Zebra on the plains

A Burchell's Zebra standing on the Addo plains. Wonder what he's looking at? A lurking lion perhaps?

Old Cars in PE on Pasella

https://youtube.googleapis.com/v/om1dICWGd2Q&source=udsThis week's Friday video post is another from the SABC 2 program Pasella. The insert featured Eben de Vos of the St Croix Motor Museum who showed the presenter (Dieter Voigt) three different vintage cars and took him out for a drive in them. The insert was shot in the museum, along Marine Drive on the … Continue reading Old Cars in PE on Pasella →

Addo waterhole scene

A couple of young bulls, part of a family group, at Hapoor Waterhole in the Addo Elephant National Park. If this doesn't want you to go to the park this weekend then I don't know what will.

Flowering succulent

By now I'm sure you all know that I do Geocaching. One of the things I like most about Geocaching is the fact that it takes one to places you may not otherwise have gone to or seen. Things you may never have discovered. On this occasion I was searching for a container at the … Continue reading Flowering succulent →

Anton Momberg’s Route 67 sculpture

Route 67 on the Donkin Reserve in Port Elizabeth has some really interesting art pieces ranging from real taxi's mounted on a wall to the 470 square meter Piazza Mosaic next to the Pyramid. Then there's also the Voting Line with Madiba's figure at the front standing under the tallest flag pole in South Africa sporting a … Continue reading Anton Momberg’s Route 67 sculpture →

The Goukamma River

On my way to Cape Town recently I decided to grab a couple of Geocaches, one of them a cache called Back Stab Bridge just west of Knysna. The cache was situated close to the turnoff to Buffels Bay next to the old road and took me to this beautiful spot. And that is where … Continue reading The Goukamma River →

Looking down the railway bridge

Standing in the middle of the Van Stadens Narrow Gauge Railway Bridge I snapped this picture looking down through a gap in the bridge

Schreiner House in Cradock

Olive Schreiner (24 March 1855 – 11 December 1920) was a world renown South African writer and is best remembered for her novel The Story of an African Farm which has been highly acclaimed ever since its first publication in 1883. She was born in Wittebergen and grew up Healdtown from the age of six. Between 1868 and 1870 … Continue reading Schreiner House in Cradock →

Addo’s Flightless Dungbeetle

The flightless dung beetle used to be found widespread in Southern Africa but these days is classified as a vulnerable species and only found in Addo Elephant National Park and a couple of other isolated spots. The beetle is strictly dependent on a number of vertebrates (particularly elephant and buffalo) and when these animals were shot … Continue reading Addo’s Flightless Dungbeetle →

Web patterns

Some little web critter living in a hole has decided to decorate the outside of his home. The pattern intrigued me as it takes the shape of a normal spiders web yet is flat on the pole with no linking strains. Interesting indeed. Found this while climbing up to The Point in Natures Valley.