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
"To muse, to creep, to halt at will, to gaze ... such sweet wayfaring"
William Wordsworth
These photos get better and better with every post. They're the same mountains, but the terrain is completely different here - or is it just the light?
ReplyDeleteI agree with the first comment. The texture in the last one is stunning.
ReplyDeleteWinam, if my memory serves me correctly the first shot is taken across the top of the lookout where cars park the second 'down the sides' so the more natural vegetation.
ReplyDeletelove the rolling bumps of near and far. like fuzzy caterpillars moving along. great colors, soft and hazy.
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