1770 is a village in Queensland, Australia, built on the site of the second landing by James Cook and the crew of HM Bark Endeavour in May 1770. A village is a human settlement commonly found in rural areas. ... Motto: Audax at Fidelis (Bold but Faithful) Nickname: Sunshine State/Smart State Other Australian states and territories Capital Brisbane Government Governor Premier Const. ... British explorer James Cook, portrait by Nathaniel Dance, c. ... Endeavour replica in Cooktown harbour HM Bark Endeavour was originally a small merchant collier named Earl of Pembroke, built in Whitby, North Yorkshire. ... 1770 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

The village is a tourist site on the Discovery Coast, in the Joseph Banks Environmental Park; it is on a peninsula, with the Coral Sea and Bustard Bay on three sides. Agnes Water is eight kilometres to the south. The village itself contains holiday accommodation, restaurants, a general store, and a small marina. A peninsula is a geographical formation consisting of an extension of land from a larger body, surrounded by water on three sides. ... The Coral Sea is a region off the north-east coast of Australia with a namesake chain of islands (uninhabited), including the Willis, Coringa, and Tregosse Islets. ... For other uses of this word, see Marina (disambiguation). ...

1770 can be reached by a tarred road from Bundaberg, 120 kilometres to the south, and there is also a tarred road to Agnes Water. Bundaberg is a city in, and Local Government Area of, Queensland, Australia. ...

The area's wildlife and vegetation has been preserved as far as possible, and this, together with the area's natural beauty, and an outer surf and inner still water beach, is the main tourist attraction. It also offers day cruises to the outer Great Barrier Reef, to nearby Lady Musgrave Island, Fitzroy Reef, Pancake Creek, and the historic Bustard Heads lighthouse. Satellite image of a part of the Great Barrier Reef. ... The Peggys Point lighthouse in Nova Scotia, Canada An aid for navigation and pilotage at sea, a lighthouse is a tower building or framework sending out light from a system of lamps and lenses or, in older times, from a fire. ...

The area also has four national parks: Deepwater, Eurimbula, Mount Colosseum, and Round Hill. These all offer wilderness camping and hiking. Yosemite National Park in the United States. ... Deepwater is a national park in Queensland (Australia), 375 km north of Brisbane. ... Eurimbula is a national park in Queensland (Australia), 411 km north of Brisbane. ... Mount Colosseum is a national park in Queensland (Australia), 370 km northwest of Brisbane. ...

External links

• Official town site (http://www.1770.com/)