Want to come eyeball to eyeball with a Cape Vulture? Visit Oribi Gorge’s vulture viewing hide on Kwa Zulu Natal’s South Coast. Although not as cute as the tiny Pearl Spotted Owlet or the endearing penguins in Simonstown, Vultures have their own special magic. I’ve...
An Owl of a weekend – that’s the only way I can describe this past weekend. With great sightings of Marsh Owls along with a good few Pearl Spotted Owls as well as an unsuccessful search for a White-Faced Owl, I just had to say this was a weekend of owls. Our weekend...
I’ve always had a love affair with the ocean. First, it was swimming as a young girl with my dad to backline way past the other bathers. Only once did we get into trouble when lifeguards had to haul us out. It was more embarrassing than frightening. Then it was...
Visiting the charming suburb Glebe in Sydney is worth it. In fact you will probably want to make it two or more visits!! I did. Glebe is one of Sydney’s oldest suburbs dating back to the 1820’s. It has over 20 heritage-listed buildings, including rows of 19th...
One of the first birds I saw when I visited Devan in Sydney last year was a flock of Rainbow Lorikeets. I labeled them ‘Our Noisy Neighbours” as they screeched and chattered while I enjoyed my early morning coffee. It’s easy to see why they're called ‘rainbow’...
Makuleke's Boabab Hill Bush Lodge was our home for 5 whole days. We were able to explore every nook and cranny in this magnificent wilderness. The game vehicle provided along with a guide took us along all the alluring dust roads branching off the main road where...