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Swim Squad is back! Starting 22 April until 24 June 2025. Get your little champion swimming like a pro at the Cooktown Swimming Pool. Welcome to the Cooktown Swimming Pool's Learn to Swim Squad! Our program is specifically tailored for young swimmers aged 5 to 16,...
Join us for a fun-filled morning at the Cooktown SES Open Day on Saturday, 26 April 2025, from 9 am to 11 am at the SES Shed, 31 Charlotte Street, Cooktown. This community event offers something for everyone — whether you're keen to learn more about the State...
Ayton came alive with colour, creativity, and community spirit at the much-loved Easter in Ayton event, drawing a crowd of over 70 locals for a day packed with joy, laughter and unforgettable memories. The highlight of the day was the Mad Hatters Recycled Easter Hat...
Cook Shire Council has launched its new self-serve water stations in Cooktown and Coen. The bright royal blue stations are easy to spot, simple to use, and will make it easier for businesses, residents, and visitors to access clean drinking water. Mayor Robyn Holmes...
Cook Shire Council will commence works to replace a section of water main in Lakeland from Monday, 16 June 2025. The works will extend from outside the Lakeland Hotel on Foyster Drive, across Mulligan Highway to the Main Roads Depot, and continue down the highway to...
We’re not rubbish at this! Cook Shire Council’s new bin labelling program is well and truly rolling—and the results so far are wheely impressive. In a stellar effort to get our waste services fairer, safer and more sustainable, Council crews have already carried...
Cooktown’s beloved Splash Park is getting some exciting new enhancements thanks to upgrade works that commenced on Monday 26 May 2025. Council has installed a concrete strip around the park, which will soon be fitted with sandstone blocks. These new sandstone blocks...
Please be advised that as part of the events, installations, and festivities for Discovery Festival 2025, temporary road closures will be in place at the below listed times and locations: Please be advised that as part of the events, installations, and festivities for...