Police have made an emergency declaration under the Public Safety Preservation Act (PSPA) due to a dangerous bush fire burning in the vicinity of Cooktown. PICTURE: QPS EARLIER: COOKTOWN residents ...

Queensland Fire and Emergency Services advised at 6pm the blaze was travelling on both sides of Oaky Creek Road, saying leaving immediately was the safest option as it would soon be too dangerous ...

Queensland fire and Emergency Services have told anyone ... Endeavour Valley Road and west to Jensen Crossing Road near Cooktown. “Follow your bushfire survival plan now. If you do not have ...

Alive Pharmacy owner Nick Loukas had to put the emotions aside for the sake of thousands of Cape York patients as his Cooktown outlet was ablaze on Sunday. Queensland Fire and Emergency Service ...

Over last week and into the weekend a fire burning south of Millstream on the Atherton Tablelands burnt through a large area of bush in the ... Valley north west of Cooktown.

The Cooktown Bakery has been completely gutted by the raging fire. “I have lost a lot of the sentimental stuff which can’t be replaced,” a devastated Ms Whittaker said. “I had eight staff ...

A short stroll along Cooktown's riverfront esplanade ... the "natives" set fire to what remained of the Endeavour bush camp. Eventually, Cook was "oblig'd to fire a musquet loaded with shot ...

The resurgence of bush poetry continues to capture the imagination ... hundreds of entries - and it was a barefoot bard from Cooktown who stole the show. Martin Pattie's cheeky poem, 'A Wet ...

Queensland fire and Emergency Services have told anyone ... Endeavour Valley Road and west to Jensen Crossing Road near Cooktown. “Follow your bushfire survival plan now. If you do not have ...

The resurgence of bush poetry continues to capture the imagination ... hundreds of entries - and it was a barefoot bard from Cooktown who stole the show. Martin Pattie's cheeky poem, 'A Wet ...