I came across an interesting story this morning about a group of convicts who escaped from Tasmania in about 1830, hijacked a merchant ship called the Cyprus and sailed it towards New Zealand, through the Chatham Islands, past Tonga and along the coast of China before arriving at a small island called Tebajima in the south of Japan. The local population of Samurai families were very suspicious of the intruders and frightened them away with cannon fire.
This is probably the first encounter between Japan and Australia, and not very diplomatic.
Our cleaner is here this morning, a young man from Nepal, so I'm hanging around at my desk until he leaves and I can get my shower. It's all very well having home-help but I resent the invasion of my privacy. Marilyn and I have an exercise class this afternoon.
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