We passed by a shady creek. OOo I like rocky creeks like this. This road has promise.
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
rocky creeks are wonderful - love the way this one curves off into the distance.
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ReplyDeleteOoh. I like this, too. So calm and investigatable...(spelling/make up word???)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful spot! I would sit there and listen to the sounds of Australian nature.
ReplyDeleteI'd love to be there, shoes off, feet in the water.
ReplyDeleteAh ... see those banks over yonder? Follow this creek futher up into the hills, as the banks get shorter, and the water clearer, and maybe the temperature a little lower ... then just sit on the bank's edge ... and when the light begins to fade, you may be favoured by a platypus.
ReplyDeleteOOo I like these photos of yours!
ReplyDeleteInvestigable ... what a great word. And if as Julie suggest a platypus might be at the bank definitely worth doing.
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