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
The colours are wonderful (you are changing your colour style to blue-green-greyish, ;-)).
ReplyDeleteJust read a little bit about coral trees - not seen around here, ;-).
Is a coral tree the same as an illawarra flame tree?
ReplyDeleteNo nothing like judging by the image of an Illawarra Flame tree I found here.
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Martina, I think the colours are a result of location -- the seaside is blue-green-greyish, the inland is brownish and the mountains are greenish.
ReplyDeleteThat is a really nice description of your world, :-).
ReplyDeletei feel the bare trees...love them as much as green
ReplyDeleteI thought I would post here... BTW I love the sea bubbles, fantastic! I commented on my blog in reply to your comment about photographing people.. I dont know if it will help...
ReplyDeleteThis one looks awesome! And I can see where they got their name from.
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