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...
"To muse, to creep, to halt at will, to gaze ... such sweet wayfaring"
William Wordsworth
That's an impressive looking orange tree. Hope the fruit doesn't go to waste.
ReplyDeleteIt's so cheery to see the lemon and mandarin and orange trees in fruit at this normally grey time of year. I just wish my mandarins would hurry up and ripen.
ReplyDeleteDid you take one for breakfast. Did you see the movie "Oranges and Sunshine?"
ReplyDeleteHi Dianne, no I have not seen the movie and no picking. Crikey, the neighbour's lemons are within reach here at home and I go buy my own at the shop.
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