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Firing of the VOC Canon outside The Posthuys, Muizenberg, at 12noon on the 8th of August, 2021, to commemorate the 226th year anniversary of the Battle of Muizenberg (1795).
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Lions of the Pilansberg.
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Lions of the Pilansberg.
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A Magic Moment in Cape Town.
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Namaqua National Park.
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Hanging out. Leopard cub in a Camelthorn Tree – Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park.
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Pale Chanting Goshawk imm seen at Mpophomeni, KZN.
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Skukuza sunrise.
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Canola fields, Western Cape
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Kings Blockhouse
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Perfect start to the day!
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Is it just a coincidence that in a holy town on the Ganges River, even the wildlife is always zenned out? Take a leaf out of the Grey Langur’s book and chill.
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Two tawny eagles sharing the view. Kgalagadi Park.
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Promises of better things to come – Victoria Falls.
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Here are 2 baboons photo bombing a kudu “selfie“.
Taken by a camera trap in my garden near Nelspruit.
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Promenade magic
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An icy winter’s day on a visit to the farm Platberg, near Noupoort in the Karoo.
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Gautrain, Sandton – into the bowels of the earth…
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Greater Double-Collared Sunbird; Swellendam.
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Rain below, not above here! (Skies over JHB enroute to Upington recently).
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Ravensberg Avenue, Newlands.
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Exceptionally bright moon. Ballito, KwaZulu-Natal.
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Unusual clouds over Table Mountain at sunset.
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Moody weather. Thessen Island, Knysna.
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Die Watergat in Rawesonville.
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Seapoint
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Sunrise at Albert Falls in KZN.
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A place to recharge the soul in the middle of Century City, Cape Town.
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Sunset over Hluhluwe River, Hluhluwe Game Park.
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Floristic Fireworks. Leucospermum sp. Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens.
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All my ducks in a row. Photographed in Green Point Park.
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Waiting for the whale watching season in Hermanus.
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West Coast twilight/Sunset – Veldrift.
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Perfect rainbow over False Bay taken from Cairnside Glencairn on July 1st.
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Baobab Splendour
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As the Canola begins to flower we are going to see plenty of cameras in the canola. Meerdendal Farm, Durbanville.
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Gulls a gathering. Yserfontein, West Coast.
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Get ready for another spectacular W Cape flower season, Sunset Beach Cape Town September 2020.
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What … they stole the Boulders ? Penguin comes ashore on Sunset Beach Cape Town.
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The new green Chicken roost being tried out. Babylonstoren, Simondium Wester Cape.
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SS Thomas T. Tucker shipwreck Cape Point National Park. The so-called liberty ship, built by the United States during World War II to carry troops and weapons, wrecked on these rocks in 1942, as she was sailing close to the Cape Point coastline in an attempt to avoid detection by German U-boats. The foggy weather made for difficult navigation, and believing they were close to Robben Island, the entire crew ran the ship ashore and safety, unaware of the distance from Robben Island, leaving the large cargo ship behind to ultimately meet her demise.
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Halleria lucida bounty Mtunzini.
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Long Beach, Kommetjie.
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A tree in the evening.
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Views from the Protea gardens at Kirstenbosch yesterday.
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Early morning reflections in Greyton.
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African Sunset – Camps Bay.
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Horison game. A Cheetah hunts game at Tiger Canyon while the Zebra observe from a distance.
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Inquisitive avian friend. Kgalagadi National Park.