Given the state of my own wild gardens you would wonder at manicured gardens being among my favourite things. When it comes to garden displays it is hard to pass by Canberra's Floriade for a colourful photo.
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...
I only ventured around Floriade once, a few years back, and it was during the drought. I was bitterly disappointed. Much prefer a real garden to wander through.
ReplyDeleteWith Floriade you have to get your timing right, get there when the display is at its best which of course is a different time every year depending on the weather. It can be very disappointing if you go too early or too late.
DeleteThat said, I too prefer a real garden but none of them turn on quite the same photographic spectactular.
It is a magical garden but for only a short time
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