Skip to main content

Countryside


This one was over the road from the photo I was really taking but I like it a lot, it speaks to the country we were driving through.

Comments

  1. diane bJuly 26, 2011 at 10:36 PM

    Shearer's accommodation???

    ReplyDelete
  2. SusanJuly 26, 2011 at 11:02 PM

    A beaut Aussie country scene.

    ReplyDelete
  3. Joan ElizabethJuly 27, 2011 at 8:34 AM

    Dianne, dunno but I did wonder that myself.

    ReplyDelete
  4. SyJuly 27, 2011 at 8:59 PM

    awesome photo

    ReplyDelete
  5. JulieJuly 28, 2011 at 10:10 PM

    Yeah, I reckon shearers' accommodation. Did you see the film 'Sunday too far Away' with Jack Thompson? They had a shed like this that the shearers camped in.

    ReplyDelete
  6. WinamJuly 29, 2011 at 8:34 AM

    Now that I have been in the area, I think this photo well represents the area. Love the cliffs in the background.

    ReplyDelete
  7. Joan ElizabethJuly 29, 2011 at 8:35 PM

    Julie, no I have not seen the movie but I can think of no other reason for a bunk house like this.

    Winam, I really enjoyed your photos of the area.

    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