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Pilanesberg

Nearing the end of February and still not “free” of Gauteng, we got out of there again and took a drive to Pilanesberg National Park . We booked for three nights at the Manyane Campsite , which is sit...

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Feb 19, 2020

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Trokkie's Maiden Trip

When we came back from family visit and traveling in Australia – January 2020 – we knew we had about four weeks time to get Trokkie ready for our first road trip: our daughter Erika, husband Pat and t...

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Feb 3, 2020

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Perth

After the first part of our 2019 – 2020 family holiday and a flight hampered by smoke from the bush fires on the East side of the country, we arrived in Perth and were greeted with hugs and balloons a...

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Jan 16, 2020

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Noosa Christmas Trip

From the onset of our 2019-2020 holiday in Oz, we knew that Peter and Jacinta and baby Louis wanted to go to Noosa in Queensland for a Christmas Holiday break with family at the East Coast. Although o...

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Dec 18, 2019

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Outback Uluru Road trip

A year or two ago, while in Australia visiting kids and grandkids, we read somewhere an article promoting “Field of Lights” at Uluru (Ayers Rock), an installation of British artist Bruce Munro … , on ...

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Dec 1, 2019

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Rock art road trip

In December 2018, Erika and family visited South Africa for the first time after their move to Jamaica. Christmas is the magic time and having missed out on the festive season with the family in 2017,...

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Dec 1, 2018

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Jamaica

In June 2017 daughter Erika and her family moved to Jamaica for a new job (husband Pat) and adventure (the whole family) so we had a new holiday destination. In August 2018 we jumped on a plane to see...

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Aug 1, 2018

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South Africa and Lesotho

One of the places to visit that has been on our bucket list for a long time is Lesotho , a small independent country surrounded by South Africa. Not only did we want to take on the renowned Sani Pass,...

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Jun 1, 2018

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Durban South Coast

Another trip to Kwazulu Natal, saw us going south to see the Red Desert, the Mpenjati Nature Reserve and the Oribi Gorge. Day 1 A drive of just under 2 hours brought us to Port Edward, location of the...

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May 1, 2018

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Kosi Bay and St Lucia

Although we have visited the Kwa Zulu Natal North Coast many moons ago when we first arrived in South Africa... it had been a really long time. Now we wanted to go back for two specific destinations: ...

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Apr 1, 2018

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Walvis Bay

Although we have lived in South Africa for almost 40 years, we have never been able to go to Namibia … until now. Our best friends were spending time in Walvis Bay , so … catching a plane to Walvis wa...

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Mar 1, 2018

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Victoria Falls

One of the iconic tourist destinations in Southern Africa are the Victoria Falls on the Zimbabwe / Zambia border. Being just an hour and 30 minutes flight away from Johannesburg, it’s a perfect (long)...

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