Middle Head Fortifications

Middle Head Fortifications

By Simon Pratt. Middle Head. We sail past its cliffs and rock shelves all the time. And try not to hit it while cutting the corner south. What a view it has, looking straight through the Heads, north to Manly, south down to Rose Bay, and if you lean out over the...
The forgotten navigator, Luis Torres

The forgotten navigator, Luis Torres

By Simon Pratt. Mares Pacifici by Ortellius from 1579, the first map tho show the Pacific Ocean. In primary school, I was taught that ‘Captain Cook discovered Australia’. Even if you ignore the aborigines (who walked here), that is unfortunately quite wrong. By the...