As we traced our way back home we spotted these wallabies grazing on the grass. Wallabies are rather like small kangaroos ... shorter legs, different colouring. That's it for this trip.
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
I am sorry, I do not normally react like this. But my immediate reaction was "How cute!"
ReplyDeleteThose little brown hands, standing there holding its little cap ready to go up to the alter.
How cute ...
When I learnt you were going camping I was very jealous, until I discovered I was going to New Orleans. Then I felt better. Still, I love to camp and this looks wonderful. And the wallabies are cute.
ReplyDeleteI agree they are particularly cute. I saw a news report yesterday about some Koala's in Japan costing their zoo 1 million dollars a year to feed (because they need special time of gum leaf) at a time when their city is going broke and the soup kitchen queue is growing. But people said they were worth it because the Koala's are so cute. Interesting to ponder, perhaps the Koala's should be sent on a period of home leave.
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