I'm fascinated by the daily changing canvas on the sand ... so different from the slow changes I see in the bush.
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...
I believe these are kelp. Do you know how fast they grow? :-)
ReplyDeleteA wonderful photo.
ReplyDeleteI can taste the salt and the sand, haha.
JM, yes I think it is kelp and I don't have a clue about things of the sea so haven't go a clue how fast they grow.
ReplyDeleteMartina, thanks, I like this photo because it brings the fragance of the sea to me whereas I notice it suggested the taste and touch of the sea to you.
Perhaps because I was thinking about having a nice instant miso soup ...
ReplyDeleteThe colours and the textures here are wonderful. So good to find the various vaieties all intertwined.
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