Cooks Landing Place, Captain Cook Dr, Seventeen Seventy, QLD, Australia
Posted by: 
blingg
S 24° 09.576 E 151° 52.980
56J E 386524 N 7327650
The site of Captain Cook's first landing in Queensland
Waymark Code: WM129C6
Location: Queensland, Australia
Date Posted: 04/05/2020
Views: 4
A 2m high cairn stands near the site where one of Cook's crew carved the date on a tree close to where they came ashore.
On Wednesday 24 May 1770, Lieutenant James Cook anchored the Endeavour about 3 kilometres off this part of the coast near Round Hill Head. Cook went ashore near Round Hill Head with botanist Joseph Banks and his assistant Daniel Solander. It was only the second time during the voyage that he had set foot on Australian soil and his first venture on dry land at what is now called Queensland.
From the Monument extensive views may be obtained of the inlet in which HMB Endeavor was laid-up.
List: Register of the National Estate
Place ID: 19894
Place File No: 4/02/187/0009
URL database reference: [Web Link]
Status:
Registered
Year built: 1926
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