The night before as were were looking for our destination we saw the grass in this area being burnt off, the fire glowing red in the cold night. In the morning there are little black frosted mounds and an old log still smouldering.
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...
A frosty fire. It looks like a Thai noodle dish.
ReplyDeleteThat textured landscape is amazing.
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I can almost smell that ash ... lovely combination of black and white.
ReplyDeleteI must be half asleep - I read the firewood/dog one first - then this one, and then thought I saw "an old dog still smouldering"!!!
ReplyDeleteLetty, what a macabre mind you have!
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