Category Archives: Out & about

Summer in the Stellenbosch botanical gardens

Posted on: February 6, 2012

Friday 3 February 2012 Before heading to the Klein Libertas Teater for the Campus Invasion Tour, we visited the University of Stellenbosch Botanical Gardens (because, as far as I’m concerned, no visit to Stellenbosch is complete without doing so).

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Tagged day off, garden, leaves, nature, out in the country, outdoors, plants & flowers, south africa, special places, stellenbosch, taking a break, trees, US botanical gardens

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Southern Ink Xposure: Cape Town Tattoo Convention 2012

Posted on: February 1, 2012

27 & 28 January 2012 Now in its 4th year, the Cape Town Tattoo Convention was once again held at the BMW Pavilion at the V&A Waterfront. The expo consisted of live tattooing from an impressive collection of local and … Continue reading →

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Tagged art, belly dancers, cape town, cape town tattoo convention, dancers, events, international artist, outdoors, people, photography, portraits, soma fusion, south africa, southern ink xposure, tattoo, v&a, waterfront, weekends

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Cape Town from the air

Posted on: December 19, 2011

Monday 12 December 2011 My mom works extensively as a photographer for the SAAF Museum at the Ysterplaat airbase. Last Monday we were really fortunate to have the opportunity to go for a quick flip in a Dakota over the … Continue reading →

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Tagged aerial, cape town, cloud, dakota, family, flying, friends, landscape, mountains, nature, outdoors, photography, planes, robben island, saaf, sea, sky, south african airforce, table mountain, water, ysterplaat

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Wings & Wheels Airshow at Ysterplaat

Posted on: December 15, 2011

Sat 10 December 2011 Last Saturday Ysterplaat Airbsase held their annual airshow; it wasn’t on the same epic scale as last year’s AAD but was still loads of fun.

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Tagged airshow, cape town, cars, display, events, friends, gripen, helicopter, l39, lynx, oryx, outdoors, photography, pilots, plane, saaf, silver falcons, south africa, south african airforce, summer, swedish, weekends, ysterplaat

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Sunset from Table Mountain

Posted on: November 10, 2011

Sunday 30 October 2011 In spite of the recent cold spell, summer is easing in over the mother city. It may not be my favourite season, but I do like that it means extended evenings, and that the Table Mountain … Continue reading →