A dead shop is pretty much par for the course too.
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 increase in his land to 300 acres. William developed a r
OMGees! Those awnings!
ReplyDeleteI like those sort of awnings too.
DeleteIt looks like a sad face
ReplyDeleteSo many shops ... country and city look sad these days ,, taken over by shopping malls and the internet.
DeleteThis would be ideal for tea-rooms. I can see a rusty barrow planted with trailing geraniums out front .... an old pedal bike with pretty pansies in its basket. Vintage lace curtains - Redoute printed tablecloths and vases holding sprays of field flowers. And of course the best coffee and tea in town!
ReplyDeleteYep it looks ripe for such treatment, the only problem is that it is rather out of the way with the rest of the town ... an odd spot for a shop actually. The town bakery however seemed to be doing brisk trade and was very nice indeed.
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