Desert , stones and dust begin to take over. We are travelling on dirt road now.
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
Wow, that second photograph is incredible. I love the dust getting kicked up in the distance.
ReplyDeleteYes, I am with Megan - very atmospheric
ReplyDeleteThat's what the European think is Australia - long dirt roads and a van somewhere in the distance, kicking up the dust.
And yet most people live in parts of Australia that look nothing like this and most of the cars never leave sealed road. That is not to say there are not thousands of miles of road like this, just the most of us don't live anywhere near them.
ReplyDeleteWe live in a glorious landscape. It is such a joy to go where few of us travel ...
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