The Long Journey

Australian Geographic. (2010). Voyage of Endeavour: Two centuries on. Retrieved from www.australiangeographic.com.au

1st stop: The island of Madeira.  We stock up on fresh food and water. 
Daily: We have to eat pickled cabbage, fresh fruit and vegetables to prevent us from catching diseases such as scurvy.
2 months later: We stop at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. We make repairs to the boat and stock up again on fresh food.
13 April: We are at Tahiti
3 June: It is a clear, bright day. Perfect conditions for the Venus observations.
We leave Tahiti, bound for the great Southern land.  The weather is freezing, we see seaweed, seals and birds. Land must be near.
6 October: We sight land. It is the north-east coast of New Zealand. We circumnavigate this country for 6 months and discover that it is two islands. We sail west across the Tasman Sea.
19 April:  We can see land.  It is the coast of New Holland. We name this place Botany Bay after the many plant specimens that were collected from here.
We travel north towards the Great Barrier Reef.
11 June: Oh no, the boat is damaged from a piece of coral. We hastily throw all the heavy items overboard that we could do without. We keep pumping the water out and eventually the boat was light enough to float free.
We go ashore for boat repairs, this takes seven weeks.
While the repairs are being done, it is time to explore. We discover a strange animal, there isn't any animals like this at home. We find out that it is a kangaroo.
The ship is ready to sail again.  We head in the wind and make it safely through the reef.
August: We are sailing through Torres Strait, between Australia and New Guinea.
We stop at Batavia to clean the ship before we head home.  We only have three sick men.