■end of the beach. Beyond this, in a 
natural hollow in the sand dunes, amidst 
a clump or banksias anti eucalyptus, 
«ere pitched the ladies' tents. The flat 
area at the mouth of the creek, on the 
eastern bank, was used for the dining 
tent, store tent, and that very neces 
sarv ad junct - the camp kitchen. Stretch¬ 
ing along the shore towards the east¬ 
ern end of the bay were th e men's tents, 
-and beyond this again rose a high hill, 
terminating in Fluted Cape, which 
allorded shelter front the ocean breezes. 
It commenced to rain on Wednesday even¬ 
ing and “'Blanket Bay” was sought at 
an early hour, and the rythm of the 
surge upon the shore served as an effee 
ti e lullaby. 
Thursday morning broke fine, and the 
campers were aroused by the call of 
the wattle birds amidst the honeysuckles 
surtounding the camp. After breakfast 
the wotk of completing the camp was 
proceeded with, and by lunch tittle all 
the tents had been erected, but the clay 
was far advanced before the finishing 
touches were applied and the whole en¬ 
campment was ready for the reception of 
the main party. 
Before proceeding further with the 
general description of camp routine it 
might prove of interest to note the 
historical associations of the locality 
wherein we were camped, for few centres 
are so closely connected with the early 
era of exploration as Adventure day. 
I he bay Itself is enclosed between tile 
headlands of Tape Frederick tlcnry and 
Penguin Island, these being about eight 
miles apart. From both points the shores 
of the bay curve towards the east, and 
in the centre the ocean rollers almost 
meet the waters of D'Entrecasteaux: 
Channel, for a narrow sandy neck is the 
sole connecting land link "between the 
north and south portion of Bruny 
Island. 
TJte bay itself is, in all probability, the 
cove that Tasman was hoping to come to 
anchor in on November 20, 1(42, but a 
north-west gale drove the high-pooped 
Dutch vessels to sea again, and the name 
of Storm Bay will ever recall the experi¬ 
ence of the hardy Dutch navigator n, 
this locality. The French explorer 
Marion du Fresne did not investigate the 
south coast to any extent, and it is nor 
until the year 1773 that we have authen¬ 
tic records of any vessels anchoring m 
Adventure Bay. During Captain Cook's 
second voyage to the South Sea s his 
i wo vessels, the Resolution and the Ad¬ 
venture, became separated by a storm 
soon after leaving the Cape of Good 
Hope. Cook sailed direct for New Zea¬ 
land, but the Adventure, a vessel of 33ti 
tons, under the command of Captain To¬ 
bias Furneaux. was brought to anchor 
in Adventure Bay, which Furneaux nam¬ 
ed after his vessel. The first English 
explorer of our coasts, upon anchoring, 
thought that he was close to Tasman’s 
anchorage in Frederick Henry Bay, on 
the East Coast. Later lie thought the 
bay to be further to the north, and 
named the northern point of the bay 
Cape Frederick Henry. Subsequent ex¬ 
plorers did not notice the error, and it 
remained for Baudin’s ex|iedition in 1 -S 02 
to finally locate and chart the correct 
position of Tasman’s anchorage. The 
waters of D Lntrecasteaux Channel were 
mistaken by Bligh for the Frederick 
Henry Bay of Tasman, and later the 
name was given to a iarge bay to the 
cast of the mouth of the Derwent. This 
name appears on modern charts--a to¬ 
tality which Tasman did not even sec. 
1'iirneaux stayed five dlavs in the bay, 
the men's time being occupied in ob¬ 
taining wood and water and overhaul¬ 
ing the rigging. Leaving Adventure 
Bay, Furneaux sailed up the East Coast, 
and then here away to New Zealand to 
rejoin his commander. 
the next visitor to Adventure Bay 
was Captain Cook, during the progress 
of his last voyage in 1777. His ships, 
, the Resolution and Discovery, anchored 
in Adventure Bay on January 2G, and 
the main occupation of the men was the 
usual work of replenishing the supp'ies 
of wood and water. Several interviews 
with the aborigines took place, and 
Cook's remarks concerning their habits 
are of interest, Various nautical ob¬ 
servations were made, but Cook did not 
notice Fumeaux’s error, and still con¬ 
cluded Tasman's Frederick Henry Bay 
to li e near at hand, and that the land 
to the eastward (Tasman and Forrestier 
Peninsula) to be Maria Island. Cook’s 
ships sailed from the hay on the thir¬ 
tieth of January. 
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