Alpacas, horses, cattle and the odd black faced sheep (Ok I didn't get a photo of the sheep). And still no sign of Yarrabin but I am enjoying this drive.
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
Some gorgeous pasture land there, Joan. I'm enjoying the journey too.
ReplyDeleteAlpacas are such cute animals! And the little horse too, of course.
ReplyDelete:-) what's the Alpaca doing there on the street? A sit in? Road block? Meditating? Looks so funny.
ReplyDeleteHa ha ... an occupy Yarrabin Road movement!
ReplyDeleteIts nice driving along with you. The Alpacas are cute.
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