I know it is nearly summer now but when we were ending this trip it was still winter and the sight of bare trees had me feeling a little worried.
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...
Those 'white' branches make for a terrific shot. Beautiful wintery scene!
ReplyDeleteThey are all of course well an truly in leaf now. Our native forests are mostly evergreen so wintery scenes like this only happen where there are planted gardens.
DeleteWinter up north isn't like winter is it? That's why we like living there.
ReplyDeleteYes that is the nice thing about your part of the world. But the nice thing about my part of the world is that summer isn't like summer ... or at least not like one or your summers. I find them unbearable.
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