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Dear Avon,

Many thanks and great pics and account! Would you (and any others) be prepared to share your flood pics with me, as I am putting together a digital archive of this flood as I did with 2000, for future generations. I file them under the name of the contributor and any use will go with recognition of the photographer/ contributor.

Kind regards.

JOEP

Thank you Joep for the update Great to know that Tshokwane will be repaired, even if it takes months. Hopefully the resident monkeys didn't forget how to find their natural food if there are no tourists to feed them

Thanks Leigh for the info on Mlondozi Dam. I will post some pics before the rains hopefully tomorrow.
All the best. BondM

Thanks for the update, Joep. Much appreciated .

Hopefully the camping side of Balule will be up and running before we get there in May.

Joep, you are welcome to use any of my photos - I will post some more in my TR linked above

Thanks Leigh for a fantastic blog!

Thanks Dupacc! Glad you are enjoying it. It was an awesome trip.

My next post is up - the road from Satara to Orpen http://aboutthebush.com

Hi Hoyle
Sorry just saw this comment now. I didn't get to Sweni but am sure it is full of water as that area was hit hard. The nearby picnic site is still closed.

Excellent blog Leigh. Read it from start to finish and was happy to see all the waterholes filled again. I did the full length of the park in Nov/Dec and most of the dams were very low. I know heavy rain like this does do a lot of damage but it also clears a lot of the debris away. I see the island on the bend in the Olifants river (view from the camp) has disappered again after re-establishing itself after 2000. I was amazed at the damage to the hig bridge, which is normally some 10 metres above the river. After the floods of 2000 the saying in the camps was - 'It all went to Mozambique'. Well done and I look forward to your next installment. Just to take peoples minds off the floods here are a few pics of Mlondozi dam in mid December when the park was crying out for rain, but probably not in the amount that arrived. Bond M (UK)

Dear All,

Herewith three pics of the aftermath of the 18 January 2012 flood.


Sabie River high level bridge showing damage to railings





Tshokwane kitchen showing compressor ripped off its mountings





Tshokwane ablution showing water level at peak

Thanks for sharing those Joep. The water level at Tshokwane is amazing.

The loo paper survived

Amazing photo's Joep!

Rough and rough stuff, that loo paper.

Thanks for the pictures, bondm and Joep,

I will be at Mlondozi shortly and will post a picture of the water level now there after our return

The water level at Tshokwane must have been incredible - I think after seeing these everybody will understand now the incredible damage there a bit better

Thanks for all the info in your blog Leigh, great reading and great pictures. The info about Balule is very heartening. I really hope the campsites will be open by May as we are booked there.