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...
Looks like Happy Hour, that is what we call the 5:00 pm walk on the beach.
ReplyDeleteActually I am not sure what time it is. I checked the photo info and it says 10:45PM sl clearly that is wrong ... must have missed setting up something on the camera.
ReplyDeleteBut regardless of the time any hour spent on the beach is usually a happy one.
I can smell the sea - it's always such a lift to be beside water :D)
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