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- Early Morning in Ballito George Olivier
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- Kim Dröge sniffing out cosmos in Delta Park (Johannesburg)
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- The ebb and flow
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- We are family, kids ,sisters and me
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- Paradise … or lost? CREDIT (Photographer): Caryl de Krielen
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- ‘Southern nights’ CREDIT (Photographer): George M Momogos.
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- Sharing the pool Timbivati Chris Slabbert
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- Iconic Art Museum Cape Town – Zeitz MOCAA CREDIT: Janice Ashby
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- The beautiful Langeberg mountains CREDIT (Photographer): Jane Turner
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- Peter de Tolly
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- Street Art, Woodstock, Cape Town CREDIT: Peter Reber
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- Mossel River, Hermanus CREDIT (Photographer): Kathi Tarantal
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- Coconut Creek Florida USA Jill Katz
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- “Hold it!” African Hoverfly (Asarkina africana) about to visit a Shellbush flower (Ocimum labiatum). Sea Park, KZN south coast CREDIT (Photographer): Peter Vos
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- A lazy day in Kruger National Park CREDIT: Elindi van den Heever
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- What’s for lunch? Goshawk eating a mole snake in the Kgalagadi. CREDIT: Gill Malcolm
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- FLY ME TO THE MOON
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- “I won’t get out my baby brother’s bed until the rain stops!” Pepper on another miserable rainy day. Sea Park, KZN south coast CREDIT: Peter Vos
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- It’s a dogs life CREDIT:Molly O’Hagan Ward
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- Blown out tulip after the wind. CREDIT (Photographer): Lesley Caplan
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- Baptism ceremony in the Camps Bay Tidal Pool CREDIT: Chris von Ulmenstein
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- You want me to do what today? CREDIT: Horst Keil
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- Lily, rescue dog from Hungary now in Basel. Lily found with her mother, a Pekingese (DNA tested!) CREDIT: Natasha.
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- Cycling in the klein KarooCREDIT: Allan Duckworth.
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- Mom! CREDIT: Jon Gunning
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- Castle Vollrads – Rheingau/ Germany CREDIT: Beate Kleim
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- Dusk and our dogs. Strand beach. CREDIT (Photographer): Anneen Steyn-Durand
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- Beautiful mountain range between Worcester and Cape Town
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- Cosmos watching the Sunrise – Groot Constantia Vineyard CREDIT: Natalie Greatorex
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- Wildlife thriving in suburban Northcliff garden. Mongoose keeping snakes at bay! CREDIT: Angelica Pino
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- A greater kestrel takes to the air over Mpayathutlwa Pan, Mabuasehube in the eastern Kgalakgadi Transfrontier Park. CREDIT: Jacky du Plessis
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- Bungalow with solar panel. Spotted in Alfred Nzo District, Eastern Cape. CREDIT: Julie Cochrane
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- Blended: Dancer at the Brixton light Festival & Old Fire Tower in Troyeville CREDIT: Gabrielle Ozynski
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- Blended: Dancer at the Brixton light Festival & Old Fire Tower in Troyeville CREDIT: Gabrielle Ozynski
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- Captured raindrops. Golden Orb Spider, Hazyview Jackie Campbell
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- Tropical House Gecko, Sabie Park Jackie Campbell
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- A tender moment. We need more of these moments in our lives today. Sharlene Cathro.
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- Autumn is coming! Jenni Bessesen
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- Cosmos in the Eastern Free State CREDIT: Johan Colyn
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- Bathtime CREDIT: Barbara Lindop
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- Spring buds, natures amazing designs. Worcestershire UK CREDIT: Lesley Caplan
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- 2022.04.13 Durban , North Beach : After the terrible rain deluge : Sand artist : The rebuilding of KZN begins
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- Morning Chorus from a Rufous – Naped Lark CREDIT: Michael Nel
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- What I won’t do for my friends! Sunset Dam, Kruger National Park CREDIT:Alice Mölle
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- This picture was taken in the KRUGER National Park when we went for a night drive. The family was right by the road and all bundled up against the cold… what a sweet, tender moment indeed! Regards. Photo taken and submitted by: Christa Rossouw
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- Davies Pool in Onrus awaiting morning swimmers CREDIT: Kevin Farr
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- Simonstown yacht basin CREDIT: Brian Rainier
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- at the end of our swimming pool in the Groot Winterhoek Mountains, Western Cape.
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- Around the campfire, Boteti River, Maun
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- EARLY MORNING IN HOUT BAY CREDIT: MATTHEW EVANS
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- Sunset over the Helderberg 14 April 2022 Photographer Anne Sonnet
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- Taken on R45 Simondium
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