Postcards from Australia: Mooloolaba

Reblogged from Notes from Africa | photoblog: This is a guest post by Willie for the Notes from Africa Photoblog. During December 2011 I went to Australia to attend a forestry conference. After spending a couple of days in Sydney, I flew to Canberra to start the pre-conference tour – essentially a road trip between […]

Postcards from Australia: Melbourne

Reblogged from Notes from Africa | photoblog: This is a guest post by Willie for the Notes from Africa Photoblog. During December 2011 I went to Australia to attend a forestry conference. After spending a couple of days in Sydney, I flew to Canberra to start the pre-conference tour – essentially a road trip between […]

New Year’s Day beach walk

This is a guest post by Willie for Notes from Africa. Full of energy we planned to start the new year with a nice outdoor excursion.  Well, the original plan was to go “kloofing” (swimming/paddling) down through a long mountain river gorge. But too many other people had the same idea and so we (group of […]

Postcards from Australia: Landscapes

Reblogged from Notes from Africa | photoblog: This is a guest post by Willie for the Notes from Africa Photoblog. During December 2011 I went to Australia to attend a forestry conference. After spending a couple of days in Sydney, I flew to Canberra to start the pre-conference tour – essentially a road trip between […]

Under the sea

A guest post by Willie for Notes from Africa This song immediately came to mind while I was taking the photos. Days later I still cannot get this song out of my head. So you follow the link below at your own peril! The seaweed is always greener In somebody else’s lake You dream about […]

A flood of urchins

The Southern Cape has been having above average rainfall this year. The Langeberg mountains close to Witsand received three times as much rain as is usual for October. Heavy rains in mid-October caused the Breede River to flood, and the large amount of fresh water entering the sea at Witsand caused havoc in the Witsand […]

GPS Roulette: “Danger” is my middle name

A guest post by Willie for Notes from Africa GPS devices are amazing tools, but should not be trusted implicitly if used as a travelling aid. A healthy dose of common sense is still required when using this modern marvel, which has become such a big part of everyday life. Somebody I know tells the […]