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...
"To muse, to creep, to halt at will, to gaze ... such sweet wayfaring"
William Wordsworth
Wow i have just flicked through many of your last posts which I have missed. This is a beautiful area and the views spectacular. The black poles are creative and how similar to my white poles that was a coincidence. I seem to have lost the plot but where are these shots from?
ReplyDeleteProbably a subliminal recollection of your white poles made me title the post that.
ReplyDeleteThe current trip is at Coolah and the sequence photos just finished at Coolah Tops National Park.
Coolah is not far from anywhere, just 100 kms from Mudgee and midway between there and Coonabarabran. It is on good road but not on any of the main highways so the kind of place you miss unless trying different routes.