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...
Your commentary took the words out of my keyboard. Love the different layers, great shot!
ReplyDeleteP.S. Really old olive trees have huge weird shaped trunks, they almost look prehistoric! There are plenty in gardens and parks as they became very fashionable a couple of decades ago. Don't ask me where they came from... :-)
For some reason a view down into a village comes to mind when I see this view. It all looks so orderly and pleasant.
ReplyDeleteITs a very peaceful setting, would be nice to go up that mountain and view the cemetery from there....
ReplyDeleteThat's a lovely spot.
ReplyDeleteLike a small village overlooking the farmland.
ReplyDeleteIn the midst of so much farmland and yet the graves seem to be so tightly compacted together! Like a mini city!
ReplyDeleteFantastic picture!
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Yes, generally speaking, we are allocated a shoulder's width, with enough each side to 'dolly' step between markers. Then in with the next grave. That seems to be how Australian cemeteries go. Whereas many cemeteries abroad are more higgardly-piggardly, NSEW. Maybe it is a case of what I'm used to, but I LIKE our cemeteries.
ReplyDeleteWhat I like about this one is that they are like a classroom of children on the first day of a new term. All spruced up and looking up expectantly at their new teacher.
Is that a field of corn waving in the middle-distance. The layering is wonderful in this, Joan.
Oh, and another thing. I think I am over wrought iron fences around individual graves. Good for photographers, but very isolating.
Goodo. I am glad you are hunting around your 100 Towns for shots. It is a bit like when you finally get the new car; all you then see are other people's versions of YOUR new car!
They do seem quite crowded but laid out well and architecturally pleasing.
ReplyDeleteA peaceful place to rest. It looks all neat and ordered.
ReplyDeleteHee hee just got the play on words.
ReplyDeleteGreat pic. They certainly do look packed in. I haven't seen many cemeteries outside Oakland, but I like our higgardly-piggardly ones :-)
ReplyDeleteit looks so crowded there.. but i do like it
ReplyDeleteI'm arriving late, but so glad I came. This is a wonderful photo made all the better by your commentary.
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