Okay I know I have already mentioned the mountains but I have to say they are getting even nicer. Queensland's highest mountain Mount Bartel Frere is around here somewhere.
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...
I just had a look at the last 20 photos or so and I find it always amazing how different the landscapes are that show up in your blog. From exotic palm trees and reefs to "oh, that could be here".
ReplyDeleteAlways interesting.
When I have visited Europe it has mostly been in the cities, I would love to go back one day and see the countryside. For the next few weeks I don't there there will be a lot of "oh, that could be here" scenery for you. In fact, most of it is nothing like even where I live.
DeleteI love this shot. The contrast and composition works so well.
ReplyDeleteThanks Vicki. This was a shot grabbed through the car window on the run but probably when we were held up at yet another lot of road works because the foreground is not blurred. I was always looking for a chance to get a shot of the mountains and cane fields because I loved them so much.
DeleteOne that is on my list to climb.
ReplyDeleteClimb!! Not for me... if there is not driving track then I don't see the view from the top of mountains.
Deletegreat photo. I also love your snap shots from the car as you instantly see a scene and snap it.
ReplyDeleteI find the big mirrors on the new car a nuisance grabbing snapshots on the move. I used to be able to shoot in a forward direction but now I can only shoot straight out the window so have to sort of guess when the image is going to fly by.
DeleteI've walked the Mt Bartle Frere trail - for about 50 metres until it got too boggy with wild pig hoof prints everywhere!!! But still ...
ReplyDeleteErk. Maybe that will change Peter's (above) plans.
DeleteI was amazed at how close the Great Dividing Range gets to the coast the further north you go. We criss crossed over the range quite a lot. It makes for beautiful scenery.
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