Sunset at Town of 1770
Captain James Cook may have been a top explorer type, but boy did he lack an imagination.
"What shall I call this place?"
"Well sir, you've already allocated places your name, your wifes name, your dogs name, your address..."
"I know! I won't name it! I'll just give it a number! From this moment it shall be called 1769 - my VISA's PIN number!"
"With all due respect captain, that's a wee bit shit. No-one will remember a number like that. How about you just round it up to make a nice round number... say, 1770?"
"Brilliant! I shall call it 1770."
"Good thinking, sir."
"Yes I thought so."
And that's the true story of how Captain Cook came to forget his PIN number and lose his VISA card after entering the same wrong number three times in a row.
Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more 
