A BIT OF A TARADIDDLE (OQ)

[Grantmissy]

A Sanparks place

Bat-eared Fox, Striped Polecat and Aardwolf
Start with number 11
May have been a pictogram of an Ox head in proto-Sinaitic script of the ancestor of this one
One of the five most common consonants
15 and 15
Drummer Hodge in 1899
Two picnic sites

[wildflowergirl]

Thanks Grantmissy for a new head-scratcher


Is this place maybe Mountain Zebra NP?

[Grantmissy]

No Wildflowergirl, it is not the Mountain Zebra NP

[Cantona]

Karoo NP

[Grantmissy]

Cantona! yes you are 100% correct. Well done It is the Karoo National Park

A Sanparks place

Bat-eared Fox, Striped Polecat and Aardwolf - Mammals that occur in the Karoo National Park
Start with number 11 - The letter K is the 11th letter in the alphabet.
May have been a pictogram of an Ox head in proto-Sinaitic script of the ancestor of this one - The Letter A
One of the five most common consonants - The letter R
15 and 15 - The Letter O and the letter O (The 15th letter in the alphabet)
Drummer Hodge in 1899 - The English novelist and poet Poet Thomas Hardy wrote of the Karoo in his 1899 poem "Drummer Hodge
Two picnic sites - Bulkraal and Doornhoek picnic sites in the Karoo National Park

[Cantona]

Great question Grantmissy

I must be honest and say I made my assumption based on the first clue and the last two. The in between part had me stumped

[MATTHYS]

Cantona and thank you, Grantmissy

[wildflowergirl]

well done Cantona

[Grantmissy]

A Sanparks place

Drought-resistant grass
1 and 7 will get you there but the 8th is required
A x 4
Two of the same and another two of the same and both two of the same contain two each
The second two of the same could be a title or form of address that is used in India
Someone who lived there in earlier times

[wildflowergirl]

thanks for a new head-scratcher, Grantmissy

[MATTHYS]

Thank you, Grantmissy
Wildflowergirl

[Grantmissy]

Clue: A designated area.

[MATTHYS]

Thank you, Grantmissy
I, by now, know quite a lot of titles/forms of address used in India , but will concentrate on designated areas.

[MATTHYS]

Babalala picnic site, Grantmissy ?

[Grantmissy]

Matthys! very well done you are correct

A Sanparks place

Drought-resistant grass - Babala grass

1 and 7 will get you there but the 8th is required - H1-7 (the 8th letter of the alphabet is H)

A x 4 - There are 4 letter a in the word Babalala

Two of the same and another two of the same and both two of the same contain two each – Baba and Lala

The second two of the same could be a title or form of address that is used in India - Lala

Someone who lived there in earlier times - The Tsonga word for Babalala means “the name of a person who Lived here in earlier times”.

= Babalala picnic site