First Fleeters and Beautiful Beaches

A last day at Tamworth at the Botanic Gardens then travel down to Kiama with a couple of interesting stops on the way. A First Fleet Memorial is found in a most unlikely spot. Trying to avoid road tolls through Sydney we strike some road works instead - but in a pretty spot. We attend my dear aunty's funeral service in Wollongong then travel to Ulladulla.
Thank you to Brett and Rita for accommodating us!
TH-cam Music:
Wind Riders by Asher Fulero
#australia #beach #country #travel #ruralaustralia #firstfleet #lighthouse

[@FromTheGong]

I think it was Sirios (spelling?) our relative Private William Nash and his wife arrived on also. It's believed their first child was the first European to be born in Australia

[@tripawayinsafehands]

It is amazing to think our ancestors would have known one another under dire circumstances. images.app.goo.gl/L3nPMZS68oMyFkRBA

[@FromTheGong]

@@tripawayinsafehands The most amazing thought is how Australia as we know it was started from just over a thousand people arriving in seven little wooden boats with only the stars showing the way. I have a mix of the new and the old, First Fleet and First Nations (Yuin, Bega Valley).
We also hold the tragic record of the first child of the new colony being the very first European to die from a snake bite. My Yuin ancestors were also among the very first to see Captain Cook's Endeavour come into view. When they saw the white sails from a distance they believed it to be the spirit of the pelican returning to steal their children. Pelicans were seen by Yuin as thieves because they steel the fish the Yuin catch.

[@tripawayinsafehands]

@@FromTheGong that is really interesting. Thank you

[@FromTheGong]

@@tripawayinsafehands Somehow eleven got changed to seven for some reason.