…who lives between five bells … zero fathoms and almost 3 in the afternoon

Having left Sydney on 8 July 1799 in H.M. Sloop "Norfolk" he reached Cape Moreton on 14 July and landed on Bribie Island on 16 July. Flinders' crew included his brother Samuel and Bongaree, a Broken Bay (NSW) Indigenous man. Landing on Bribie Island they had a minor skirmish with the Ngunda people.

Flinders went on to explore Moreton Bay but, failing to find a river, returned to Bribie to beach the Norfolk near White Patch for repairs.

During this period he had named Point Skirmish, Pumice Stone River, and Red Cliff Point (now South Point, Pumicestone Channel, and Woody Point). Finding that there was a passage (South Passage) from Glass House Bay to the ocean, he named the land to the north of it, Moreton Island. Other islands Matthew Flinders discovered were Mud, St. Helena, Green, King, Peel, and Coochie Mudlo.

While repairs were underway Flinders explored west to the Glasshouse mountains scaling Mt. Beerburrum to get a view of the area and stood at the foot of Mt. Tibrogargan. He stayed 15 days in the region.

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Rod is an artist who works from his studio in Auchenflower, Brisbane. He has participated in Group and Solo exhibitions and early on in his career he was hung in the Archibald Prize 1978 Exhibition. Rod has won the Stanthorpe Art Festival Ceramics Prize and the Gatton Shire Art Award and he was heavily involved in the establishment of the Ipswich Art Gallery in the early 1980’s when he was the Head of Department Art at the Ipswich State High School. Rod became a State High School Principal and concentrated on developing Art Education Curriculum in Queensland. In more recent years he has developed gift and furniture designs for the Home and Decor Industry across Australia and has exhibited in numerous Trade Fairs in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. Rod has travelled extensively. He works mostly with acrylics referencing a broad repertoire of experience and influences.
1978 Archibald Prize finalist
Solo Exhibitions:
June 2016 Graydon Gallery New Farm Brisbane "John Oxley - a man and his boat"
July 2017 Old Church Gallery Moore "Four Men Two Ox and a Dray"
August 2017 Graydon Gallery New Farm Brisbane "Explorer Triology - Oxley Cunningham and Logan"
June 2018 Graydon Gallery "Moreton Bay @ lowtide.net"
June 2019 I Graydon Gallery New Farm Brisbane "I Dreamed I saw St Augustine"
March 2021 RQAS Petrie Terrace Gallery "Life is Great in the Sunshine State"
November 2021 - the Series Matthew Flinders 1799 - interpreting his epic exploration and mapping of Moreton Bay in 1799
January 2024 Ongoing theme Postcards from Mudjimba Beach