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! Love the contrasting red dots.
ReplyDeleteIt was nice for me to be able to show a formal garden for a change Jose.
DeleteI've really been enjoying the scenes you have been sharing.
ReplyDeleteThanks Susan.
DeleteIt is beautiful, but ... very orderly.
ReplyDeleteOrderly. As you know my garden(s) are wild and I love them but in my heart I think I like orderly I just know I can't achieve it.
DeleteI want one of them in my garden, I don't mean the roses.
ReplyDeleteYeh that's what I need to get an orderly garden! But I had a gardener once and he make is even less like my ideal.
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