Fairweather of the Bark Endeavour is the history of Captain Cook’s journey to discover Australia. As the ship’s cat Fairweather tells the story from his perspective.

Fairweather was the Bark Endeavour’s cat. A trusted member of the crew and personal assistant to Captain Cook himself.

He emersed himself into the ship’s daily life and wrote his own diary of the great journey of discovery to find Australia.

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Helen Weiss

My name is Helen Weiss. I was born in Sydney Australia in 1959. I had an uneventful upbringing, all the good bits coming after I left school at 15.

I tried Seven Hill Art College after we moved to the Gold Coast in 1976. I gave up after 1 year and my father sent me to Surfers Paradise with "Don't come home without a job.” I came home with an apprenticeship in Hairdressing where I threw my arty nature at it with a passion. Working all day and clubbing till the wee hours I had a blast. I became an award-winning operator and opened 3 different salons over time.

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Helen Weiss

My name is Helen Weiss. I was born in Sydney Australia in 1959. I was a high-end successful hairdresser for 30 years and have 2 lovely accomplished daughters.

Fairweather came to me at 1am on January 9 th , 2000. I began to write as a cat, not knowing where the idea came from. It was just there. I decided the next day, upon review, that if I was going to write the Endeavour’s story, as only a cat could see it, I had best research the facts to make it historically accurate too. I spent every spare minute on finding the missing details to bring Fairweather’s story to life. I intermingled Fairweather’s perspective to all of the real adventures of the Endeavour and her crew. I illustrated every chapter using 18 th century drawing techniques to tease you into each chapter.

Fairweather of the Bark Endeavour has now been released, and I can’t wait for my public to enjoy this book as much as I loved writing and illustrating it.

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