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Whale Coast

Seeing we still had to sort out some administrative stuff for the truck, we left the Belville workshop in the last week of October, sorted out (part of) our stuff near Somerset West and headed towards...

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Oct 2, 2020

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Cape Point lighthouse

Seeing we were in Cape Town for an undetermined time, we spent some more time with my sister and the family. Besides the occasional braai, she invited us to go and explore Cape Point National Park , p...

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Sep 17, 2020

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Of penguins and vineyards

When in Cape Town do what the Capetonians do: wine tasting and sight seeing. And that’s exactly what we did, plus more. One day we went for a drive into wine country and made a stop at Elgin Railway M...

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Sep 12, 2020

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West Coast R&R

After our Cederberg adventure, our first morning on the West Coast came bright and sunny, be it still very cold. We took a walk on the beach, grabbed a couple of mussels and had a mid morning mussel-b...

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Sep 8, 2020

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Flying over the South Pole

Our two sons have been living in Australia since May 2010 and January 2011 respectively. That implies of course that we have been flying many times between South Africa and Australia. The outbound fli...

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Jan 16, 2020

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Fremantle

During our 2020 Perth family visit we went discovering on our own and took a ride to the coastal town Fremantle – or Freo as the locals love to call their town. After parking the car, we strolled to w...

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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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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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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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Coastal Trip Noosa to Sydney

Two of our three children live in Australia, so we’ve been to the Land Down Under a few times so far. On our 2018 visit we decided to get a first taste of the east coast. Seeing we knew someone in Noo...

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Feb 1, 2018

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Retired and with our family spread around the world, we decided to get out of here and hit the road to see more of this amazing planet! Feel free to browse our photos, read our stories, and follow us on our travels.

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