No I am not talking about raids to the buffet car, though we did plenty of those.
Every now and then there is a little excitement outside, like a train load of these huge rolls of steel running beside us.
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 see these go past on the Grafton Bridge but not in such swish and bright new boogies... the south always gets the new stuff first.
ReplyDeleteWhich direction do they travelling Mark? I was wondering where they originated -- assumed from around Wollongong
DeleteSo that's what they are Joan ... I've seen them but had no idea what they were.
ReplyDeleteRaids to the buffet car are good on long train journeys.