"To muse, to creep, to halt at will, to gaze ... such sweet wayfaring" William Wordsworth
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Royal Ingham
Royal Hotel, Ingham
I found Ingham to be an awkward town but I discovered its one saving grace.
And below is another contribution for the Royal Collection I received when I was away. Sent in by Anne a friend of Diane. Thank you Anne, sorry it has taken so long to post.
Aha that's Ann's home town. She is on holidays down the coast at the moment. Two more beauties for your collection. Haven't been to Ingham only passed through on a train.
In the morning we went out to see the radio telescope 20 or so kms out of town. On another wayfaring trip we visited the radio telescope at Parkes but this one is an array of dishes on a long track that can act like one big dish.
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...
Aha that's Ann's home town. She is on holidays down the coast at the moment. Two more beauties for your collection. Haven't been to Ingham only passed through on a train.
ReplyDeleteI am assuming you mean Childers is Anne's home town. We passed thru it towards the end of the trip ... I really liked it.
DeleteYes agree it is a funny town, frequently battered by cyclones. WOW 2 Royal hotels!
ReplyDeleteThe second Royal is in Childers not Ingham.
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