James Cook's Travels

1770. Captain James Cook,another throwing the depth rope and yelling out
James Cook charted the East coast of Australia,depth every say, 10 meters 'wow". the boat may
which he claim for Great Britain under the name ofhave only moved after doing a round out another
New South Wales. Having sailed the east coast of30-50 meters and do it all again,  sweat blood from
Australia my self in a modern yacht, I can say, menthe blisters, pain. Lack of food.
were men back then, and I am sure glad I was notAustralia has around 20 million and growing.
one of the crew back then.Australia is big but more than 2 thirds is dessert you
No outboard motors back then for the dingy, just bycan not grow crops, so tell me how do we feed all
a small sail maybe, but main power was man powerthe people that they want to keep letting in?. The
rowing, no sonar or GPS, just a compass a rope withgreed of the government lead to our water way's
knots at a given measure and weight on the end,choking, what was once a great river "Murray" now
they would throw out the front of the boat as itis dry nearly and salt is pushing up out of the ground
travels along, then count the knots to give thewaters so you can not grow things.
depth, would have been slow hot hard work.There are two seasons:  wet {summer} Dry
That is one hell of a lot of rowing as Australia is huge{winter}
and has thousands and thousands of small bays andThe  weather makes winter is ideal for International
water way's. They where hero's in my book for thetravelers.
hard ship they had then compared to now, but toAustralians generally love a chat, a cold beer and
make the charts so accurate.BBQ.
They would have had to go and map the shore lineAustralia is a place of amazing contrasts and
then slowly move back and forward. along the shoreunforgettable experiences.
measuring depth, can you picture it men rowingIt's KMS of beaches offer year round fun and sun.