And the sun slipped away on another great weekend. Just one more shot to go on our way back home tomorrow.
We passed through Bakers Swamp without noticing anything. Then reached our last dot on the map for this trip - Larras Lee and saw this. The roadside monument says: In Memory of WILLIAM LEE (1794 - 1870) of "Larras Lake" a pioneer of the sheep and cattle industry and first member for Roxburgh under responsible government (1856 - 1859). This stone was erected by his descendants. --- 1938 --- This is a repost from a few days ago. Thinking I would use this for this week’s Taphophile Tragics post I dug a little further into William Lee’s story, it’s a very colonial Australian one. William was born of convict parents, living his childhood years around the Sydney region. In his early 20s he was issued with some government cattle, recommended as a suitable settler and granted 134 acres at Kelso near Bathurst. He was one of the first in the area and did well. A few years later he was granted a ram and an inc...
And I have done another sunset post just for you today.
ReplyDeleteWow! I especially like the three layers (layers? Hm .. land - clouds -sky).
ReplyDeleteI keep forgetting to come over to Sweet Wafaring and I have enjoyed catching up with your country shots. They are all so tender and beautiful. Now I'm putting Wafaring on my blog list so i don't forget any more.
ReplyDeleteoh this is such a gift ...you captured it so well
ReplyDelete"Tender", what a lovely thing to say Diane, thank you.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely beautiful!
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