OK I might be overdoing it - I guess you get the message, it was green as grass out there. The landscape is also dominated by the most marvellous rocky mountains.
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...
No, would never get tired of looking at that beautiful scenery. I love the layers in this photo :D)
ReplyDeleteI wish I had got a better shot of the mountains. They have the most interesting pagoda rock formations but I was photographing from a moving car so not so easy to get a good photo.
DeleteIt's gorgeous. It's not often we see it that green.
ReplyDeleteIt can be green like this in the Spring too. It's just that we have had a prolonged dry spell so the contrast is greater.
DeleteLove this photo.
ReplyDeleteI always love the ones you take that make me feel like I could walk into them.
What constitutes a photo like that I'm not sure - it's just the vibe of the thing.