Regional Street Parade

Saturday 20th June 2026, 3.30pm

Please meet at the bottom of Walker and Adelaide Street (Cooktown Dog Park) at 3.00pm to check in and for order to be organised.

Parade Theme - Discover our Culture!

Great cash prizes in the following categories:
- Best in Parade
- Best Community Group or Business
- Best School
- Most Creative Individual or Family

You will be required to meet at the bottom of walker and Adelaide Street (Cooktown Dog Park) at 3.00pm for a 4pm departure.
For more information, contact the Cooktown Discovery Festival team on mail@cook.qld.gov.au or phone 07 4082 0500.
*Please note, as a Reef Guardian Council, and to help protect the Great Barrier Reef, Cook Shire Council requests that no balloons be used on any street parade entries*

Parade Terms and Conditions
This Registration Form must be received by 13th June, 2025.
Entry in the Parade is voluntary, no entry fee is charged and no payment for entry is given.
The Parade is a festive occasion to celebrate the Cooktown Discovery Festival and not to be used to promote religious or political purposes.
The Parade is a fun family event and no inappropriate behaviour will be tolerated from participants.
Participants must at all times promptly comply with instructions given by the Parade Manager, by Parade Marshals appointed by Cook Shire Council and by members of the Queensland Police Service.
Vehicles and\or floats participating in the Parade must be listed on the Registration Form and approved by the Parade Manager.
All vehicles in the Parade must be ‘special’ or ‘decorated’ vehicles of high standard.
Vehicles must be registered or have a permit and must be driven by a current driver’s licence holder. Holders of Learners Permits will not be permitted.
Vehicles participate in the parade at their own risk.
Participants must take care when travelling as passengers on any vehicle or float to avoid all risk of falling and acknowledge that they travel on that vehicle or float at their own risk.
All signage, decorations, furniture and other items on a vehicle or float must be securely attached to that vehicle or float.
Participants consent to the use by the Cooktown Discovery Festival management for promotional purposes of images taken of the Parade and its participants.
Participants acknowledge that any failure on their part to comply with the Parade Rules may result in their exclusion from participation in the Parade, immediately and in the future.
Participants acknowledge that they participate in the Parade at their own risk and must take all reasonable steps to preserve their own personal safety.
Participants agree to release and discharge and to indemnify Cook Shire Council and stake holders from any cost borne of harm resulting from their participation in the Parade.
It is the responsibility of the person lodging the Parade Registration to ensure that they, and all participants for that group, are aware of the Parade Rules and are willing to comply with those Rules.

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