A tourist who was attacked by a massive crocodile while fishing was dragged underwater in front of his 'traumatised' wife and children, authorities have revealed. The New South Wales family were on a ...

The gateway to Cape York Peninsula is regarded as one of the last frontier towns in Australia, however, Cr Scott wants it to attract the children of baby boomers and offer them a lifestyle choice of a ...

Firefighters in Cooktown are performing backburning after a vegetation fire burned out of control on Saturday night, destroying at least one house. A "large, dangerous and uncontrolled" bushfire is ...

Leading Australian baritone Jeffrey Black and Guugu Yimithirr singer Derek Rosendale are among the cast who will perform a vocal chamber work celebrating Cooktown's rich botanical heritage and its ...

The 40-year-old man was fishing with his family at about 2.10pm on Saturday at the river bank on Annan River in Cooktown, about 326kms from Cairns, when he fell into the water and failed to resurface.

Human remains have been found inside a crocodile that was shot and killed after a father was nabbed in front of his wife and kids while fishing during a family holiday. The 40-year-old NSW father was ...

Military evacuates 20 people to Cooktown as some residents of flooded Indigenous community choose to remain Wujal Wujal residents have arrived in Cooktown, as evacuation efforts from the flood hit ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime. Cooktown wears its name with pride. It was the site of the first white 'settlement' in Australia when Captain James Cook, having ...