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...
"To muse, to creep, to halt at will, to gaze ... such sweet wayfaring"
William Wordsworth
Fantastic colours! I allways pay much attention to this kind of life too.
ReplyDeleteNice detail. I guess this is a shore of a lake rather than the shore of the sea.
ReplyDeleteIndeed, both the colours and the shapes and the sizes.
ReplyDeleteSome look a bit like succulents.
Okay .. I've pulled me tent pegs ...
http://daily-dublin.blogspot.com/2009/07/no-parking-ringsend-dublin-click-on.html?showComment=1248169455306#c7602956088767764380
ReplyDeleteJM, yes I enjoy your attention to such detail.
ReplyDeleteAB, yes the shore of a lake
Julie, thanks for the link ... that shot is right up our alley.
I thought succulents too, I really love those shots - life is everywhere!
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