This thread will be legendary. People will say “Hey, remember that thread? The Legendary one? THAT IS STILL IMPACTING US TODAY, EVEN AS I WRITE THIS!” and others will nod their head in approval, because it is true.
I was already a legendary poster [cue music]. Just that … well, some legends just don’t get told as often. Ain’t exactly right up near the top of the Campfire Legends To Be Told list, y’know?
Still, thanks. Nice t’ be here. Is there free flowing mead?
I dunno, legends are supposed to be full of big truths, little lies, rumors, side stories, characters and other ephemera. It seems kind of hollow in here to me. Is that an echo?
Well matey I will take you up on that! Too close geographicaly to be strangers (even if I bug the poop out of you sometimes )
Besides which I’m dying to hear about your Aussie adventures…don’t worry TOO hot is always just a cold drink and a bit of shade away from being a good thing.
In short – Dutch explorer Abel Tasman named the land beside what was to become Australia (New Holland) after the province of Zeeland back home, or Nieuw Zeeland. Anglicised, it became New Zealand by 1769 and the voyages of Captain James Cook.