Skip to main content

The Cotter 2. of 2


Yep. I like this place. I've got a photo of me on our honeymoon relaxing on those river stones.  And I've got a whole jar of polished stones that we collected from one of these river beds many years ago and tumbled until they shone. The memories are good.

That's the end of this series.

Comments

  1. diane bJuly 20, 2011 at 8:38 PM

    A quiet happy place full of memories, no wonder you like it. Love the textures.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Megan CoyleJuly 21, 2011 at 10:54 AM

    It's nice revisiting places that have lots of memories. And the scenery looks so relaxing in these images.

    ReplyDelete
  3. WinamJuly 22, 2011 at 1:27 PM

    The scenery looks a lot like the Turon River, where I went at Easter time.

    ReplyDelete
  4. JulieJuly 24, 2011 at 8:21 AM

    It is so long since I have meandered a country stream and skimmed stones. Too long ...

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Listening to the stars

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. 
3 comments
Read more

Royal Hotel - Ganman

And I wrap up this trip with the Royal Hotel at Ganman.
2 comments
Read more

Larras Lee

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...
9 comments
Read more