Cape Town

[keith]

For the final night we camped at Alexandria Bay. This is a coastal diamond mining district with many areas off-limits. Good to have warm showers.






These boats go out and try and vacuum diamonds off the seafloor.


Because of the bad weather and rain when we drove back south the wild flowers were blooming




Happy weaver birds in the trees above the lunch time stop


We stopped to look at the Olifants River at Kredo where it was flowing over the bridge


And into Cape Town

[keith]

Stayed with the Carters, ate, walked and talked.


Then we joined the Holtmans and friends for a sunday braai


Vida Mog talking to herself


Jane and Nicola


Greg being a serious cook


Gran and Gramps topping up


Anne Evans-Moll and Elizabeth (also thomas)


A walk in Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens


Guinea fowls

[keith]

Kirstenbosch is a pleasant later afternoon walk, but difficult for photography. This is the back of Table Mountain and Devils Peak






Felicity and the bino's, great bird and flower watching company


Next was a day trip to Cape Point. This is Hout Bay





Diaz Beach near Cape Point


Always opportunistic baboons around


And the dassies are fat from scavanging


This is a 'baboon proof bin'- Ashara is making sure she can open it.

[keith]

Wild tortoise enjoying the sun


Fine old sandstone rocks, full of lizards


Cape Point is where the Indian and Atlantic oceans meet, big waves.




That was just a short break, back to Auckland and work/school