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Coming to drips with Captain Cook

I suppose I should be grateful.
If Yorkshireman James Cook had not caught sight of the south-east tip of Australia from the little ship HMAS Endeavour in 1770, I might not be here.
Or I might have been writing this in French.
Thus, I think of Captain Cook a lot. In English.

I am particularly thoughtful every time I am a front-seat passenger in a car heading towards new Parliament House across Commonwealth Bridge in Canberra.

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