I couldn't resist showing another shoreline shot. There is so much action and light at play at the beach.
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...
What appears to be shadow is actually more or less absorbency in the sand ... ?
ReplyDeleteYes it is wet sand where the water has been absorbed.
ReplyDeleteWe went to the beach again this weekend ... hence the tardiness of my comments ... I've quite fallen in love with the place during this milder seasonal transition weather.
The beach at this time of year (and in Autumn and Winter too) is glorious because there is/are fewer people ...
ReplyDeleteBeautiful!
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