On the foreshore of the Endeavour River in Cooktown, just down stream from Cook's Memorial Park, there stands a memorial to the June 1770 landing of Captain James Cook.

Approximately in the very spot where the Endeavour was made fast to the shore, the huge granite boulder stands as a permanent testimony to the courage and determination of the British officers and crew aboard the damaged Endeavour, who over a period of nearly seven weeks, made the ship seaworthy and resumed their voyage of discovery.


On display in the Cooktown Museum is the remains of the tree, which it is claimed, Cook tied the Endeavour to.