After spending the weekend with the family in Richards Bay, Sharon and I advanced on the iMfolozi gate with the newest addition to our family safely strapped into her car seat. Although we’d done a few weekend trips to places such as Underberg and Tala, this was to be our first family holiday with Emma. …
With Friday being my birthday we decided to head to Imfolozi for a weekend in the bush. Why I didn’t take the Friday off I’m not sure? None the less, Sharon picked me up from the office at around 3:30pm and we began the journey to the gate. After fighting through the Friday afternoon traffic …
Amazingly the Wild Bird Trust asked me to publish a gallery of my bird photography on their website. As such the weekend was spent choosing a handful of my birding photos and publishing them to a small gallery. Then an amazing thing happened, National Geographic saw my gallery and chose one of my photos for their top 25 …
After the heavy snows that preceded Woman’s Day a good friend of mine, Steve, took to the sky in order to re-take the famous “Beach to Berg” photo. This image was originally made famous by the late John Hone who sadly passed away recently. Steve’s new image was taken with the permission of, and in …
Sharon and I jumped out of bed like eager kids on Christmas morning. After freshening up we climbed into the car and headed over to my mom’s house where we had a quick breakfast and then got down to opening presents. Sharon spoiled me immensely with a beautiful telescope for our trip to Mkhuze. Sadly …
Sharon and I got off to our usual early start as we headed for Ithala Game Reserve in northern KwaZulu-Natal. We headed north on the N2 until we were driving along the shore of Jozini Dam; this was after all the best possible route according to my Garmin. We then made a left and suddenly …
The long awaited Pilanesberg trip finally arrived and even Thursday night’s packing seemed exciting…well, at first anyway. After having packed the majority of Sharon’s and my kit into the trailer my mom finally arrived with her kit. FAIL! I’m not entirely sure that a bedside lamp (including lampshade) was necessary, but we eventually managed to …
Christmas started at the usual 6am for us despite having not set an alarm. Sharon gave me a minor tongue lashing since I made her make me a cup of coffee before allowing her to open her gifts. Lesson learned; don’t get between Sharon and her presents. I’m not sure quite how it happened but …
After months of waiting our weekend to Itaga finally arrived. The camera batteries were charged and the lenses packed…oh, and I think I took some clothes too. I shook Sharon awake at 4:45am after the normal poor night’s sleep which seems to go hand in hand with travelling. Surprisingly there was no, “Why are you …
Although it had rained for most of Saturday, and was still overcast on Sunday morning, I decided I needed an outing; So Sharon and I picked up my mom and we headed for Tala Game Reserve. All was looking good until we were nearing the gate when, suddenly, the heavens opened up and the rain …