Here is one more abandoned shot from my last trip. I have run out of material again and don't know when I will next go wayfaring. In the meanwhile I will be tripping down a Road that Beckons over a Blue Mountains Journal.
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
Too fabulous!
ReplyDeleteI love those marks on corrugated iron.
What's that one say "ORB? Australia"?
And those rocks on the roof - you know, of all the decrepit buildings I've seen, I've never seen rocks on the roof keeping the iron down.
I've see rocks on the roof quite a few times.
DeleteYes it is saying ORB Australia. There are some other words below that but I can't make it out.
I like the fading red of this stencil.
A renovators dream
ReplyDeleteThis one looks like it might be beyond that but I must admit to being amazed at what can be renovated.
DeleteIt might be a renovator's dream but it looks wonderful in a photo just the way it is.
ReplyDeleteLove the rocks on the roof. Did you get my email and TI's Royal?
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