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...
This is just great! What a fantastic detail you captured.
ReplyDeleteI love this pic with those cobwebs clinging to the pegs - great macro shot!
ReplyDeleteHa - you only have to leave something outside for 10 minutes at the moment, before a spider makes a web on it.
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Magic photo. You can make such a good shot out of nothing. I love the contrast in colour.
ReplyDeleteReal beaut!
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