Before we finish this day I thought I would return to some old themes.
This old house is built from the native cypress which is naturally termite resistant.
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 increase in his land to 300 acres. William developed a r
Isn't that fabulous?
ReplyDeleteImagine the time that went into building that home and now....
I wonder who lived there.
ReplyDeleteI always find it sad to see a house that has been abandoned - especially when so much work has gone into it. This is counteracted by the scenic phot oppotunity that is thus created though!!
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Great textures! I had no idea about a tree being termite resistant... Now I know there's one! :-)
ReplyDeleteWonderful photo!
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