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...
Happy Australia Day! I think the Australian bush is postcard perfect. Certainly my sort of postcard. :)
ReplyDeleteIt's beautiful, Joan. Happy Australia Day!
ReplyDeletePostcards are over-rated. They reflect cliches for folk who cannot think for themselves.
ReplyDeleteI like the colours of our bush, but I especially like the smell of our bush.
Not sure that I like Australia Day. It tends to bring out the drongo in us.
Well, that depends on your point of view!! Your shot looks VERY Frederick McCubbin - and his paintings are BEYOND postcards!!
ReplyDeleteYes Red the colour here is very McCubbin.
ReplyDeleteJulie, I have warmed to Australia Day since they run it on the fixed date, though the date can be contentious.
As for postcards ... I wonder how many of the shots we put in our blogs would rate as postcards (hence cliche by Julie's definition).