I was quite excited to find this flock of swans grazing on the lawn. I decided to sneak up on them to get a better shot.
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...
I remember these swans. You don't often find black ones on this side of the continent.
ReplyDeleteLucky you. Haven't seen black swans in ages.
ReplyDeleteYou be careful of those swans - one attacked us in our car once. It came up to the window (when we were parked by Lake Wendouree in Ballarat) and stuck its head in and tried to bite Vince!
ReplyDeleteI love it when swans/geese try to outrun people. They are so ungainly. But on water ...
ReplyDeleteHey I've never thought of angry swans, they seem so serene. These were more of the ungainly waddle away variety.
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