It's raining again! And we discovered that we left some things back that the motel in Wellington. So it's back up the road to collect them. The upside is we can use a different road and tick off a few more towns.
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 increase in his land to 300 acres. William developed a r
lol, sometimes it's hard to find an upside to things - but you did!
ReplyDeleteA beaut rainy pic :D)
I have loved your shots over the last week. I see that you have lots more rain coming.
ReplyDeleteSure have, been drenched in water this week. And we've been camping!
DeleteThis is what I miss about not being able to drive. The total freedom ...
ReplyDeleteYes I can understand missing that. I am finding it so lovely to just look at a map, find a cluster of towns I have not visited then draw a path between them connecting up the dots. I'm loving the 100 Towns project.
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