OTD in 1788 the French sight the coast at #BrokenBay . Obeying his new orders, #JFGLaperouse turns south for #BotanyBay . At 3pm he passes #SydneyHeads but ignores the temptation to enter #PortJackson , passing up France’s chance to occupy #SydneyHarbour
#CaptainCook ’s decoy worked!
I think the #hydraulicengineering design miscalculated the retention system???
#skyviewaerial yep still out in all weather, doing #aerialphotography for #nswconstruction #notadrone #sydney #sydney heads #woollahra #watsonsbay #construction
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#sydney #sydney heads #watsonsbay #thegap #nofilter #city #travel #australia #newyearsday bit.ly/2RrZYUt
Just a Bow Chick doing her job
Cruising Yacht Club of Australia
#FinnFarr40
#SydneyHeads
#WinterSeries
Three days before #AustraliaDay 1788 there was (almost) the Great Anglo-French Naval Collision.
While two big French ships sail south past #SydneyHeads bound for Botany Bay, 3 little British survey boats exit #SydneyHarbour to fetch the First Fleet up from Botany Bay.
They missed
OTD in 1787 #USSALLIANCE sails past #SydneyHeads , 200 miles to seaward. Now a merchant ship, she is the first to pioneer this easternmost route to #China - from #Philadelphia , south around #Tasmania , reaching #Macao on 23 Dec after a voyage of 192 days, without anchoring. Cheeky.
OTD in 1770 at dawn #ENDEAVOUR left #BotanyBay a week after arrival. At noon she passed #SydneyHeads . #CaptainCook named the inlet #PortJackson , drew a halfmoon bay on his chart, but did not enter. He didn’t want his crew to see the deep, natural harbour behind the dogleg entry.
#ShipwreckSaturday - on return from #London in 1857 clipper #Dunbar dashed on the rocks at #SydneyHeads in 1857 killing 121 + leaving sold survivor James Johnson clung to the rocks for 3 days before being rescued. It remains NSW worst peacetime #maritime disaster... #shipwrecks
On #SkippersCourse Middle Harbour Yacht Club 3 miles off #SydneyHeads in 25knots, 3metre sea doing man over board exercises..we did a run past “Bob” the buoy we had thrown over 2 mins before & was surprised to see 3 #Sharks sniffing around #FeetIn KPMG Australia Australianbiz Advance Global Australians Committee for Sydney
