The sun is up and we are cruising our way back home. Somewhere between Dunnedoo and Gulgong we saw this plantation. I don't know what sort of crop it is. Do you?
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...
No. The two tones, brown and blue are striking. The trees look like they are standing at attention.
ReplyDeleteThey look kind of "nuttish" to me.
ReplyDeleteMaybe pistachio?
Letty, I thought nuttish too.
ReplyDeleteDiane, I guess that is why I can't stop myself taking images of plantations like this ... its their regimentation that makes them beautiful to me.
Yes, I like their regimentation, too. But I prefer this season to their 'clothed' season. I was going to say, perhaps, olive trees.
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