Time for another favourite ... whenever I stop I also look in the opposite direction to see what else I can photograph. Here's what I found over the road from the hay shed ... so quintessentially farmyard.
Temperature 39C.
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...
The second photo is almost perfect. I love it :-).
ReplyDeleteI often do that: turn around and shoot the other direction, too. Did it yesterday in Hyde Park.
ReplyDeleteThose 44 gallon drums are things of memory. We used to store meal for assorted animals in them. A variety of processed fodder, differing shapes and colours and smells. The entire area was a cornucopia of smells.
Love the chook ...
Is this for Paula's 180 degrees?
ReplyDeleteCluck, cluck, JE. You can join in on my Friday meme anytime you like.
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I just had to tell you, dishumpa is a classic!
And again, the corrugated makes my heart flutter.
ReplyDeleteYour straw shelters are obviously a bit bigger than ours (2009-11-14)
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