There is some great art on the walls of Cape Town. Here are some I found today. As I find more I will add them. More murals here.
This one is a cheat. I actually saw it in Riviersonderend.
Author: Richard Hayes
I went for a walk this morning and found pictures of some really interesting architecture.
There a more pictures here.
Art Deco really moves me. I love it.
But Cape Town is not limited to just Art Deco. What would you call this? Faux Victorian?
Dunno but it is fun
Taken in Nieuwoudtville and Augrabies.
Some friends and I walked the Klipspringer Hiking Trail in the Augrabies National Park. Rated as Moderate to Difficult, it is well worth the effort. A magnificent trail. Here are some photographs of the trail.
The sentinal, watching over the hikers
Looking back
The trail ahead.
Flowers
Wind erosion
Arrow Point
Arrow Point again
Fish Eagle Hut – end of Day 1
Cooking fire
Day 2 — Down to the Orange River. Probably the hardest part of the trip, but certainly the most beautiful
The trail ahead.
And more trail ahead.
The Orange / Gariep River in its gentle phase.
Leopard foot print (spoor).
Follow the river.
Turning point. Turn away from the river and back into the heat.
The hot river bed.
Berghut and the end of the second day.
Day Three
Looking back on the Swart Rante (Black Ridges)
Quiver Tree and a sociable weavers nest.
Moon Rock. Nearly the end of the trail.
If you like trail and a challenge, this one is for you.
On our way way to Augrabies we stopped off to visit a petroglyph site just outside Kenhardt. Amanda made contact with Elma a very enthusiastic woman who agreed to take us out to view the petraglyphs.
There had been a bit of rain and so the flowers of region had started to blossom. Especially beautiful were the Gouwsblomme.
The petroglyphs were clustered on one side of a hill or kopie as it is known in Afrikaans. This is part of that kopie.
What follows is a collection of the pictures I took of the pectroglyphs.
This one is fascinating in that there are seven toes on what looks like an animal footprint.
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Bontebok Park
Some other pictures we took on our trip through Bontebok National Park
Ericas
Chalets are luxurious but not very well insulated.
Southern Tchagra
Jackie Hangman aka Southern Fiskal
Cape Sparrow in the evening sun.
We went to the Bontebok National park to do some astro-photography. The park is small but beautiful.
Bontebok Park website is here:
There were some clouds early in the evening which cleared up and by 2 am the stars were gorgeous.
Sunset. Clouds to ruin the “seeing”. Nice pictures though.
10 pm. Still clouds but they do add some interest.
2 am and the camera is out of focus. Pictures are still pretty good though.
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Random Photographs
Just a random selection of photographs from here and there.
Dragon fly
Music in the Park
Just a random selection of photographs from here and there.
Dragon fly
Music in the Park
Moody Moon in the clouds
Pigs Ear flower
IMG_0906Tok Tokkie Beetle
Mimosa Thorn Bush
Stilt
Praying Mantis
Moody Moon in the clouds
Pigs Ear flower
Tok Tokkie Beetle
Mimosa Thorn Bush
Stilt
Praying Mantis
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Greyton McGregor Hike
With some friends, I did the Greyton McGregor hike. It was incredibly beautiful and incredibly hot. Join me in a short trip up the Riviersonderned Mountains.
The group.
Here I am looking fresh and enthusiastic.
Greyton in the distance
The paths are good, but narrow.
The Waterfall from above. You can see people walking the ridge above the waterfall.
Strata along the historic trail. The layer in front of the lady is a 2 cm thick ash layer, laid down millions of years ago during an enormous volcanic eruption.
Unidentified plants. Strange but beautiful
The end point
Flower along the route.
A black eagle. It was at least 500 m away and so the picture is pixilated, but it is a huge creature.
There is a video of the waterfall on YouTube:
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Firelight
GIF of a fire at night.
