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...
"To muse, to creep, to halt at will, to gaze ... such sweet wayfaring"
William Wordsworth
I was just looking on Poof this week at a couple of photos of Mt Kaputar.
ReplyDeleteIt's such a lovely sight when travelling along that road.
http://poofanditsgone.blogspot.com.au/2010/07/winter-tuesday-12.html
Yes it is. It's been a long time since I have travelled the Newell so it was quite forgotten to me.
DeleteSawn Rocks is such a cool rock spot, and Mt Kaputar NP stunning! I wish I was there with you :D
ReplyDeleteYes really cool. As today's post shows.
DeleteCanola fields are (IMO) essentially boring. Nothing can compare with a field of ready to strip wheat.
ReplyDeleteI like ce it. and I loves fields of wheat. But one of the crops I really enjoy is peanuts which are planted in red soil which contrasts beautifully with the green and is usually planted in contours rather than dead flat country. It's been a long time since I was last in Qld during peanut season so have no photos of it.
DeleteIt looks like a really beautiful place, especially with the yellow canola.
ReplyDeleteI really like the yellow blue combo. It works in the same way with gold n dry summer grass against blue mountains.
DeleteI love it too.
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