Well the city is of course all about movement and the street. So here's a week of what I saw.
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...
Beautiful trees - they provide a perfect backdrop to that scene.
ReplyDeleteA lovely photo, lots of movement. I like it in black and white :D)
And light and shade. You have it all in this photo.
ReplyDeleteIt was the trees that surprised me in this photo. I don't usually think of trees when I picture Martin Place in my mind's eye.
ReplyDeleteAnd of course, businessmen striding about is pretty much how it is in city.
I love street photography but it isn't easy or should I say comfortable
ReplyDeleteI just snap away regardless in the big city. I find it less comfortable in the mountains.
DeleteThey are getting bigger, those saplings. That would be the Reserve Bank, I guess.
ReplyDeleteYes Reserve Bank. I hadn't noticed the trees until I took this shot.
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