This series of shots is simply to say that it was pleasantly warm and there has been quite recent rain. I am sure it is a very different place in the fierce heat of summer.
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 like looking at the cracks in the soil. It's certainly not as red in Lightning Ridge as out near Alice.
ReplyDeleteIt is not at all red in this part of the world. This pinkish grey colour.
DeleteOne would be hard-pressed to use the term "soil" ...
ReplyDeleteWell flowers are growing in it is must be soil in my mind.
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