In the summer I guess it presents a totally different image.
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...
Forgive me if this is a stupid question, but: is this for humans or for livestock? A house or a barn or a stable or .. or ... ?
ReplyDeleteSo many abandoned buildings. Has everyone left for the big city?
ReplyDeleteI am astounded each time I venture into rural NSW just how much is abandoned. It is very beautiful, but sad at the same time.
ReplyDeleteMartina, this is a not a stupid question. I was wondering the same thing.
ReplyDeleteIt would not be for livestock because we typically only house horses, pigs and poultry and it doesn't look at all like a stable, pig sty or chicken coop.
If it was a house I would expect a chimney and there isn't one.
That leaves it to be a shed but it is the wrong shape and has far to many doors, windows as well as floor boards so is unlikely to have started life as a shed.
So I am opting for it having been an old and somewhat temporary house.
AB, there are heaps and heaps of houses which are not abandoned but I don't find them interesting to photograph.
Julie, I think we are just very attuned to old rusty stuff :-)