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...
Merry Christmas Joan, hope you and your family have a great day.
ReplyDeleteThat is an unique piece of graffiti with a good message. Merry Christmas to you too.
ReplyDeleteFabulous photo, Joan. Merry Christmas. Here's to a frabjous day.
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas to you too Joan, hope you had a lovely day..
ReplyDeleteThanks everyone for your greetings. We had a beautiful very cool relaxing day. Just what my eye needs to get fully better.
DeleteLOve it, hope you weren't the artiste.
ReplyDeleteNah not me. I spotted this at Geurie. I wondered if it has been greeting people for years or if it was a special for 2012. Either way I reckon it will be wishing people a Merry Christmas for many more years to come.
DeleteHi Joan a rather belated Merry Christmas to you and yours. I just knew that this piece of "art" was not by your own fair hand.
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