No snow around here.
Sydney Square ... next to Town Hall.
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 increase in his land to 300 acres. William developed a r
;-) - I just thought: something is missing *bdg*.
ReplyDeleteI like the selective colourings you do.
Sometimes less is more and other times less is simply less.
ReplyDeleteI hadn't seen the location of that tree yet this year, until now.
ReplyDeleteSydney - City and Suburbs
Has anybody tried to adapt some of the Christmas symbols to the Southern Hemisphere, using native trees, for example?
ReplyDeleteAB, I answered your question in today's post ... just got back from the trip and catching up on comments.
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