South Africa/Africa Forum PICTURE Thread! (contains some BIG pics)

perhaps · 08-05-2002, 05:07 AM

Ok, so *I* have NO pictures (being in Canada and all

) but I want to see YOUR pictures from South Africa/Africa!!!!!!!

Please?

matnus · 08-05-2002, 06:44 AM

yeah scenery, wildlife...general things, not necessarily of yourself

Raphael · 08-05-2002, 06:47 AM

LOL I'll scan in some nice ones later. But here are some that I've posted once before in GP.

This is Loteni Nature Reserve. My mothers family were the first people to settle there who weren't San (bushmen). This was cattle farming land and is now Nature Reserve

Raphael · 08-05-2002, 06:58 AM

This is the Ampitheatre at Royal Natal National park.

On the left is the Eastern Buttress, tucked away beind it is the Devil's Tooth. About quarter way in from the left is Rippon Falls.

On the right is the Sentinal, behind that is the Three Witches. To get on top from the sentinal side you have to climb a very high chain ladder.
A third of the way in from the left edge of the photo is Tugela Falls. The Tugela falls are the highest in Africa and the second highest in the world (Angel Falls in Venezuala are higher)

matnus · 08-05-2002, 07:00 AM

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Originally posted by Raphael
LOL I'll scan in some nice ones later. But here are some that I've posted once before in GP.

This is Loteni Nature Reserve. My mothers family were the first people to settle there who weren't San (bushmen). This was cattle farming land and is now Nature Reserve

nature reserve. what kind of wildlife is there? you are probably wild about our kangaroos, koalas and emus. similarly i'm fascinated by your lions, zebra, etc

Raphael · 08-05-2002, 07:00 AM

A photo from sorta the middle looking at the side of the Eastern Buttress. The spikey bit is Devils Tooth.

Raphael · 08-05-2002, 07:07 AM

Well there no lion there. The only place there are really still lion in Natal is in the Hluhluwe Umfolozi Park.

Though there is talk of them opening up a BIG game park about 10 minutes from where I live and restocking it with rhino and lion etc. there are still leopard around, but they see you, you don't see them.

In the Loteni Nature REserve there are leopard, baboon, reedbuck, duiker, eland, the herd of Zebra isn't doing too well.

This photo of a herd of Zebra is taken from Thurlow Game Park, on the edge of Midmar dam. This is literally a 15 minute drive from my house (about half an hour on bicycle)

Charismaniac · 08-05-2002, 04:53 PM

Dude, did you ever go to Windy Ridge Game Park, they got rhino's there. You ever go to Shakaland, great as a turist atraction, but personally im a city boy, ill stick to beach bum plankriders and bikini babes if you dont mind

Raphael · 08-06-2002, 01:10 AM

I haven't been to Windy Ridge. But I have been to Shaka's village (Std 4 School Trip) Also to St'Lucia.

I'm not a fan of the city (Durbs is nice, and I was there nearly every day for three years, Technikon, but my favorite place is on top of the burg.)

Charismaniac · 08-06-2002, 02:47 AM

The nearest i ever got to the Burg was Mooi River, i just never got round to doing any of that mountaineering stuff, i probably wouldve enjoyed it though.

You know that Shakaland trip, i also went in the 6th grade (std 4) funny how schools are so alike.

anyways, bcyinya

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Raphael · 08-06-2002, 03:04 AM

LOL most likely cause thats what we studied in std 4 history (Shaka)

hmmm that was about 12 years ago....I'm getting old waaaahh...sorry

Raphael · 08-06-2002, 03:46 AM

I just realised that the photo of Devil's tooth and the Eastern Buttress didn't attach

Here it is

Raphael · 08-06-2002, 03:48 AM

And here's one of the Tugela Falls

Raphael · 08-06-2002, 03:55 AM

I'm not sure where in the berg this is, but I love this picture.

The stuff that looks like white water on a really really rough ocean at the bottom of the picture is cloud.

nix · 08-07-2002, 05:01 AM

mmmmmmm..... I'll post some when I can :ksmile: