A characteristic of this lake are the trees drowned when the lake filled after building the dam.
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...
Makes for awesome photos, though.
ReplyDeleteTypically the area around these drowned trees makes for good fishing.
ReplyDeleteSilly me, should have looked at this one before commenting on the post that follows.
ReplyDeleteIt's too bad for the trees, but maybe the beautiful photos (and good fishing) make up for it.
Bill apparently the fish stocks dropped off in the drought because there is a box at the camping area reception collecting donations to replenish the fish stocks.
ReplyDeleteMary Ann, not a silly question. We've just gone through a 10 year drought and it go very low but if seasons are normal it will fill up to hold us over to the end of the next drought which hopefully won't be as long as the last one or quick to return.