It's hard to go past the boar outside the hospital.
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...
Oh Grandma! What big teeth you have!
ReplyDeleteIt's the tusks not the teeth that would bother me.
DeleteSheesh.
ReplyDeleteEwww.
Has he got dribble coming out of his mouth?
I see from the website that you can put money in him. Must have to put into the mouth past that dribble.
DeleteSuch detail... down to the drool. :)
ReplyDeleteI thought it was fun to focus on the detail instead of the full animal though I do find him rather attractive in the whole too
DeleteWhat a great close-up shot!
ReplyDeleteIt is nice to have a fountain or two to show. We don't have a lot of them in the mountains. Our specialty is water falls.
DeleteI don't have any trouble going past this 'bore' ... this is an inspired collection.
ReplyDeleteHow can you say that. It is not plastic.
Deleteha ha only his Mum could love him :D)
ReplyDeleteHe seems to have a very shiny nose from being patted. Lots of people must love him.
DeleteLove this photo, I havent seen him up close only from the car.
ReplyDeleteHow could you not have taken a walk down Macquarie Street. I like it but then I go to the state library a lot because it offers a comfortable place to sit and work with power for my computer.
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