Captain Cook 1770 Festival is held annually on the weekend closest to May 24th, the date Lt. James Cook landed in Bustard Bay in the year 1770.
The CAPTAIN COOK 1770 FESTIVAL is an annual event commemorating the visit of the HMB ENDEAVOUR and the landing of Lt. James Cook and his party on May 24 1770 in Bustard Bay at the town of Seventeen Seventy, as it is now known. This was the first landing for Cook and his crew in what is now Queensland.
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