Discovering Australia

On either the 19th 0r 20th April 1770, the lookout on Captain Cooks ship HMS Endeavour, sighted the east coast of Australia. In what is now Victoria, they turned north and travelled along the entire east coast of Australia until they reached Cape York. It was there that the eastern portion of Australia was claimed for the British crown. Everything else in Australia's history is because of that event that happened today, or maybe tomorrow, 250 years ago!

Why either the 19th or 20th April?

Because each day an entry was made in the ships logbook. When they arrived back in England, the logbook was a day behind. At some point they lost a day and no one is certain when that was. Thats what happens when you travel to the opposite side of the world.


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The Eighty-Fifth Month

It has been an average month on the blog, not good or bad. I must admit that I have found it hard to get motivated at times. That has a number of reasons. I'm quite disappointed that I seem to be constantly struggling to get things moving. The failure to convince people that madness should not be an option. That panic should not be an option. That failed philosophies have failed and should not be an option. Instead of building a bigger movement I'm feeling that it seems that there is always something to disagree with. How much should this tree bend?

I should say that even though I don't always reply to comments I do read them and I do appreciate them, thank you!

In March I had 5,417 visitors, from 11th March to the 11th April I have had 3,753 visitors, so numbers are heading down. My best day was the 17th March when I had 194 visitors and my worst day was the 21st March when I had 70 visitors.


March-April

Entry	Pageviews
United States	1548
Australia	997
United Kingdom	172
Germany	127
France	118
Canada	99
Unknown Region	63
Ireland	55
Netherlands	49
India	44

February-March

Entry	Pageviews
United States	3483
Australia	1097
Germany	202
France	170
United Kingdom	136
Canada	118
Ukraine	81
Unknown Region	65
Argentina	59
Russia	49

The United Kingdom is the only country that is up this month.

Unknown Region is basically the same.

The United States, Australia, Germany, France and Canada are all down.

Ireland, the Netherlands and India are back in the top 10.

The Ukraine, Argentina and Russia have all left, although Argentina has just left today.

I have also had visitors from the following countries: Isle of Man, Belgium, Sweden, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Poland, Croatia, Albania, Greece, Estonia, Kazakhstan, Turkey, U.A.E., Qatar, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia, Nigeria. Cameroon, Ethiopia, Tanzania, South Africa, New Zealand, Nicaragua,  Barbados, Cayman Islands, Argentina.

Thank you for visiting and I hope to see you soon. 

Mark Moncrieff

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Why Remigration Needs To Be Generous

Remigration is my idea to pay immigrants and their descendants to leave and return to their ancestral homeland. By giving them $100,000 each in return for their citizenship or Permanent Residency. To read the entire policy, Remigration, a Policy Idea.

The most common criticism is that I am being far too generous. It does seem that way but it needs to be for at least three reasons.

Firstly we want people to take up our offer and to feel that they are getting a good deal. The policy needs a nice tasting carrot. It will work much better if people feel that they are winners by remigrating then if they feel like losers. This is a sane and rational answer to our current immigrant problems and it needs to be treated as such. Not as if we are expelling people, that might take place under a different policy but that policy is not Remigration. 

My issue is I do not want these people to live in Australia, not that I wish any harm or misfortune towards them. So helping them to remigrate can also help our international reputation and we can still remain friendly with those who have remigrated. We do not need to have any anger or animosity from them or towards them. If everyone gets what they want then we can use that to our advantage. Many of those who remigrate will have positive feelings towards our country and we should encourage that. International relations will continue as they do now. 

Secondly we need to do it for our people, I must admit I am surprised by how many of our side do not understand our people. We are an empathetic people, we think about others, we care about others. That is a good part of why we are in the mess we are currently in. Our virtues are used against us. We need to use our virtues and to turn them back to supporting us. Our people will not stop thinking about others, they will not stop caring about others. We need to make them comfortable with having people leave, when they are used to people arriving. We need to encourage them to think about how it will improve the lives of those who remigrate. How they will take what they have learnt here and help to improve their own country. That this is as much foreign aid as giving money to governments is. That those who remigrate are spreading our values.

This is important to normal people, they need to feel good about it and future generations need to feel good about it. We need to make positive arguments for our ideas and far too often I hear negative arguments. 

Thirdly $100,000 is a good price, it is a good amount of money. But when people say that it is too much money I do not agree. Remigration is a big commitment for people to make and they should be encouraged and rewarded for making the right choice. I don't know where I heard this or maybe I read it, but if you lend someone money and you never see them again....it was probably money well spent!

I strongly encourage you to think of that money in exactly that way, as money well spent. 

For $100 Billion we can move 1 Million people out each decade without violence. I haven't heard of any other plan that can achieve this. Would a Civil War cost us more or less than $100 Billion? 

It might come to that, but if it doesn't then we need a plan to get our country back, Remigration is one part of that plan!

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The Tree Paradox

A tree that does not bend breaks, a tree that bends too much breaks.

Trees are quite remarkable but we often don't remark upon them because they are so common. Trees come in many different shapes, sizes and even colours. They live outside in all kinds of weather without relief. But we all know that trees break, what makes them break?

Rigidity makes trees break, the very thing that gives them strength can destroy them. But a tree that lacks rigidity can also be destroyed. It rots and falls apart. Trees cope with this by being flexible. However they are not so flexible that they look like lampposts or rubbish bins. A tree remains true to what it is, a tree. You may confuse a tree with a shrub but you would never confuse it with an elephant. 

What does any of this have to do with us?

We need to be strong like a tree, but we also need to know when to bend before we break and we need to know when we should not bend. We need to be flexible while always being true to ourselves. Also we need to remember that a lone tree in the desert is a landmark, something that is known by everyone. But a tree surrounded by many others trees is part of a forest. For too long we have all been landmarks, we need to become a forest!


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