Took a lovely hike up Lions Head yesterday.
If you haven’t done it before – it’s a brilliantly beautiful walk with views all around.
And the view from the top ….. well, you can judge for yourself:
Remember to click on the full screen icon – top right.
Most people have heard of Fynbos.
We know it’s unique, we don’t always understand why, but we like the look of proteas and believe the experts when they say it’s important to conserve and protect these plants. Even UNESCO has pitched in by declaring the Cape Floral Kingdom a World Heritage Site.
One of the lesser know floral classification within this Kingdom of ours is called: Renosterveld (translate: ‘Renoster’ = Rhino; ‘veld’= bush/plain/plants).
There are only a few pockets of Renosterveld left in the Western Cape and in this panorama, Justin Basson, the owner of Clara Anna Fontein and passionate Renosterveld conservationist, shows us some of the unique flora and fauna associated with the Renosterveld.
For me, the highlights of the video include the carnivorous plant and parrot beak tortoise.
(click and drag to look around and click on the video icon to see what Justin has to see)
Many South Africans take rock art for granted, but if you stop and think about it for minute…….these paintings are extraordinary .
The Mona Lisa was painted about 500 years ago and today hangs in a climate controlled secure room in Paris.
These paintings at Alfred’s Rock in the Mapungubwe World Heritage site were created +-3000 years ago and have been outside since.(If you’ve had the privilege to experience a summer day and a winter’s night in Africa – you’ll understand why that fact alone deserves respect.)
Sure, they’re quite different pieces of art, but art all the same.
In fact, these paintings, as you can learn from the video embedded in the virtual tour, have great spiritual and religious significance too.
How blessed are we as South Africans to have such a rich heritage?
One of those ideas so obvious, that we just did not think about it:
Use Twitter to share 360º images with the world.
Well, we’ve caught on to it at last and now you can follow us at Daily_360 (https://twitter.com/Daily_360).
If you’re not a Twitter user – you can view the latest ‘tweets’ on the right hand side of our Home Page.
We will post (at least) one virtual tour of a South African place of interest per day.
Please share with your friends – we want the whole world to see the beauty of our country and continent.
Seeing that we’re busy with a series on South African sport stadiums, I thought I’d share this panoramic image taken at the recent rugby test match between South Africa and Australia at Newlands Rugby Stadium.
I created it without a tripod – so the standard is not as high as usual – but it does give one an idea of ‘life on the Railway Stand’.
So, you’re sitting behind your computer. (I know the feeling.)
Wouldn’t you rather be in a car, with the windows down, listening to your favourite driving tune?
I don’t know if its the same for everyone, but I think there’s something special about an open road under African skies.
Found this one between the towns of Kirkwood and Uitenhage in the Eastern Cape of South Africa.
Absolutely BRILLIANT!
Anyone remember the words to ‘Radar love’?
In a brilliant marketing initiative, the International Marketing Council (IMC) is currently taking a group of high profile bloggers on a short tour of South Africa.
I’ve had the privilege of spending most of today with the group and am looking forward to read their perspectives on this continent we call home.
After the positive feedback from our picture of the cloned winemakers of Vilafonte, I thought we’d return to some normality and simply show (singular) individuals in this group photo.
You can mouse-over each of the bloggers to see who they are. Clicking on a person in the picture will take your to his/her blog.
Most of what they write is posted at www.weblogtheworld.com whichon first impressions seems to be a really well structured aggregation platform.Check it out.
We wish our guests a safe and blessed trip in our magical and complex country.
May you go home with more questions than answers.
And may those questions be the right ones…..
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