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1802 Aug. H.M. sloop Investigator [In No. 1, port, of the east coast]

tides run rapidly, but otherwise it is sand, mud or clay, or a mixture of these.
   Mr. Murrays information respecting the southern entrance into the port was generally this. He did not find any passage on the south side of the shoal which lies E.S.E. from the south head of Facing Island but cannot say certainly that none exists. He thinks the deep water of the passage is not more than a mile in width, but about half a mile from the island there is from 6 to 10 fathoms, and the channel leadings fair up into the port. A vessel may lie securely just within the south head of the island, and may procure wood and water there according to Mr. Murrays account.