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Spending a night in Cooktown to give Mili a run ashore after 3 days. Also
the bonus for Mum and Dad of additional booze supplies!

As you'll guess, the town has strong associations with the explorer... As
does the whole coast from Cairns so far. Yesterday we passed Weary Bay, so
called because his crew were, well, weary, after towing their ship to
safety with row boats after an unfortunate and unanticipated discovery of a
reef by said ship. If Cook and crew had not survived this incident, his
discoveries (and claim of New Holland for Blighty) would have been lost...
And Australia would likely have remained under the controlling influence of
France. Food is still pretty good here though, to be fair.

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