July 23, 1792
This marks the end of our third month at sea, we are still two months away from our destination, or at least we would but the wind took us off course and now we know not where we are. We have set up a camp on a large island that is covered mostly by Jungle that seems to have never seen humans enter it, never mind having human inhabitants. We had to pause our journey because the hull of our ship was too greatly damaged to continue without making repairs, we ran into shallow water and the rocks that lay there during a storm two days prior to our landing.
On a side note, this marks the longest that I have been away from home on a voyage, As much as I enjoy the seas, I enjoy being in Australia more. Even if Sydney is rather small, it is comfortable. My mates told me that I was crazy to go on this trip, but something that is still unknown to me seemed to call to me. Normally my instincts get me into trouble but this one feels slightly different. Such as it is, I will deal with what I must when it comes. The light fades and I must go and assist the rest of the crew and set up camp.
July 24, 1792
It was requested of me to find water today and to explore the surrounding area. I feel rather pressured since there was no one else who was assigned to help me in my quest for drinkable water. I was assigned this task so we did not have to dip into the supplies too much. I covered about 9 miles today but no such luck; if the jungle was not so heavily overgrown I would have been able to cover more ground. I shall continue tomorrow.
July 25, 1792
I found water. It appeared to me as I climbed a small hill and cut through some thickly overgrown vines. The small river continued both ways and I followed it down stream for a mile then went back to the ship and informed the Captain. Three men and myself got enough to last a few days back to the campsite. I went back to retrieve an item of mine that I dropped but when I went back it was gone and I can't be sure but I believe I heard a voice. It was very soft and I could not make out any of the words because the voice spoke in some other language besides English. I'll have to investigate this tomorrow and be sure I keep it to myself.
July 26, 1792
So very beautiful. She was like a Goddess. The owner of the voice was showering under a group of falls a mile and a half from where I first discovered the water. It was all quite by accident I saw her, I had been moving and looking for 2 hours and I sat to rest and eat something, I leaned my gun against a tree as I sat down and it rolled off the tree and through the brush and landed next to the water. As I kneeled to retrieve it, I saw the most stunning vision. A beautiful woman standing under the falls bathing. I grabbed the gun and scrambled to the area where I had been in fear that I would be seen and frighten her. I moved to a place to watch her again and I watched with utter amazement as the water cascaded off her olive-colored body and through her long black hair, I saw no flaws on her and did not snap out of my trance until she got out from under the water and placed on her clothes, if one could call them that. Her top was just a single piece of animal fur that covered her breasts and stopped a couple of inches above her navel, it was held up by a single strap across the left shoulder and the bottom was a wrap that stopped mid-thigh. I must have made some kind of sound because she looked around her and her dark eyes searched around mainly in the general area that I was in. After a while she headed away and I followed knowing not where I was being led to nor caring. She went into a cave and I saw the sun would set soon so I remembered the cave and returned to the camp not telling a soul of what I had seen.
July 27, 1792
Love has found me and I now understand why I was to leave my home and go on this voyage. I do find it most regrettable that I shall never set foot or eyesight on Australia again, but it is worth it. Seeing as how this shall be my last entry, I shall not skip on the details of the previous day.
It all started the morning of July 26, 1792. I had awoken and gathered supplies for my exploration and enough food for two meals. I headed towards the falls and looked around for the woman that I had seen there the previous day. I searched the area and, finding nothing, headed to the cave that I followed her to the day before.
As I moved across the boulders and got closer to the caves the wind seemed to swirl around me causing the most wonderful scent to wrap around me, spurring me on towards the cave. When I finally got to the ledge of steeply inclined hill, I saw the cave entrance and how many bushes and overgrown trees hid it. I approached cautiously and then crouched down and went into the small entrance of the cave. Due to the lack of light, I was unable to see anything in the cave. I stumbled forward and paused moving forward slowly and stopping when I felt a large rock pressing against my shin. I kneeled down on it and suddenly felt something slam into my back, sending me forward and tumbling over the rock. I felt pain and then nothing as the darkness enveloped me.