January 21, 1788

We have finally found land that we can walk on.  My legs are so shaky, I keep swaying from side to side even though I am not on the ship.  The weather is very warm.  When we left England the weather was pleasant, the flowers were in bloom.  Here there are flies and people that I have never seen before.  They hide in the bushes just far enough away from us all.  The heat it is relentless.  The Captain wants to make it comfortable for him and his men, then we can go and make our tents.  There are things I think animals that I have never seen before...They hop with a large tail.

I am so hungry like I was when we were on the ship. The conditions on the ship were so cramped downstairs and smelly.  There has to be more food than we what we have now.  I wonder when they will look for food or plant it...

A day in the life a convict