We close a pleasant day out on the breakwater at Mackay.
And its the weekend. Time to find which road beckons.
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...
You have wandered into warmer climes .... SO nice to see that brush of pink on the horizon.
ReplyDeleteThere is something special being by the water at sunrise and sunset. I often admire your shots of the beach.
DeleteThat IS Queensland!
ReplyDeleteThe sea seems so calm. It almost makes someone who's prone to seasickness like me take up sailing.
ReplyDeleteI'm prone to sea sickness too but it wasn't the boats on this trip it was a ride in the very back of a 4WD bus that had me struggling ... more on that a loooong way further down the track.
DeleteAh ... now QLD to me is not the ocean, but the dry red inland. Strange how our impressions are bedded down ...
ReplyDeleteYou've started an interesting line of thought Diane and Julie. Sailing boats say Sydney harbour to me. Dry red inland says South Australia. So how does Queensland speak?
ReplyDeleteI think it is the extreme lushness of the vegetation that says Queensland to me as well as the heat and humidity that goes with it.
What a beautiful photo.
ReplyDeleteI love the sunlight caught on the side of the boats in the distance.