We are well into the Sandringham waterfront at this point and are approaching the curiously named
suburb of "Sans Souci". When I was a kid I always called it "Sand Susie". Sans Souci is actually a
French term meaning "trouble free", or (in Australian parlance) "no worries". The area between
Cooks River and Georges River was originally known as Seven Mile Beach. It was changed to Lady
Robinson’s Beach in 1874 to honour the wife of Governor Sir Hercules Robinson. Cook Park (which is
the narrow shoreline reserve through which this walking track passes) is named after Samuel Cook,
who advocated its use as a public pleasure area. I used to think that (like the river) it was named
after JAMES Cook. I'll bet I am not the ONLY person who had THAT wrong. Why didn't they call it
"Samuel Cook Park"?