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The road is straight and land is dry. It is the dry season but they apparently had a dry wet season so people are beginning to worry about drought again out here.
As we push further west the trees give way to grasslands.
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 increase in his land to 300 acres. William developed a r
Love the top photo. It looks like an oil painting.
ReplyDeleteI liked it too. So even though it is just another photo of trees I figured it was worth posting it.
DeleteI only had the conversation about drought 2 days ago, saying we must be reaching that part of the cycle again :(
ReplyDeleteDrought has apparently come around a little faster than expected.
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