We decided to stay a couple of nights at a favourite campsite by the Murumbidgee River and nestled between the wonderful old wooden bridges at Gundagai.
I am hopeless at taking iPhone photos, that's my finger in the shot.
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
Apart from the finger it is a good shot. Those old bridges full of texture and interest.
ReplyDeleteAnd at Gundagai this are such a big length of them and two .. one for the rail and one for the road.
DeleteThe way I scrolled the page your finger didn't show, so I was wondering what you were talking about.
ReplyDeleteYou can crop quite easily on your phone before posting.
With or without the finger it is a fantastic shot of the bridge.
Oh yes I could have cropped but that would have cut the bridge off a bit and the finger was more fun :-)
DeleteThe Gundagai bridge must have been so impressive in its time. It is a pity it is now not being maintained.
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