Captain Cook landed here, or was it here?

Our last day in 2010 was also our last day in the hire car so we kept exploring the area.  Wanda and Elouera beaches all form part of Cronulla bay.  Most if not all of the beaches along this stretch looked pretty good longboard material.

The aboriginal people lived undisturbed around Botany Bay for thousands of years until English explorer, James Cook, sailed into BB on the 'Endeavour' in April 1770 after his extensive navigation of  New Zealand.  BB was later chosen as an ideal place to set up a penal colony and the first fleet of 11 vessels carrying 759 convicts arrived in 1788.

Voodoo point seemed a very baron spot seeing it formed part of Captain Cooks heritage landing site.  At Kurnell Captain Cooks obelisk marks the spot where Cookie actually first landed on these shores. 

On entering Kurnell village the welcome signs didn't seem to celebrate being the starting point of modern Australia.  The whole village looked like it was a little unloved as the surrounding area is now heavily industrialised.  On one side of this historic site there's the port then on the other a refinery and then overhead into Kingsford Smith an airport.  Not really the surroundings you would expect around the point of such historic significance!