"To muse, to creep, to halt at will, to gaze ... such sweet wayfaring" William Wordsworth
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Blowhole Point Road Kiama 1 of 7 - A Road that Beckons
View from Blowhole Point Road, Kiama
The road that beckoned in Kiama was the one promising a view of a blowhole. It as more touristy than I expect most of the roads to be but truly it was the road with the most interesting name in Kiama.
I like your new project for 2013. I have 2 Royals for you ( one of them is a Fergie)and the other is so ugly that it was difficult to photograph, what is your email so I can send them to you. Mine is wharfstwanderer@gmail.com
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...
I like your new project for 2013. I have 2 Royals for you ( one of them is a Fergie)and the other is so ugly that it was difficult to photograph, what is your email so I can send them to you. Mine is wharfstwanderer@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteA nice rugged view.
ReplyDeleteA rugged coastline with not a fisherman in sight.
ReplyDeleteI like your study of the coastline. There are some great sights near Kiama.
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