Thanks for catching up PJL
The sable herd was a big luck 
Browns in Kruger September 2019
Re: Browns in Kruger September 2019
We first found Sausage in August 2010 when he was a young teenager. I have pics of his mom also
And that cub was too cute!! 
That junior cub was too young to be hanging out with them, so unfortunately I have my doubts about its survival
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I wish all wives were as obedient
At Talamati one can easily spend the entire day in camp as there's plenty animal movement around camp and the waterhole has a steady stream of "traffic" in winter when other water sources have dried up.
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I have been given a new batch of projects to run 
, so this TT has to move quickly now
28th Talamati to Biyamiti continued
At some stage we got a faint cell signal, the phone beeped and it was Penny and Bobby. They wanted to meet up and they also kindly offered us accommodation for the night of the 29th at their place outside Kruger Gate.
This put a spanner in the works because we were meant to drive home the next day i.e. on Sunday the 29th, even though schools only went back on Tuesday the 1st, as Hawkeyes had some matric past paper session booked on the Monday and our house/dog sitters could only stay until the Sunday. The Rats tried to negotiate with the Cow and I even got in on the negotiation, but we had no choice other than to head home from Biyamiti; however we planned to try and meet up with them on the way to Biyamiti.
The S36 section and S125 produced all the normal gang, including a few faulty ellies; however we didn’t take pics again until just before Mazithi Dam on the H1-3 as an orange hairy pip appeared in the grass and seconds later a lioness popped up and then a 2nd orange pip, so there were 2 males and 1 female.
We moved into a better position for the mating couple but the 2nd male was hidden behind a bush and all we could see was the top of his head from this new position, so we gave up on him.
The male with the lioness seemed desperate to score and eventually semi bullied the lioness into mating and then wandered off to stare at his brother for some reason.
, so this TT has to move quickly now 28th Talamati to Biyamiti continued
At some stage we got a faint cell signal, the phone beeped and it was Penny and Bobby. They wanted to meet up and they also kindly offered us accommodation for the night of the 29th at their place outside Kruger Gate.
This put a spanner in the works because we were meant to drive home the next day i.e. on Sunday the 29th, even though schools only went back on Tuesday the 1st, as Hawkeyes had some matric past paper session booked on the Monday and our house/dog sitters could only stay until the Sunday. The Rats tried to negotiate with the Cow and I even got in on the negotiation, but we had no choice other than to head home from Biyamiti; however we planned to try and meet up with them on the way to Biyamiti.
The S36 section and S125 produced all the normal gang, including a few faulty ellies; however we didn’t take pics again until just before Mazithi Dam on the H1-3 as an orange hairy pip appeared in the grass and seconds later a lioness popped up and then a 2nd orange pip, so there were 2 males and 1 female.
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We moved into a better position for the mating couple but the 2nd male was hidden behind a bush and all we could see was the top of his head from this new position, so we gave up on him.
The male with the lioness seemed desperate to score and eventually semi bullied the lioness into mating and then wandered off to stare at his brother for some reason.
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We were the only car watching the lions; however they weren’t easy to see if you didn’t know where to look, but as this was the H1-3 we expected another car to arrive shortly and the plan was to point out the lions for them and move on.
10 minutes later I was getting irritated as the lions were just parking off sleeping and no other cars had arrived, so we continued on.
We stopped at Tshokwane for a quick ablution break and I did explain to 2 guys at the sighting board who were desperate for lion where to find them.
The H1-2 produced more of the usual crowd and we stopped a few times, but our final stop was a few km from the H12 as I got a message from Penny stating that they were leaving Transport Dam and were heading towards Skukuza and then home to watch the rugby. I also got a message from my work colleague and they were at Lower Sabie for breakfast, but they were coming back up to Skukuza afterwards.
This left us a little confused about what to do next as I wasn’t going to sit at Skukuza for 2 hours waiting for a work colleague and we weren’t keen to head down towards Lower Sabie because we would miss Penny and Bobby then.
Penny and Bobby did mention that they had found a leopard on the S65 and we didn’t have a leopard today, so we decided to drive down the H1-1 as Penny and Bobby were heading up the H1-1, so we would pass each other on the road, then head up the S65 to the S1 and then return to Skukuza in time for my work colleague’s arrival.
Just before the hill down to De Laporte waterhole we spotted Penny and Bobby’s car heading our direction. They pulled off on the left and we pulled off on the right so the road was open between the 2 cars for people to pass through and we had a brief “catch up” conversion. After 10 minutes Penny and Bobby ducked off to watch the rugby at their place and we continued on.
At the bridge next to De Laporte waterhole we spotted a lioness cruising along in the bush next to the road, so I reversed while trying to take pics.
I then looked in my rear view mirror and a massive bus was heading down the road at pace. The driver slowed at the last minute and stopped with his bus nearly touching my rear bumper and then he hooted for us to move which resulted in an instant head gasket explosion from me and a few hand signals out the car window. The lioness ducked during the commotion, but can someone please explain to me why a bus which is the same size as those massive Greyhound buses is permitted in Kruger?
We then moved on towards the S65 and the bus came past us at definitely way more than 50km/h and we watched as he drove through an impala herd that was grazing on either side of the road without slowing down. We all know that an impala is a doff thing with regards to traffic and that one could step into the road at any second, so only a madman or someone who knows nothing about Kruger and its animals would travel at that speed past impala on the edge of a road.
Penny and Bobby had described the rocks that they had seen the leopard on and we knew the exact spot which was around 4km from the south entrance, so my mild pelican evaporated as we got closer and as luck would have it, the leopard was still sleeping on the rock.
While watching the leopard I got another WhatsApp from my work colleague and plans had changed again as they were now going to hire a car to drive from Kruger to Durban because they had too much stuff in their opinion to fit it in my car with all our kit. I wasn’t going to argue as it got us out of having to head back to Skukuza, so we could relax with the leopard a little longer.
We sat waiting for the leopard to wake up, but after half an hour with no movement we decided to turn and head for waffles and ice cream at Afsaal.
The H3 was fairly quiet again so we stopped for pics of a few different things.
10 minutes later I was getting irritated as the lions were just parking off sleeping and no other cars had arrived, so we continued on.
We stopped at Tshokwane for a quick ablution break and I did explain to 2 guys at the sighting board who were desperate for lion where to find them.
The H1-2 produced more of the usual crowd and we stopped a few times, but our final stop was a few km from the H12 as I got a message from Penny stating that they were leaving Transport Dam and were heading towards Skukuza and then home to watch the rugby. I also got a message from my work colleague and they were at Lower Sabie for breakfast, but they were coming back up to Skukuza afterwards.
This left us a little confused about what to do next as I wasn’t going to sit at Skukuza for 2 hours waiting for a work colleague and we weren’t keen to head down towards Lower Sabie because we would miss Penny and Bobby then.
Penny and Bobby did mention that they had found a leopard on the S65 and we didn’t have a leopard today, so we decided to drive down the H1-1 as Penny and Bobby were heading up the H1-1, so we would pass each other on the road, then head up the S65 to the S1 and then return to Skukuza in time for my work colleague’s arrival.
Just before the hill down to De Laporte waterhole we spotted Penny and Bobby’s car heading our direction. They pulled off on the left and we pulled off on the right so the road was open between the 2 cars for people to pass through and we had a brief “catch up” conversion. After 10 minutes Penny and Bobby ducked off to watch the rugby at their place and we continued on.
At the bridge next to De Laporte waterhole we spotted a lioness cruising along in the bush next to the road, so I reversed while trying to take pics.
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I then looked in my rear view mirror and a massive bus was heading down the road at pace. The driver slowed at the last minute and stopped with his bus nearly touching my rear bumper and then he hooted for us to move which resulted in an instant head gasket explosion from me and a few hand signals out the car window. The lioness ducked during the commotion, but can someone please explain to me why a bus which is the same size as those massive Greyhound buses is permitted in Kruger?
We then moved on towards the S65 and the bus came past us at definitely way more than 50km/h and we watched as he drove through an impala herd that was grazing on either side of the road without slowing down. We all know that an impala is a doff thing with regards to traffic and that one could step into the road at any second, so only a madman or someone who knows nothing about Kruger and its animals would travel at that speed past impala on the edge of a road.
Penny and Bobby had described the rocks that they had seen the leopard on and we knew the exact spot which was around 4km from the south entrance, so my mild pelican evaporated as we got closer and as luck would have it, the leopard was still sleeping on the rock.
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While watching the leopard I got another WhatsApp from my work colleague and plans had changed again as they were now going to hire a car to drive from Kruger to Durban because they had too much stuff in their opinion to fit it in my car with all our kit. I wasn’t going to argue as it got us out of having to head back to Skukuza, so we could relax with the leopard a little longer.
We sat waiting for the leopard to wake up, but after half an hour with no movement we decided to turn and head for waffles and ice cream at Afsaal.
The H3 was fairly quiet again so we stopped for pics of a few different things.
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Fortunately Afsaal was relatively quiet again and the waffles arrived much quicker this time around.
The sighting board at Afsaal didn’t help much with what route to take to Biyamiti, but the Cow hits a wobble for the Biyamiti elephants as she thinks they are psycho, so we decided to just head straight down the S25 to the S139 turnoff.
The first 20km of the S25 didn’t produce much except for rattling teeth as the road was stuffed, but then some lion popped up in the riverbed over a 100m section.
It was nearly 2pm and I wanted to get to Biyamiti so we only checked the lions out for 5 minutes before moving on, but something popped up next to the road a few km later.
To be continued
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The sighting board at Afsaal didn’t help much with what route to take to Biyamiti, but the Cow hits a wobble for the Biyamiti elephants as she thinks they are psycho, so we decided to just head straight down the S25 to the S139 turnoff.
The first 20km of the S25 didn’t produce much except for rattling teeth as the road was stuffed, but then some lion popped up in the riverbed over a 100m section.
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It was nearly 2pm and I wanted to get to Biyamiti so we only checked the lions out for 5 minutes before moving on, but something popped up next to the road a few km later.
To be continued
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Nice leopard on the S65. Are those the rocks where the cubs were a few years ago?
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Again just awesome sightings, still very 
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Re: Browns in Kruger September 2019
Do Penny and Bobby stay outside the park when visiting or do they have their own place there? They used to live in Durban and I suppose that they still do.
Since I went to Kruger for the first time I have been wondering about those big busses. IMO they should not be allowed in!!!!
Nice leopard sleeping Didn't you say in the last chapter "no more leopards" 
Bushpig has become very pretty Hawkeyes always was and Albert is still too young to judge (of course “The apple doesn't fall far from the tree” x 2, so nothing to worry about )
Since I went to Kruger for the first time I have been wondering about those big busses. IMO they should not be allowed in!!!!
Nice leopard sleeping
Didn't you say in the last chapter "no more leopards" Bushpig has become very pretty
Hawkeyes always was and Albert is still too young to judge (of course “The apple doesn't fall far from the tree” x 2, so nothing to worry about )"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." Nelson Mandela
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