This small monument is located on the rocky shore at Silver Beach, in the southern suburb of Kurnell. It marks the first landing on Australian soil by Captain James Cook, on the shore of Botany Bay in 1770. The English explorer, navigator and cartographer led the first recorded European expedition to navigate and map the eastern coastline of Australia. When the First Fleet arrived here to create a colony, they found this area unsuitable for settlement, so they moved further north, arriving at Sydney Cove in Port Jackson on 26 January 1788. This day is now celebrated as Australia Day, our national day. The grander Captain Cook Memorial Obelisk is located in the reserve behind the beach but this monument remains as a marker for the actual spot where the expedition came ashore.Sunday, 26 January 2014
Kurnell, monument
This small monument is located on the rocky shore at Silver Beach, in the southern suburb of Kurnell. It marks the first landing on Australian soil by Captain James Cook, on the shore of Botany Bay in 1770. The English explorer, navigator and cartographer led the first recorded European expedition to navigate and map the eastern coastline of Australia. When the First Fleet arrived here to create a colony, they found this area unsuitable for settlement, so they moved further north, arriving at Sydney Cove in Port Jackson on 26 January 1788. This day is now celebrated as Australia Day, our national day. The grander Captain Cook Memorial Obelisk is located in the reserve behind the beach but this monument remains as a marker for the actual spot where the expedition came ashore.
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Enjoy your special day!
ReplyDeleteGreat shot.
After all James Cook went through on his voyages of discovery, this seems like such a small token!
ReplyDeleteThere is a grander monument in the nearby park and I've added a link in my post now.
DeleteI do agree with MMT! Hope your weekend is going well, Jim!
ReplyDeleteThat man sure got around when you think about what it is that they sailed in and on! We have a Cook's landing site in Hawaii too, of course. That man changed the world.
ReplyDeletevery cool...thanks for sharing!!
ReplyDeleteThe coastline here looks way to rough to build upon this anchorage so the settlement upstream was a hood idea...Happy Australia Day!
ReplyDeleteThere was a lack of fresh water, the soil was poor for crop growing and Botany Bay was open to the ocean, making it unsafe for ships,
DeleteIt seems like too simple a monument for Captain Cook!
ReplyDeleteit looks like books left on the rocks.
ReplyDeleteYes, I like it, very interesting monument!
ReplyDeleteHappy Aussie day!
ReplyDeleteBLOGitse
luv the textures and shadow shapes
ReplyDeletemuch love...
That has been there a long time. I remember it there in the 50's.
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