There are lots of waterfalls on mountain walks but this one on the track down the bottom of our street is one of my favourites.
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 increase in his land to 300 acres. William developed a r
At the bottom of your street!!!! wow !!! Its just beautiful.
ReplyDeleteYep the walk is South Lawson Park is quite a lovely one. It is about 1/2 km (I guess) down to the bottom of the Street, a 3km circuit with a not unreasonable amount of steps then the 1/2 km uphill back home - so takes quite a while to do the lot given my poor level of fitness. There is quite a variety of scenery from dry eucalypt forest at the top to rainforest below and four waterfalls.
DeleteIt is too long since I have done the walk so I must do it again one day ... but I am due to start work again on Monday.
Such a stunning waterfall. Running water is so hard to capture, but you've done it well.
ReplyDeleteBeginners luck on that one.
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