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- Why live in Joburg?
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- An autumn day in Central Berg
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- Why live in Joburg?
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- Promenade mornings.
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- After the floods: adventure race contestants in Bontebok National Park, Overberg, Western Cape.
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- Somerset Girt Farm in Swellendam. Heaven on Earth
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- Iconic Table Mountain.
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- Magic hour.
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- Rhinoceros, Sea Point Promenade, Cape Town.
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- The early morning sunrise ‘MistDefying’ over the lovely Buffelspoort Dam.
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- The early morning sunrise ‘MistDefying’ over the lovely Buffelspoort Dam.
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- Early morning walk with Frida, Graskop Mpumalanga.
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- Red Sky At Night is a Sailors Delight
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- Fishing Sunrise.
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- Aela only has eyes for the ball! Scarborough.
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- Clear water & kelp at St Helena Bay.
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- Sunset at Lamberts Bay.
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- Great wall of China.
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- Mobile fastfood (Sea Point).
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- Dichotomy of Regrowth. Beautiful green growth flanked by the slow post-fire recovery on a clear Cape Town morning…
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- The Sunset in Norwood, Johannesburg on Sunday 02 May 2021. Taken at 17:28 with my Canon PowerShot SX50 HS camera.
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- Sunset in all its’ African glory – Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park 03/05/2021.
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- Early morning rainbow on Bushmans beach.
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- Along the B1 highway, Namibia.
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- The highveld sky was showing off with streaked clouds this past week. A small reminder that as nature perseveres, so can our beautiful country.
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- After the rains in the Overberg.
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- Our Table Mountain.
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- 2021.05.09 Durban beachfront, Sunday 7h00. Another glorious autumn morn. Calm. Tranquil. Cool.
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- Hard at work.
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- Spectacular sunset 4 May, Jozi city centre.
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- Mountain View.
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- Sunset over Groot Brak River.
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- Autumn skies over Britannia Bay!
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- “Red sky at night…” Glen Cairn – Cape.
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- Wavecrest, Wild Coast, Eastern Cape.
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- Early morning mist at the Mfihlelo (or Secret) Waterfall, Wild Coast, Pondoland. Worldwide there are only 20 or so waterfalls that fall directly into the sea. Three of them are found on this section of the Wild Coast.
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- First light before a chilly dip in Fish Hoek, Cape Town.
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- First light before a chilly dip in Fish Hoek, Cape Town.
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- Homeward bound.
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- Above Kirstenbosch.
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- Rainbow over the sea near Salt Rock.
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- A view of Pretoria from Brooklyn House, just after sunset.
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- Bloubergstrand.
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- Broad walk across Umhlanga Lagoon.
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- Sunset in the Waterburg.
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- A streak of light, a streak of night! Cape Town 10 May 2021.
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- Inside Bosjes Chapel.
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- Descent into Kalk bay – the ocean is a lake.
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- Seapoint promenade during lockdown
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- Goliath Heron spotted in the Umhlanga Nature Reserve.
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