Redcliffe
Tuesday 4th July
Not too far up the road is the Redcliffe peninsular which Matthew Flinders (Cook’s chief cartographer) had recorded as being a suitable place for settlement. The name comes from….. yup, you guessed it, its red cliff’s!
After getting a camp site, I wandered around the small centre and found myself in the local museum. The amazing thing to discover that the maps drawn 200 years ago by Matthew Flinders were so accurate that they’re still used today as the basis for many modern maps – wow. Also here is a table from a ship that was carrying a collection of representatives from the 7 Oz states on their way to Melbourne to discuss federation. The display ruminated at length about this table possibly seeing the first draft of the Aussie constitution. It’s a shame though that there is no firm knowledge of this but it seems to happen in Oz that a lot of stuff occurs almost by accident!
The site of the first Queensland settlement! Indeed, the Museum is sited right outside the waterhole that was the first settlement!
Would you 'Adam and Eve it'?!
Museumed out, I headed around the rest of the peninsular and discovered ‘Scarborough’!! There was a lot of homesickness for England in those days it appears.
Breaking for a coffee and reading through the Lonely Planet guide, I decided that after climbing ‘Tibrogargan’ on Thursday, I’d head into Maroochy and dive HMAS Brisbane which was a former Navy vessel which had been modified to be a safe an exciting recreational dive. Well, that’s what I’d started my diving for right?!
Not too far up the road is the Redcliffe peninsular which Matthew Flinders (Cook’s chief cartographer) had recorded as being a suitable place for settlement. The name comes from….. yup, you guessed it, its red cliff’s!
After getting a camp site, I wandered around the small centre and found myself in the local museum. The amazing thing to discover that the maps drawn 200 years ago by Matthew Flinders were so accurate that they’re still used today as the basis for many modern maps – wow. Also here is a table from a ship that was carrying a collection of representatives from the 7 Oz states on their way to Melbourne to discuss federation. The display ruminated at length about this table possibly seeing the first draft of the Aussie constitution. It’s a shame though that there is no firm knowledge of this but it seems to happen in Oz that a lot of stuff occurs almost by accident!
The site of the first Queensland settlement! Indeed, the Museum is sited right outside the waterhole that was the first settlement!Would you 'Adam and Eve it'?!Museumed out, I headed around the rest of the peninsular and discovered ‘Scarborough’!! There was a lot of homesickness for England in those days it appears.
Breaking for a coffee and reading through the Lonely Planet guide, I decided that after climbing ‘Tibrogargan’ on Thursday, I’d head into Maroochy and dive HMAS Brisbane which was a former Navy vessel which had been modified to be a safe an exciting recreational dive. Well, that’s what I’d started my diving for right?!
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