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This blog grew out of a desire to share with others my enthusiasm for getting to know my neighbourhood and my city - and hopefully more parts of South Africa and beyond!
The Cape Peninsula is an extraordinarily beautiful place: we have an iconic world-famous mountain right in the heart of Cape Town, wonderful and easily accessible hiking trails all over the mountain, and a fascinating history, culture and society just waiting to be explored.
Hover your mouse over each of the menus (Exploring the Cape, Getaways, Hikes and Rambles, Travel, Home and Garden, Entertainment and Defence Reserves) to access archived posts in those categories.
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Featured Posts
1. Erindi Private Game Reserve in Namibia: A Bushveld Paradise (2011)
2. Getaway to Riversdale (August 2011)
3. A Theme Change: MistyLook to Comet
4. Photographing Military Events
5. Tuffy-Cat and the Open Window
6. Wild Flowers at Postberg Nature Reserve in 2011
7. Bodhi Khaya Retreat Centre in 2011
8. Our little American roadtrip of 2012
9. 2012 - An exciting year of being published
10. Springtime wild flowers at Seeberg in the West Coast National Park 2012Flat Kathy’s Blog
See below for links to Flat Kathy's Blog
The Fantastical Voyages of Flat Kathy
1. My Special Flat Kathy Postcards
2. The 10th CANSA Shavathon
3. Who has nipped Miss Tuffy-Cat's catnip?!
4. The Du Toit's Kloof Pass
5. A special Sunflower
6. The Grim Reaper on the Black River
7. Lions at Rhodes Memorial
8. Sunset on the Beach
9. Happy Birthday to Cousin Buller
10. The Tale of Miss Tuffy-Cat-
Recent Posts
- Do you want to receive one of Flat Kathy’s Very Special Postcards?
- Flat Kathy surprises us at the 10th annual CANSA Shavathon
- Admiring the early morning flowers
- Charon the Ferryman – and his spooky friend – are floating on the Black River
- Walking around with Flat Kathy: An introduction to a magical world?
- Ka-BOOM!! So a car battery really CAN explode?!
- Flat Kathy’s new blog is flourishing
- Meet Flat Kathy: Our Visitor from Overseas
- Defeated by the sun-baked mountain slopes of the Swartboskloof and revived by lunch at Hillcrest Berry Farm
- Transforming the Greenest Pool in our Neighbourhood: From luminous green sludge to sparkling clear water
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© Regine Lord and http://namibsands.wordpress.com, 2012. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of the material, text and photographs on this blog, without express and written permission from this blog’s author and/or owner is strictly prohibited. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to me and my blog with appropriate and specific direction to the original content.Exploring the Cape
I Love Cape Town (click on the image to read more)
Getaway to the Garden Route
Walking with the elephants (click on the image to read more)
Getaway to the Cedarberg Mountains
Flower season in Clanwilliam (click on the image to read more)
Getaway to the Olifants River Mountains
Dawn at Pampoen Fontein farm in the Olifants river mountains (click on the image to read more)
Getaway to Swellendam
Happy horses at the farm in Swellendam (click on the image to read more)
Getaway to McGregor
The Kliphuisie at Onverwacht Flora (click on the image to read more)
Recent Comments
Getaway to Stanford
Picturesque Stanford (click on the image to read more)
Favourite South African blogs
- Alison: Despatches from Timbuktu
- Anna: Animal Spirit
- Barry: Creative Marketing
- Cara Faye: Creativity
- Clarence: R50,000 in 50 Days
- Colette: Cakes and desserts
- Gavin: Snippets from the Far Corner
- Ghalib: Aikido
- Glynnis: Glynnphotographics
- Heinrich: The Leather & Denim Vintager
- Helen: Daily Photo Blog
- Helen: Walking the Cape
- Joe Barber
- Jon Ward: The Expedition
- Katja: Bontebok Ridge Reserve
- Katja: Journalism
- Laurika: Cool Classic Kidz
- Lisa: Notes from Africa
- Lisa: Pilates Studio
- May: Doorway to Self-Esteem
- Monica: Moniature
- Natalia: Meditation
- Patrick: Fish, Ink
- Riekie: Clouded Marbles
- Vaughan: 3D animation
Getaway to Riversdale
Oakdale Cottages in Riversdale (click on the image to read more)
Favourite overseas blogs
- Al: Thoughts of Houdini
- Amy-Lynn: Drawing Conclusions
- Amy-Lynn: Flandrum Hill, Nova Scotia
- Birgitte: Denmark Blog
- Birgitte: My Daily Denmark
- Bucket List Publications
- Dan: Looking thru my eyes
- Kathy: Lake Superior Spirit
- Kathy: Opening the door, walking outside
- Kathy: Simply Here
- Laura: Unlikely Explanations
- Malou: Going Dutch – and loving it
- Otto: Münchow's Creative Photo Blog
- Paprika: Good humoured
- Rebecca: Photography Blog
- Richard: Life on the Road
- Rose: Wondering Rose
- Sally: North Coast Muse
- Scott: Photography blog
- Scott: Slam Dunks
- Sher: Mule Springs
- Stefan: Feng Shui
- The Fantastical Voyages of Flat Kathy
- Truels: Denmark Blog
Hikes and Rambles
View from the Silvermine Crags (click on the image to read more)
South African blogs and websites
- Animal Anti-Cruelty League
- Ariston Organic Gardening
- Book Southern Africa
- Cape Field Artillery Pipes and Drums (Facebook page)
- Clare: Appetite Catering
- Coast to Coast
- Cob House Blog
- Helen Zille’s Blog
- Hiking Guide
- Irish South African Association
- Irish South African Association Blog
- Jan: Sketch Blog
- Jeremy Crutchley
- Jeremy Crutchley – Facebook Fan Page
- Lead SA
- Living fynbos
- My Cape Garden
- New Contrast
- Oude Molen Eco Village (Facebook page)
- Penelope: Suburban Safari
- Pia: Mother City Living
- Plantweb
- Robertson House
- Robyn's Cape Bird Chat Photo Blog
- SA Army Band Cape Town
- SA Army Band Cape Town (Facebook page)
- SA Navy Band
- SA Navy Band (Facebook)
- SA Navy Website
- South Africa’s Good News
- SPCA – Cape Town
- Springbok Radio
- That's Cape Town Blog
- The Wilkinson's World of Adventure
- Urban Sprout
Home and Garden
A Sunflower in Winter (click on the image to read more)
Around the World
Category Archives: Karoo Array Telescope and MeerKAT
The Pinelands Muse leaps into its third year of publication
And Richard becomes famous! Since October 2010, a glossy community magazine has popped into our postbox towards the end of each month (I wrote about their first anniversary here). Known as the Pinelands Muse, or just affectionately as ‘The Muse’, … Continue reading
Timelapse video of the KAT-7 array in the Karoo
With the exciting decision, as to whether the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), the biggest Earth-based radio telescope in the world, will be hosted in Southern Africa or in Australia plus New Zealand, looming on the horizon, Rupert at the SKA … Continue reading
Introducing the Karoo Array Telescope
If you have ever scrolled down the right-hand margin of my blog, you might have spotted a section called “Karoo Array Telescope (KAT-7)” beneath the following photograph of seven structures that look like high-tech satellite dishes pointing straight up at … Continue reading
Horses visit the Karoo Array Telescope
Last week, hubby and a few colleagues from work spent some time in the Karoo at the site, where the dishes of the Karoo Array Telescope (KAT) – a telescope that will be used for radio astronomy – are being … Continue reading
The KAT containers head north!
On Monday morning, bright and early, we “rushed” down the N2 (or rather, as slowly as the early-morning commuter traffic allowed) to make it to the South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO) in Observatory, Cape Town, around 8h00. The sun was … Continue reading
Preparing for the departure of the KAT containers
Background On 6 May 2009, four containers arrived at the South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO) in Observatory, Cape Town. These weren’t just normal containers, though. These were very special containers: high-tech, RFI-shielded containers, especially designed and outfitted to accommodate all … Continue reading
An exciting visit to the KAT-7 site: Day 3 Returning home
We were up fairly early again on Sunday morning, had a quick breakfast, packed our bags, and then said goodbye to our toasty warm (thanks to a working heater/aircon!) home-from-home. I discovered that the building we’d stayed in had been … Continue reading
An exciting visit to the KAT-7 site: Day 2.3 Site to Klerefontein
In the mid-afternoon, there was suddenly a mad rush to drive back to Losberg in order to see the rugby match between the touring British/Irish Lions and South Africa, being played in Durban. The guys who are currently living at … Continue reading
An exciting visit to the KAT-7 site: Day 2.2 Losberg to Site
After lunch, we climbed back into our respective vehicles and drove along the recently constructed road to the site, where the first seven antenna dishes are being put up. Gerrit stopped briefly at a deliberately widened section of the road, … Continue reading
An exciting visit to the KAT-7 site: Day 2.1 Carnarvon to Losberg
We were up fairly early on Saturday morning, and walked up to the camping site shortly before 08h00 to meet up with the others. It had rained very heavily during the night, with a blustering wind howling through the trees. … Continue reading
