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 increase in his land to 300 acres. William developed a r
"To muse, to creep, to halt at will, to gaze ... such sweet wayfaring"
William Wordsworth
Wow! I've never seen anything like them. Great shot.
ReplyDeleteYeh I admit to being rather surprised by them.
DeleteWhoa! They are whoppers!!
ReplyDeleteI wonder how old they are.
They guess around 300 years.
DeleteVery fashionable hair-styles. I love them.
ReplyDeleteThat's what I thought. Their hair is very neat. More on that tomorrow.
DeleteThey sure are huge. It takes hundreds of years to get that big I see you say 300. WOW!
ReplyDeleteWhere exactly are these - I think I will need to go and see them.
ReplyDelete30kms outside Coolah in Coolah Tops National Park.
DeleteWOW! These are AMAZING! I just LOVE them!
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