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...
Wow...
ReplyDeleteGrin, that's what I thought too.
DeleteFAAABULOUS to see so much green after such a dry summer!!
ReplyDeleteRed, the end of summer was not at all dry around here.
DeleteWhenever I look out over a landscape like that from up on high, I wish
ReplyDeleteI could spread my wings and soar out over it.
Have you seen this fellow who zooms around on a motorized paraglider?
I saw him years ago in a National Geographic magazine and ever since then
I've dreamt of having a go.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/explorers/explorers-take-flight/#/george-steinmetz-paraglider_58065_600x450.jpg
No I haven't and I am almost too scared to follow the link ... I don't like the idea of soaring like a bird on a fragile bit of flying equipment.
DeleteI followed the link anyway ... there is no way i'd dream of doing that ... it would be a nightmare.