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Cooktown Festivities Showcase Reconciliation
A free music festival, local Indigenous culture and historical re-enactments are part of 10 days and nights of entertainment, business and cultural events at Cooktown & Cape York Expo 2021 – The Rising Tide on 11-20 June. 26 February 2021 - 02:51PM Cooktown &...
Resilience and Dedication at the Heart of Cook Shire’s Australia Day Award Winners
Dr Des Hill of Cooktown Medical Centre has been announced as Cook Shire Council’s Citizen of the Year at the 2021 Australia Day Awards Ceremony held in Cooktown today. 28 January 2021 - 12:17 PM With a strong interest in rural and remote medicine, Dr Hill first...
Coen to Shine a Light on Safety and Accessibility with Solar Power
Cook Shire Council, with funding from the federal Local Roads and Community Infrastructure Program, will commence the installation of 12 solar-powered street lights at key locations on Mungkan, Shepard and Regents streets in Coen over the coming weeks. 20 January 2021...
Cook Shire’s Waterfront Release Offers Reef Access in Minutes
With direct waterfront access that’s minutes from the Great Barrier Reef, Cook Shire Council is inviting Expressions of Interest (EOI) from creative and innovative visionaries and entrepreneurs for the development of a waterfront commercial release on Webber Esplanade...
Council Encourages Cooktown to go Local First
Cook Shire Council and the Cooktown Chamber of Commerce are encouraging residents and visitors in Cooktown to GO LOCAL FIRST in order to support small local businesses, grow the community and recover from COVID-19. 27 November 2020 - 12:45PM The GO LOCAL FIRST...
Works Commence on the Revitalisation of Cooktown’s Cultural Precinct
Works have commenced on the revitalisation of Cooktown’s Cultural Precinct including Stage 1 of the construction of the Waymbuurr Milbi (The Waymbuurr Story) Cultural Centre on the site of the old Boathouse, and the creation of a commemorative park and public artworks...
Cctv to Capture Crooks on Camera
Cook Shire Council has partnered with the Queensland Police Service (QPS) to enhance community safety and security with the installation of closed-circuit television cameras at three high-traffic locations in Cooktown. 23 November 2020 - 01:52PM unded by the...
Rising to the Occasion: Council Celebrates Naidoc Week and Commences Work on its Reconciliation Action Plan
On Tuesday 10 November 2020, Cook Shire Council celebrated National NAIDOC Week 2020 by raising the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags alongside the Queensland and Australian flags, outside Council Chambers in Cooktown for the first time. 18 November 2020 -...
Cook Shire ‘Gets Ready’ with Donations of Radios to Rural Fire Brigade
Cook Shire Council in partnership with the Queensland Government’s Get Ready Queensland, recently donated six waterproof hand-held, UHF radios and as well as an emergency dedicated tablet to the Cooktown Rural Fire Brigade. 06 November 2020 - 01:50PM Cook Shire...
SHADE AND SAFETY TOP PRIORITY FOR LION’S PARK PLAYGROUND
Cook Shire Council is pleased to present three proposed designs for the upgrade of the playground equipment at the Lion’s Park on Charlotte Street in Cooktown to the community for public consultation 22 October 2020 - 10:13AM Cook Shire Council Mayor Peter Scott said...