Now the flower displays are getting showy but there are more tiny flowers to be discovered too.
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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...
Aren't our wildflowers beautiful this time of year. Are these photos near Parachilna? I miss the incredible vast starry skies out in the bush. I would live in the Flinders Rangers again anytime, but husband's work is in the city now unfortunately.
ReplyDeletePam, these photos were taken somewhere between Hawker and Maree, I'm not exactly sure where.
ReplyDeleteI know all about the demands of city jobs ... I am currently commuting every day from my beautiful Blue Mountains to the city
They are stunning, the flowers and the photos. I hope there are some still around when we go.
ReplyDeleteAnd these are ...? Especially the golden ones ... ;-).
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ReplyDeleteMartina I don't know!! Most of the flowers were unfamiliar to me. I bought a book to try and identify them but there are so many and so many that are pea flower shaped like these that I can't figure it out.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if the browny ones are a variety of Boronia known commonly as 'bacon and eggs'?
ReplyDeleteJulie, there are quite a few different plants that go under the bacon and eggs name, this could be one of them.
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