Latitude 3 : Cook's Calculation
We’ll dive straight in to see how Lt James Cook would have done this in the 1770s. To find his Latitude, he would have
First Australian stories - myths or not?
A few ‘true stories’ about the First Australians from when I was young etc.
Kangaroo
When the first Europeans landed here (Cook 1770 or the
Dead Heart (1996)
A film review from the archives, but with a difference. To quote from an email I sent to a friend on Dec 7th, 2004 (so
Latitude 02 - The Sun and The Book
Before we calculate our Latitude (in the next post in this series) we have one vital concept to understand.
The Earth revolves around the Sun.
Buying a portable MP3 player (c. 2004)
I’d forgotten about this one. Not sure if it was published in the Green Guide during my freelance period. Some of the numbers raise