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Black Rhino, somewhere in Africa.
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Fishing ”after hours” in the Strand
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A picture of our beautiful Swiss Shepherd with the Mdumbi bay in the background
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Sunset near Loxton, Northern Cape
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Autumn walk Graskop
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A farm near Dullstroom.
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This 142-year-old cottage at Red Stone Hills outside Calitzdorp, sits proudly under a beautiful sunset.
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Guess who’s watching! Tidal Pool, Cape Agulhas, 1.iv.2021
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Easter 2021. Strand Beach, April 3rd.
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Keep the milk cool.
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Kruger park March 17th – Zebra hunting
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Tranquil evening view of subsiding flood waters, Nsumo Pan in Mkhuze Game Reserve
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Watching you!
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Boys in their boxcarts
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Bald ibis family.
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Sunset at Tinswalo, Chapmans Peak, Cape Town. 5 April 2021.
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A young male leopard at Singita, Castleton, in Mpumalanga at about 10 am.
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Vygeboom Dam, Durbanville WC.
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This is my Cape Town.
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Brunsvigia bulb explosion in Nieuwoudtville.
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Dawn breaks in the quiver tree forest near Nieuwoudtville.
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Curlew Sandpiper in near full breeding plumage on the beautiful marsh at Geelbek in the West Coast National Park ( March 2021).
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Morning at Woodhead Dam, Table Mountain.
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Cedarberg sunset.
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Carpe Diem. This is Jade Morey who did some Aerial dancing for me while her dad Peter, sprayed water on her.
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Baby baboon KNP.
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And where’s my treat? Fick’s Pool, Hermanus.
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Sea Point Promenade winding down for the night.
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A gem… Simon’s Town Harbour.
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Red samphire fields, Kleinriver lagoon, Hermanus.
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The Endless Summer. Sunrise in Kalk Bay.
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Curlew Sandpiper in near full breeding plumage on the beautiful marsh at Geelbek in the West Coast National Park ( March 2021).
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Protea, king in the wild (Kleinmond, Overberg).