Fraser Island - Lake McKenzie

As we approached the Lake the tour guide said, perhaps you have seen postcards of a beautiful blue lake fringed with white sands. It's not like that at the moment. We've had so much rain over the past few months the water level is high and covering the sand and runnoff and vegetation has tainted the crystal clear water to a murky green.

And so our day ended with disappointment. Here is what I hoped to see

And in case you are wondering, we didn't see any dingos (native dogs) either. After one of them killed a child some years ago they were extensively culled so sightings are more rare these days.

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Listening to the stars

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.

Royal Hotel - Ganman

And I wrap up this trip with the Royal Hotel at Ganman.

Larras Lee

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...

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