Download coordinates as: Tully Heads is a coastal town and locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.

[6] It was named on 8 June 1770 by Lieutenant James Cook on his 1770 voyage on the HM Bark Endeavour, after Charles Watson-Wentworth, the Second Marquis of Rockingham and former British Prime Minister.

He left Callao in Peru on 5 July 1963, made a lengthy stop in Apia in Samoa, and after a total of 204 days at sea, arrived near Tully Heads, completing his voyage on 9 September 1964.

He was severely injured on his arrival, being paralysed from the waist down, and was rescued by teacher Hendrik Jan Penning, a resident of Tully Heads.

[8][9] On 3 February 2011, Tully Heads suffered extensive damage when Cyclone Yasi made landfall, causing a storm surge.