Land’oh

On Sunday, 1st April 1770, Captain Cook left New Zealand in search of the great southern land. Dutch explorers had already discovered parts of New Holland, including Van Diemans Land, but the east coast was still a mystery. Cook planned to start where Tasman left Van Diemans. Storms, however, prevented him sailing that for south.
On 19 April 1770 they sighted land and named it Point Hicks because Lieutenant Hicks was the first to see it. From there Cook began his great exploration of the east coast of Australia.
Now, almost 247 years later, we are on our own journey following the wake of Cook’s ship  Endeavour. Having crossed Bass Strait, this afternoon we joined the same coastline Cook explored all those years ago.