We had to find a 'big thing' sometime. We're at Bowen. Bowen mangos are like Gayndah oranges, Stanthorpe apples and Kingaroy peanuts ... almost everyone in Queensland has heard of them.
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...
Oh wow, that is BIG!!!!
ReplyDeleteAlso Love your shots of the last few days, that jumping silhouette is a prize winner.
Thanks Peter. The solhouette was a chance capture which pleased me a lot.
DeleteBig it is! :-)
ReplyDeleteAt least this big thing was nice and clean and well kept, so many of them fall into disrepair after a year or two.
DeleteMy husband enjoyed the frozen mango that they sell there.
mmmmm....I love mangoes.
ReplyDeleteI'd eat them every day if I could.
But if I eat too many I get hives!
And I can't believe I haven't had any since I got here - Boiled Peanuts.
ReplyDeleteI forgot about them!
I'll have to get off to the old Bettie Bros fruit shop for a bag tomorrow.
It actually looks like it's been cleaned up since the last time we were there a few years ago - Bowen is our nemesis. The only 2 times we've stayed there, there's been a massive unseasonal deluge!
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