour, for repairs in 1770. Both the town and Mount Cook (431 metres or 1,415 feet) which rises up behind the town were named after James Cook.
It is the northernmost town on the east coast of Australia and was founded on 25 October 1873 as a supply port for the goldfields along the Palmer River. It was called 'Cook's Town' until 1 June 1874.
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- Bookseller
- Worldwide Collectibles (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- biblio987
- Title
- Discover National Parks - Townsville to Cooktown
- Author
- Queensland National Parks & Wildlife
- Format/Binding
- 5 3/4 inches x 8 1/4 inches, 40 pages
- Book Condition
- Used
- Jacket Condition
- none
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Queensland National Parks & Wildlife
- Place of Publication
- Australia
- Date Published
- 1993
- Keywords
- Australia, Travel
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