Remembering
For a country with a relatively short history compared to its European or Asian counterparts, the past may not be steeped in rich incidents. But whatever memories it has, the country has beautifully preserved the same for the future. One such rich jewel is the Kamay Botany Bay National Park - more famous for being the landing site of the British explorer James Cook than the Botany or the Bay. In fact, this was the first landing site of the British on the continent, and hence a watershed event in the anglicized history of the country. The story goes that Britain had sent an astronomical expedition to Tonga to study the transit of Venus (a rare instance perhaps when Tonga gets preferred to Australia while making travel plans). A secret Mission Impossible planted within the innocence of stargazing was for Cook to map and explore the-then unknown and mysterious land of Oz. And explore he did - much of which helped Britain to consider the setting up of the island at the end of the world...