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Bitou Birding Festival – Kwendalo

A few quickies from Day 1 of the Bitou Birding Festival at the gorgeous Kwendalo, a perfect venue for #twitchers (and wannabes like me) to learn more about everything birding. Ringing, netting, bird calls, recording, photography, identification … this is accessible #birding at its very best. Great to meet Stephan

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Harkerville Forest Birds

This little scoundrel has been leading me a merry chase for the past few weeks, hurling constant #PietMyVrou abuse at me from the canopy around our #Harkerville Forest backyard. He got busy just after 5h30 this morning, and I finally tracked him down in one of the dry, ring-barked blackwoods.

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Boswa done …

Retro-fitting & branding all done on the #Boswa – great job by the crew from FAB Company & Mossel Bay 4×4 Fitment Centre. Thank you for the continued support, Tougher, Holdfast, INSTA360za & Cooper Tire. Can’t wait to explore the #Hardeveld region of Namaqua West Coast in a couple of

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Albida – Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe

First 24hrs at the new Albida – Victoria Falls development, soaking up the glorious #Zimbabwe scenery. The mighty Zambezi, the world’s most spectacular cascade, and authentic #africa at its very best. Good to see old friends, and spend time with a group of top #media pros Click here to view

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The new, classic ride …

It took a while to retro-fit this classic and get the build done, but damn … she’s turned out to be a purdy old girl! Bit of a drinking habit, for sure, but that’s all the more reason to slow life down along those less-travelled back roads. Thanks Mossel Bay

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Little Visitor

Little visitor this morning, in hopping good spirits after some outstanding rains here on the #GardenRoute This tiny amphibian is a Painted Reed Frog (Hyperolius marmoratus), showing its ghostly pale day-time colour morph. Although it’s not a true tree frog, it has adapted to use specialized adhesive toe pads –

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Our Forest …

Finding so many fantastic trees in our forest. Kamassie, bosvlier, Kaapse kwar, ysterhout, hardepeer, klip-els, stinkhout … and somehow their names just feel right in Afrikaans Dankie vir die foto, Hilana Marais – altyd lekker as jy kom kuier. Click here to view the pics  

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WoodOwl Yoga and Treatment Studio

I’ve been shooting some photos for Karyn‘s #WoodOwl Yoga and Treatment Studio, trying to capture the stillness and immersive spirituality of our little ‘peace of forest’. This is a glimpse of her feet, shot through a fringe of ferns, and with dappled light diffused by our wood-wide web. I’m slowly

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The handy e-book DIRT GUIDES focus on popular rides in all nine provinces, with up-to-date info and kickass pix.

It’s a users’ guide with no fluff on how to dress, or re-hashed nutrition tips. Instead, we aim to do one thing only: share info on the best trails in SA so YOU can ride your bike!ย