 In April 1770 they became the first known Europeans to reach the east coast of Australia, making landfall near present-day Point Hicks, and then proceeding north to Botany Bay.The expedition continued northward along the Australian coastline, narrowly avoiding shipwreck on the Great Barrier Reef.In October 1770 the badly damaged "Endeavour" came into the port of Batavia in the Dutch East Indies, her crew sworn to secrecy about the lands they had discovered.