Skip to main content

Looking for Yarrabin 8 of 10



A great new addition to the abandoned collection.

[I've reposted this because the original image was crocked and drove me nuts every time I saw it.]

Comments

  1. Red Nomad OZFebruary 16, 2012 at 4:02 PM

    Windows weren't such a big deal back then, were they?! Just as well, I think it makes for more interesting photos!!!

    ReplyDelete
  2. JulieFebruary 17, 2012 at 6:26 AM

    The one on the right looks like it might not have guttering. Is that a banana chair out the side?

    ReplyDelete
  3. Joan ElizabethFebruary 17, 2012 at 7:10 PM

    I think they both have guttering and it is junk outside not a banana chair.

    I think these are shearers quarters so not much time to spend looking out the windows anyway.

    ReplyDelete
  4. UnknownFebruary 18, 2012 at 5:25 AM

    A great new addition it is. And I love the stting.

    Regarding the 'decay' posts:
    No, I haven't jumped. There are 10 posts (XL to XLIX) on the series.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Royal Hotel - Ganman

And I wrap up this trip with the Royal Hotel at Ganman.
2 comments
Read more

Listening to the stars

In the morning we went out to see the radio telescope 20 or so kms out of town.  On another wayfaring trip  we visited the radio telescope at Parkes  but this one is an array of dishes on a long track that can act like one big dish. 
3 comments
Read more

Larras Lee

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...
9 comments
Read more