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Fish Hoek awakening!
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Perfect symmetry at Sandrift, Cederberg.
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The stillness of the morning – Hermanus Golf Club.
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4 degrees of cool at Hartbeespoort Dam.
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Embracing life on the Back Table of Table Mountain alongside the original cable station used to transport materials for the building of five reservoirs more than a century ago.
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Winter view of the Umlalazi estuary, Mtunzini.
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African Skies at nDzuti Safari lodge
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Party at the Okaukuejo waterhole, Etosha.
Three rhino, of which one is their very small calf, two elephant, four giraffe, a fox, Venus and a shard of moon.
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Kruger park, lioness chased up a tree by Hyenas.
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A magnificent Kumoan Iris on the first hike afterlockdown, Dharamsala, India.
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Sunrise, Wilderness Heights.
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Swartberg Mountains.
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Autumn on the Greenbelt of Cape Town.
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African Mornings
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This gentle giant was captured on camera at isiMangaliso Wetland Park outside St Lucia.
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Marina da Gama tranquility.
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Cape Town covered in a blanket of mist…
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Cape Town covered in a blanket of mist…
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Bumble Bee at Amanzimtoti Bird Sanctuary
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A Perfect day. Somerset West Golf Club.
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This is my tree.
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Learning to be vigilant. 3 month old leopard cub, Mala Mala. 11 June 2021.
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Bush sunsets.
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On top of the World, Lanner Gorge.
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A winter swim in the mountains above McGregor.
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Colours. Muizenberg, Cape Town.
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Taken on Thursday 10 June 2021 between Rooiels and Gordons Bay, Western Cape
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Umhlanga Rocks Beach.
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Fisaasbos Tulbach
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Fisaasbos Tulbach
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Hippo Paradise Pafuri Kruger.
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Umhlanga lighthouse at Dawn.
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Woodstock Dam in KZN from a helicopter Wednesday 16 June 2021.
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This flower stole my heart in the Helderberg nature reserve in Somerset West. First walk in nature after recovering from Covid-19.