Isn't this magical! Down below in the creek bed there are tumble down organ pipes and markings on the creek bed where other pipes have been worn down by glaciers or something. I didn't know this place existed and am enchanted by it.
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...
Ah, more basalt columns. They seem to pop up all over the ranges in NSW. To think that NSW was full of volcanic activity way back when.
ReplyDeleteI've seen this on another blog but can't remember whose. Its amazing.
ReplyDeleteYou're absolutely right - totally magical!
ReplyDeleteJust a few kilometers off the beaten track too.
This reminds me that I visited the Organ Pipes near Melb. long ago.
ReplyDeleteI'd forgotten all about that!
Truly amazing! There's no artist like nature.
ReplyDeleteRegarding your comment, I remember posting (at least) one photo of a tank of mine: http://oeirasdailyphoto.blogspot.pt/2011/12/tropical-rainforest-puddle.html