James Cook - A Journal of the proceedings of His Majesty's Bark Endeavour on a voyage round the world, by Lieutenant James Cook, Commander, commencing the 25th of May 1768 - 23 Oct. 1770: No. 259

                           New Wales or East Coast of New Holland

without this last Island. At 8 we brought too until 10, at which time we made sail under our Topsails having the Advantage of the Moon westward along shore North and North by East, keeping at the distance of about 3 leagues from the land having from 30 to 25 fathoms. As soon as it was daylight we made all the Sail we Could having the Advantage of a fresh Gale & fair weather. At 9 being about a League from the Land we saw upon it people & Smoke in Several places. At noon we were by observation in the Latitude of 28 degrees 39 minutes S & Longitude 206 degrees 27 minutes W. Course & distance sail'd since yesterday at Noon N 6 degrees 45 minutes E, 104 Miles. A Tolerable high point of land bore NW by W distance 3 Miles this point I named Cape Byron (Latitude 28 degrees 37 minutes S Longitude 206 degrees 30 minutes W) it may be known by a remarkable sharp peaked Mountain lying in land NW by W from it from this point the land Trends N13 degrees W. Inland it is pretty high & hilly but near the Shore it is low, to the Southward of the Point the land is low & a Tolerable level ___________ 
Wednesday 16th   Winds Southerly a fresh Gale with which wee steer'd N along shore until sunset, at which time we discover'd breakers ahead & on our Larboard bow being at this time in 20 fathoms & about 5 Miles from the land, haul'd off E until 8 at which time we had run 8 Miles & had increased our Depth of Water to 44 fathoms we then brought too with her head to the Eastward & lay on this Tack until 10 o'clock when having increased our Soundings to 78 fathoms we wore & lay with her head in Shore until 5 o'clock am, when we made sail at daylight we were surprised by finding ourselves farther to the Southward than we were in the evening & yet it had blown strong all night Southerly. We now saw the breakers again within us which we passed at the distance of about 1 League; they lay in the Latitude of 28 degrees 8 minutes S & stretch of E 2 Leagues from a point under which is a small Island their Situation may always be found by the peaked mountain before mentioned which bears SW by W from them & on this account I  have named it Mount Warning it lies 7 or 8 Leagues inland in the Latitude of 28 degrees 22 minutes S. The land is high & hilly about it but it is Conspicuous enough to be distinguished from everything else. The point off which these shoals lay I have named Point Danger to the Northward of it the land which is low Trends NW by N but it soon found that it did not keep the direction long before it turn'd again to the Northward. At Noon we were about 2 Leagues from the land & by observation in the Latitude of 27 degrees 46 minutes which was 17 Miles to the Southward of the Log. Longitude 206 degrees 26 minutes W.  Mount Warning bore S 20 degrees W, distance 14 Leagues the Northermost land in sight bore N our Course & distance made good since yesterday N 1 degree 45 minutes W 53 Miles _____________
Thursday 16th  Winds Southerly mostly a fresh breeze with which in the pm we steer'd along shore N 3/4 E at the distance of about 2 Leagues off. Between 4 & 5