Kenya: Kilifi Countryside

Post by Willie for Notes from Africa On leaving for my first trip to Kenya I got the usual instructions from Lisa to take lots of photographs.  I travelled to the coastal area of Kenya and stayed and worked in and around the town of Kilifi.  I worked there with my good friend Colin, a […]

May the Wors be with you

With twelve public holidays annually, South Africa has one of the highest holiday counts in the world.  Besides a number of cultural and religious public holidays there are also some non-official days of celebration, which are strategically important for the psyche of the nation. Today is Braai Day.  That is braai as in barbecue, a time-honoured activity […]

Fishing with Mandela

Guest post by Willie A tall grey shadow has been cast over South Africa for almost a week now. South Africans have many emotions about the passing of one of the most iconic figures of our time.  When the massive display of grief on the passing of Nelson Mandela becomes a bit overpowering, it is […]

Not your everyday occupational hazard!

Hannah was first featured on this blog in a post called How Hannah got her Peanut “back”,  about her role in raising a baby rhino. Now she’s back to tell another personal story about the occupational hazards of working with wild animals in a game reserves, and the worries that she, as a Reserve Ecologist’s […]

Looking back – my favourite guest posts

I have been lucky to have several talented writers and photographers agree to write guest posts for Notes from Africa. As I had done a “looking back” post for my posts last year, I thought I’d do the same for my guest bloggers. Before beginning with my favourite guest posts though, I’d like to thank […]

Originally posted on 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…

Originally posted on 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

Originally posted on 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 […]