Thank you Lesley, it was good to have another look at the first days of the beginning of our young country. Jill J -----Original Message----- From: aus-pt-jackson-convicts-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aus-pt-jackson- Hi all, We are fast approaching OUR special day again - that being Australia Day. The most important day on the PJ Convicts calendar. As many of you are aware, the First Fleet arrived in Botany Bay on the 18th January 1788. If you read the following small section of the first letter from Governor Phillip to Lord Sydney (Secretary of State) dated May 15th, 1788 I think that the weather may have been similar to what we are experiencing in Sydney at this time - windy, hot and with thunder storms.