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 an interesting and nice pic... whichever way you look at it:)
ReplyDeleteIt's the layers of interest that do this shot for me, JE. The light and the colour of the water surface for starters. However, to view it through one of my favourite country symbols and to combine that with the energy coming from the horse is just inspired.
ReplyDeleteI'm off to the the other one ... down the road.
Another lovely moment captured, Joan! Having the horse there with its legs out of view, makes it seem to me as if he's moving.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! I love the pastel colors of the sunset with the silhouette of the horse.
ReplyDeleteyou embraced this so well~
ReplyDeleteWhat a gorgeous photos! You have a wonderful blog with a very beautiful layout.
ReplyDeleteI keep coming back to look at this photo - it makes me feel good.
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