This is wide open wheat and sheep country. Trees with low hanging branches get a haircut at the height the animals can reach.
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...
Very dun coloured soil: wheat shafts waiting to be returned to the soil. Lovely curves to this landscape. You have placed the tree just so ...
ReplyDeleteTell me: Carbonne Country. What sort of a division is that? Shire, parish ...
Got it myself: Cabonne Country, "Australia's Food Basket" is a rich rural shire in central west NSW, covering the towns of Canowindra, Cargo, Cudal, Cumnock, Eugowra, Manildra, Molong and Yeoval. The area is home to the site of Australia's first gold rush and is famous for ballooning, food and wine, agriculture and mining."
ReplyDeleteAnd the name is an Aboriginal word meaning "large". The council site gives a lovely little map.
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Great shot! Once again this could be southern Portugal! :-)
ReplyDeletehmm, I think I can post something similar ... .
ReplyDeleteBut around here no cattle roaming and no need to give trees a haircut. A difference between Australia (and Portugal obviously) and Germany.