I was surprised to have not seen many wattles in flower up north, their varieties must flower at a different time of year. They cheer cold winter days down south.
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...
Apparently there are hundreds of varieties of wattle flowering at different times of the year. It has ben said that there is wattle flowering somewhere in Australia every month of the year.
ReplyDeleteIn one of my blogs I recorded how many varieties there are in Australia. It was an astounding number. And yes they do flower at all different times not just in Spring (or winter as they do around these parts)
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