Captain Cook lost 41 of his crew to scurvy (a lack of vitamin C) on his first voyage to the South Pacific in 1768. By 1795 the importance of eating citrus was realized and lime juice was issued on all British Royal Navy ships. This is the origin of the word "limeys".

MARCH 17 1917 - An elephant named Jessie, attached to Wirth's Circus which was visiting Nowra, decided that she had gone far enough and sat down in the middle of the Nowra bridge. Traffic was stopped as the horses refused to go near the animal. All attempts to move her failed, including one which was to bring the steam ship "Bermagui" alongside the bridge and hoist her by means of the ship's crane. Unfortunately, this attempt came to nought as the ship stuck on a sand bank. Eventually somebody decided to bring another elephant and Jessie, seeing her mate, quietly got up and continued her journey to the station.