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Thanks Carol I agree totally.

Always room for more, Foxy! Thanks for your well wishes

It's not the rear that's lazy, mate Jax says hi

Thanks, billyf, it was getting a bit much I thought the UFO was quite good. Some Southerners wait their entire lives to get a pic like that!!

There must have been 40 or 50 butterflies around the 1 smallish bush which caught my eye, Trrp-trrtjie. I'm pleased the pics came out as well as they did.

The noise level really was astonishing, Petra, and I'm sure it could get quite tedious after being subjected to it for a while. Driving through it was lekker, though

Thanks so much, Grantmissy. The "vicious attack" portion of the title will be revealed within the next couple of days

Morning, VVV Thanks SO much for identifying the eagle, and correcting my ID of the bee-eater It's good to see that SOMEONE likes my UFO

A very real pleasure, Philip1

Much appreciated, hilda, and looking forward to meeting you at Val and Dungy's farewell!

Very kind, lq, and thank you

Thanks barry, and welcome

Day 2 – 27/11/2012

After having slept the sleep of the dead, occasionally disturbed by images of stink mouse dogs, after the LOOOONNNGGGG drive up to Punda, we woke up bright and early as we had another daunting trip ahead of us. It was the Forum’s birthday and, seeing as were Brownie team B, we were heading down to Satara to meet up with the Brownies!! (and driving back to Shing afterwards ) I forgot to mention that yesterday we bumped into Aat and his SO near the Shing restaurant and he told us about his series of pics he managed to get of the impala ewe giving birth. A truly magical experience, and we were quite jealous!!

We rolled out of camp at 4.45am, and 300 metres out of the gate were this boisterous lot



basking in the early morning sun was this fella



A few grey go-away birds cavorting on the tar (still think grey loerie sounds better, but maybe that’s just me)



A lone daggaboy



These beauties



About an hour into the trip, these 2 magnificent boys



And finally! (I thought they’d all packed up and run off), my first LBR for the trip



Spider’s nest which gave Jax the absolute willies!



And these 2 loners



About 2 kilometers before the Tropic of Capricorn I looked forward, and 200 metres in front of us, a leopard casually sauntering over the road!!! When we got to the point where she had crossed, she was staring back at us from some really thick and long grass about 10 metres in. As soon as I lifted the camera to try and get a pic of her, she bolted, so the following pic is affectionately titled “Leopard was here … honest!!”



Completely elated with the spotted kitty sighting, we stopped at Mopani to grab some padkos – biltong, water, coolies and the like – and I noticed the lake was looking really busy. And so it was – an Egyptian geese convention of serious note. This pic doesn’t show exactly how many birds there were, but I would estimate at least 1000! They were everywhere.



We didn’t stay in Mopani long as it’s 185 kilometres from Shing to Satara, and I wasn’t sure how long it would take us to get there. We’ll be back in Mopani in September 2013 with a lake view, and I can’t wait. Found these 2 ladies being graceful and elegant



This noisy little bugger decided to deliver his alarm call at full volume directly into my right ear as we drew alongside him and nearly gave me a heart attack. Jax, of course, thought it was very funny …



Gorgeous country this



And then mommy and babas, which just warmed the cockles of my still fast-beating heart



Day 2 continued shortly …

What a long drive............but really appreciated!!!..........

That leopard must have had a bad hair day..........only excuse I can think of why he wanted to run off!!!

...............Goodness gracious!!!!

Lovely sightings and pics. KNP is the place to be

Talking about and looking at the Spider’s nest, reminds me, while driving from Tamboti to Satara (H7) early mornings in May. You see thousands of nests with dew and the Sun shining on them, looking like a Fairyland