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...
Cheers, Joan. Hope you had a great Christmas Day, too.
ReplyDeleteThis is a great concept, Joan. So glad you left the boots in. And the double dose of yellow simply pops right out.
ReplyDeleteI hope Christmas was everything that you wanted. Now onwards and upwards into 2010.
Thanks for the greetings.
ReplyDeleteDon't you love the part serendipity plays in photography ... the way the boy with the yellow shirt just happened to be stand by the window ... I had to dodge around the crowd a bit to get him.
Our Christmas day was a bit like that ... we were travelling on the road so took whatever delights nature dished up for us ... a really lovely day.
This is great! Hope you had a Happy Christmas with all yours.
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