"To muse, to creep, to halt at will, to gaze ... such sweet wayfaring" William Wordsworth
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Wildflower collection
And some more flowers to round out our day. I went quite mad collecting as many different flowers and fruits as I could find. And this is not the end of it!
All of these are wildflowers but not necessarily all are native. I know for example the flashy red one in the top row is not native.
In the morning we went out to see the radio telescope 20 or so kms out of town. On another wayfaring trip we visited the radio telescope at Parkes but this one is an array of dishes on a long track that can act like one big dish.
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...
It's a great year for wildflowers this year - glad to see you've made the most of it!
ReplyDeleteHappy travels!
What a beautiful collection
ReplyDeleteSuch variety is fantastic! Beautiful post!
ReplyDeleteJust blows me away all the different varieties.
ReplyDeleteSO many ... so many ... I guess that I would be hopeless like this too ... sent my travelling partner to Paris round the twist, I did.
ReplyDeleteLovely collection, though JE ... and presentation ...