"To muse, to creep, to halt at will, to gaze ... such sweet wayfaring" William Wordsworth
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Injune in June
We were there on the night of the annual celebration -- Injune in June -- a great excuse for locals and visitors to huddle around a big campfile to ward off the winter chill while being seranaded by the local talent singing country songs. I enjoyed the evening a lot.
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.
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...
A good capture of country life.
ReplyDeleteYeh those hats are a dead give away.
DeleteI bet it was fun. Nothing like a country shindig!
ReplyDeleteWhat I like about the country is the way they create their own fun, not just buy a ticket to some show others have created.
DeleteI'll bet it was FREEZING!!!
ReplyDeleteIt was a wintery night but we mountain people are used to cold weather.
DeleteOne of these photos where I think: Oh, I would like to have been there!
ReplyDeleteYou would have had a real taste of country Australia if you had been there.
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