What is Botany Bay?
[[File:Sydney SPOT 1210.jpg|thumb|240px|Image of Botany Bay by SPOT Satellite]] '''Botany Bay''' is a [[bay]] in [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]]. It is a few kilometres south of the [[Sydney central business district]]. The [[Cooks River]] and the [[Georges River]] are the two major [[Tributary|tributaries]] that flow into the bay. Two runways of [[Sydney Airport]] extend into the bay. On 29 April 1770, Botany Bay was the site of [[James Cook]]'s first landing of [[HM Bark Endeavour|HMS ''Endeavour'']] on the continent of [[Australia]]. Later the British planned Botany Bay as the site for a [[penal colony]]. Out of these plans came the first European to live in Australia at [[Sydney Cove]]. [[Indigenous Australians|Aboriginal]] lived in this area dating back 5,000 years. The Aboriginal people of Sydney were known as the [[Eora]]. Even though it is a busy port, there are many types of marine life. The area around its entrance is some of the best scuba diving in the Sydney area. The world's largest population of [[weedy sea dragon]] found was on the southern side. {{coord|33|58|S|151|10|E|region:AU_type:waterbody|display=title}} {{geo-stub}} [[Category:Geography of New South Wales]] [[Category:Bays of Australia]] [[Category:Sydney]]