Botany Bay, NSW - City
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| Botany Bay is a bay in Sydney, New South Wales, a few kilometres south of the Sydney central business district. The Cooks River and the Georges River are the two major tributaries that flow into the bay. Two runways of Sydney Airport extend into the bay. On 29 April 1770, Botany Bay was the site of Lieutenant James Cook's first landing of HM Bark Endeavour on the continent of Australia, after his extensive navigation of New Zealand. Steeping ashore at Kurnell, Cook and his crew, including the famous scientist Sir Joseph Banks, explored the area of the bay and originally named it Stingray Harbour because of the large number of rays they caught. Both headlands of Botany Bay are part of Botany Bay National Park. The southern side is known as the Captain Cooks Landing Place section of the national park and is accessed from Captain Cook Drive at Kurnell. See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botany_Bay |
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| Diving Activity at Botany Bay, NSW | |||
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| The Steps - Inscription Point | |||
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