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
Me too.
ReplyDeleteAlthough.... once I was attacked by a flock of seagulls - I didn't know they did that!
I didn't know they did that either ... you must have had food they wanted.
ReplyDeleteooh, I like the strong horizontal cropping and the small collection of images. They work well together.
ReplyDeleteoh, me too! we all must, otherwise
ReplyDeletethere would not be so many cartoons
with them in them!
such a pretty collage of gulls.
i love to see cropped images like this..so nice
ReplyDeleteYeah, that horizontal cropping ... that is a seaside quirk of yourn!
ReplyDeleteSeagulls are the pigeons of the sea ... but at least they are very clean.
Jonathan Livingston Seagull! :-) Another great triptych!
ReplyDeleteI like the strong horizontal cropping
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