It seems that art is a big thing around here. In the local park at Yeoval there is this exhibit letting people know of the Utes in Paddock art display at Ootha a couple of hours away. I might go find it one day.
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...
Wow! That's an amazing decoration!! Drove through Deniliquin recently - they've actually got an annual event - the 'Ute Muster'!!! That'd be amazing too ...
ReplyDeleteI love the aboriginal 'graffiti'. Actually I'm looking foward to get one of those painted wooden lizards but I haven't find the right one yet.
ReplyDeleteVery home-made looking and rather aboriginal. I love it.
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