Once last moment of reflection on the cliff before we go for a drive.
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...
Well spotted! Great pinkish tones on those rocks.
ReplyDeleteI so rarely see water this still. Like a mill pond. Where does that expression come from? Mill ponds have that dirty big wheel whacking it all the time ...
ReplyDeleteYou live in a beautiful place!!! Nice reflections ... makes me want to get in there... if it werent for my fear of what lies beneath :)
ReplyDeleteDid you dive in? Somehow that seems so brave.
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