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| Mum in Fitzroy Gardens |
Today we went to Fitzroy Gardens to visit the home of Captain Cook. It used to be in England (North Yorkshire) but as James Cook was the main founder of Australia when the house came up for sale in the 1930s, an Australian bid for it and bought it. It was then transported to Australia and reconstructed. Why it was brought to Melbourne and not Botany Bay I'm not sure.
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| Me and my mate Captain Cook! |
It was quite strange seeing a fairly old English house with a Union Jack flying from it in the middle of a big park in Australia. The house was quite interesting and really small - it had only two rooms in total plus two minute bedrooms. The house was furnished with what it is believed would have been in the house in the eighteenth century. I had my photo taken with the statue of James Cook outside his house. (See photo).
It was quite strange seeing a fairly old English house with a Union Jack flying from it in the middle of a big park in Australia. The house was quite interesting and really small - it had only two rooms in total plus two minute bedrooms. The house was furnished with what it is believed would have been in the house in the eighteenth century. I had my photo taken with the statue of James Cook outside his house. (See photo).
As we walked back to the hotel we did some shopping for warm clothes because whilst it has been a lovely warm day here today we are going to Phillip Island to see the penguins on Thursday night and it will be cold as it is the southern ocean coming from the Antarctic where they live. It's the closest I've ever been to the Antarctic!
I am really excited about tomorrow because we are going to play tennis on one of the courts at Melbourne Park. Oh my God! That is where the Australian Open is held and the top players in the world play there!!!! Yay!!!!! Will let you know what it is like tomorrow.
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| Me in the gardens of Captain Cook's house |
Megan xxx
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