Aw shucks .. I had to do just one more fence before wrapping up this tour.
Today we are swapping back to Blue Mountains Journal for a few days before returning for another very short 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 inc...
This is a pretty useful fence, yes?
ReplyDeleteLovely colours to it ... I think it is the one that I found the Eastern Rosella beside.
This fence definitely had too many Martinis!
ReplyDeleteYeh Martina, most of the fences in Hill End look like they've been partying too hard.
ReplyDeleteVery cool shot and great faded colours!
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