Karoo

Pretoria

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Post published:March 31, 2024
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I am not sure what the real reason is why I like Pretoria. Is it because it reminds me of the Kruger National Park where you see exotic birds and trees everywhere and sleep in a rest camp (in Pretoria it is called your suburb) behind electric fences with the wilderness outside? Or is it the great weather or having the luxuries of a city while still having a more town-like feeling to it - some people from Pretoria still say they are going to the “dorp” (village) for shopping! Or is it because it is called the jacaranda city?…

2022 Spring Tour

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Post published:November 19, 2022
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This year we did another trip to the Kruger National Park. We did not intend to visit this soon again after last year, but I have joined the SANParks Honorary Rangers since then, and this year was a golden opportunity to attend their annual Indaba in Skukuza. We also visited my son in Pretoria and joined some friends, on our way to the Kruger, at the Pyramid Airfield near Barberton. We've seen new places like Kaapsehoop in Mpumalanga and we've done a number of behind the scenes tours in Skukuza like visiting the herbarium, where tens of thousands of plant,…

Gaboon Viper

Klein-Kariba

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Post published:April 1, 2022
Post category:2021 Autumn
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Evil or death is more difficult to find than you may think. Even if you know it is present, you struggle to identify it. But you can feel its presence in the air - it makes your skin crawl and your hair stand on end. You know it is there. BUT WHERE?! Anette and I arrive at our son's place in Edenvale, Johannesburg. Tomorrow is his 29th birthday. We have been looking forward to celebrate it with him. He has been living in Joburg for 16 months now and it is a very special day for us. He suggests we…

Reunion Hall, Grey College

Bloemfontein

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Post published:December 23, 2021
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We depart just before sunrise from Stellenbosch. This is the way my dad did it when I was still a young boy. Early in the morning on the road - the excitement of being awake before others, sitting in a packed car on top of spare blankets and our feet on boxes filled with biscuits and rusks for the road. I have a trailer and we are only two in the car, so there is no need for sitting with our knees next to our ears like in my younger days, but the air of excitement is still the same…