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Sunset at Agulhas National Park.
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Fields of Canola en route to Greyton.
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Above the Tugela Falls, August 16th 2021.
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Kruger National Park (Skukuza).
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As above so below.
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Trumpeter hornbill feeding on the figs Valley Drive Mtunzini.
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The Camphor Avenue in Kirstenbosch.
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Flower Power.
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Farm on the dam.
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Die hard beach goer.
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Great White Pelican waiting for a meal from a Bokkoms factory on Bokkoms Laan, Velddrift.
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Doing a Short Left gave us plenty of fabulous Roadside flowers to marvel at. Bergriver station Road, West Coast.
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Doing a Short Left gave us plenty of fabulous Roadside flowers to marvel at. Bergriver station Road, West Coast.
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Southern mullet (harders in Afrikaans) becoming bokkoms on Bokkoms Laan, Velddrift, West Coast.
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Hout Bay from Silvermine Nature Reserve.
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Retirement garden – a sight for sore eyes at Prestige Park in Pretoria.
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Hippo at the Olifants River, Kruger National Park.
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Kudu ewe, Kruger National Park.
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Hippos basking in warm winter sunshine, Kruger National Park.
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Gold.
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Klipdale Canola fields.
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Southern Ground Hornbill, Kruger Nation Park.
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Full Moon at Surfers Corner.
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Camping in the Cederberg.
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Fog in Keurboom Park, Rondebosch.
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What you looking at?
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Saddlebill stork feeding her chicks.
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Surfer at Strand beach in the last light. 17 August 2021.
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Kruger Magic.
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Fields of joy… Alpha Excelsior Guest Farm, Cederberg.
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Channel ownership, Okavango Delta
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Little tree looking pretty in pre-sunrise glow.
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A breastfeeding hyena in Skukuza.
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A Spring hike in Silvermine Reserve.
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Flower crossing in the West Coast National Park.
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Amazing skies before the cold front arrived – northern Cedarberg.
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Natalie’s critters.
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Natalie’s critters.
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Bude sea pool, Cornwall- the sun setting on Thursday 26th
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Karoo farm road after rain.
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Mug full!