Sea lines have become one of the things I collect (along with Royal Hotels, abandonded houses and hay stacks).
The seaweed washed up on the beach gave me a new line this day.
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...
making me "wanderlustig" ... ;-)
ReplyDeleteI have a view of the sea from my flat. I've lived here for six months, and I still am mesmerized by it. I wonder if it will wear off, ever.
ReplyDeleteI not only like the sea line of the seaweed in this image, but how the sea lines repeat themselves with the ripples in the water and the crashing wave.
ReplyDeletewhat a gorgeous photo of sea lines.
ReplyDeleteIt doesn't look like seaweed.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like autumn leaves.