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...
Patterson's Curse certainly looks pretty, but yes it is a noxious weed. Although it is considered a great resource for apiarists but is toxic to most grazing animals and is Australia's worst broadleaf temperate pasture weed.
ReplyDeleteThe verbena blends in beautifully with the tonings of the landscape Joan ..... Hopefully it's not toxic.
ReplyDeleteIt's pretty nevertheless, even if it turns out to be poisonous. Maybe that's why there wasn't cattle in that particular paddock?
ReplyDeleteLovely purple field! The windmill looks familiar, there are still many of those here.
ReplyDeleteYes, I like the windmill like that, too.
ReplyDeleteI wondered about swatches of that straggly purple plant.
A very nice calm photo. One that makes one wishing to be exactly there right now.
ReplyDeleteI did some further research into the purple plant ... unlike Patterson's Curse it does not appear to be poisonous to livestock. It is a weed but is not declared noxious in any state in Australia.
ReplyDeleteI also heard recently that our weather has been so horrible that Patterson's Curse has not flowered much this year in NSW.
So that is a good thing, no? On the assumption that everything on this planet is there for a purpose, what actually benefits from PC?
ReplyDeleteSo how can you tell the difference?
ReplyDeletepulease get rid of word verification. blogger has changed it and it is difficult to read I am up to my 5th attempt
Julie:
ReplyDeleteour photos
Great shot
ReplyDeleteJulie Dianne beat me to it ... our photos. Also, sheep don't mind eating it, that's why it is called Salvation Jane down in SA, saving them during a drought apparently.
ReplyDeleteDianne, you can tell the difference when you look at the plants, they are nothing like each other.
And just of you I have turned word verification off (coz I agree the new WV is very hard to read) but if the spam goes mad like it did last time I will have to turn it back on. As it happens I am getting a lot of spam over at BMJ even with WV on.