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They put out pots of jelly at the Coffee Shack (www.coffeeshack.com/) for the local geckos. Captain Cook, Big Island, Hawaii.
The written history of the Cooks began with the sighting of Pukapuka by the Spaniard Alvaro de Mendaña in 1595 followed by a landing on Rakahanga in 1606 by another Spanish explorer, Pedro Quiros. The British arrived off Pukapuka in 1764 and named it Danger Island because they could not land.
Between 1773 and 1779 Captain James Cook sighted and landed on many of the southern group but never came within eyeshot of Rarotonga. The infamous Captain William Bligh of the Bounty landed on Aitutaki in 1789 – he is credited with importing paw paw trees to the Cooks – and in April of that year the mutineers of the Bounty appeared off Rarotonga but, contrary to popular belief, probably did not land. Cook named the islands the Hervey Islands. In fact, he gave this name to the first island he discovered – Manuae. The name "Cook Islands" was given to the group by the Russians in honor of the great English navigator when it appeared for the first time on a Russian naval chart in the early 1800s.
The first official European sighting of Rarotonga was from the Endeavour in September/October 1813. The first known landing was by the crew of the Cumberland in 1814.
There was none on Rarotonga.
Instead, trouble broke out between the sailors and the islanders and many were killed on both sides.
The bluestockings and Rechabites were next to arrive the missionaries.
John Williams of the London Missionary Society landed on Aitutaki in 1821. Williams used Tahitian converts to carry his message to the Cook Islanders and they took to this task with great enthusiasm and were extremely successful. Williams was later killed and eaten on Erromango in the New Hebrides, now known as Vanuatu, but by then his work had been followed up and the gospels were well and truly embedded in the people's psyche.
The missionaries were responsible for the discontinuation of cannibalism. They also tried hard to fence their island converts off from the influences of European and American ships' crews and introduced schools and written language so their charges could read the scriptures. However, they also supported rigid police supervision over the people's morals and activities considered by them to be dubious.
The early missionaries estimated the population of Rarotonga at between 6000 to 7000. The impact of contact with the wider world was devastating. Western diseases spread like bushfires through the islanders and their numbers reduced dramatically during the mid-19th century to probably fewer than 2000. Since then periodic additions of people from outer islands have built Rarotonga's population back to about 10,000. In 1923 the population was reported by Stewart's Handbook of the Pacific Islands to have been '3287 natives and half-castes living as natives, and 200 whites and half-castes living as whites.'
DL44/8101 arriving with Bedrock Betty, the Dunmore stone train, EL53 "Northerly"/GL109 "Just a Dash"/EL51 "Might & Power" Cook's River 20121121
My most favorite thing to do on full days where I don't have to do anything, is to cook delicious meals in the slow cooker. I really like the magic of it. It all begins with chopped veggies and herbs haphazardly thrown in the crock pot, cover, turn knob to "low", nap/watch tv/read/play with cats/annoy husband/internet surf/etc for several hours until - VIOLA! A hearty warm meal that has the coziest aroma.
Nom nom nom.
Cooks' Cottage is rebuilt in the picturesque Fitzroy Gardens to commemorate the voyages of Captain James Cook, discoverer of Australia.
Cooks' Cottage was purchased in 1933 by Sir Russell Grimwade as a centenary gift to the people and State of Victoria. When Melbourne celebrated its centenary in 1934 the cottage was moved, brick by brick from Great Ayrton to Melbourne. It was shipped in 253 crates complete with a ivy cutting which had grown on the original building. Today the cottage is covered by the ivy.
A preview from yesterday's shoot with Steve Cook
AB 800 - 10 deg grid - high camera left, even with model
LP160 - bare - camera right, behind model
Last Sunday we spent a nice quiet day at home (the roads were too nasty to drive on). I cooked while my wife trimmed the tree. I am making an easy , but good dish: Squash, apples, sweet potato, and sausage (veggie, or smoked bacon flavored tempeh also works). You can add maple syrup or brown sugar. You bake it in a casserole first the squash and the sweet potato, then in tha last 15 minutes of the bake, add the tempeh and apples. It is yummy.
Last Sunday we spent a nice quiet day at home (the roads were too nasty to drive on). I cooked while my wife trimmed the tree. I am making an easy , but good dish: Squash, apples, sweet potato, and sausage (veggie, or smoked bacon flavored tempeh also works). You can add maple syrup or brown sugar. You bake it in a casserole first the squash and the sweet potato, then in tha last 15 minutes of the bake, add the tempeh and apples. It is yummy.
This one is for all the David Cook fans out there – just a preview from last night’s show, with more to follow. If there’s one thing that I took away from this show, it’s that David Cook is a bona fide rock star – the real deal, no doubt.
Check out the full set along with the complete shooting notes at www.ishootshows.com.
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ACE Puma / Wright Contour C35F. Every now and then you come across something that has you rushing for your camera! That was the case when I stumbled across this fine machine in December 1990, the unique combination of ACE Puma chassis with Wright's stylish Contour bodywork. The operator was Cookes of Bognor Regis.