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...
Looks tasty! and it's making me want to go grab a midnight snack :)
ReplyDeleteI can't eat a big breakfast. Makes me sick. This inability to eat much before noon was one of the first signs sent by the universe that I was no longer a kid.
ReplyDeleteI can't eat a big brakfast either but I wouldn't mind having this for luch, it surely looks very yummy! :-)
ReplyDeleteI like the autumn-leaves shot below even more than the bacon and aggs! And that's saying something!
ReplyDeleteLovely shots of a country town. That's another place that I need to visit, if only for the wines.
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