Re: Dimwits TEBA 2016 - The Gathering
Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2016 11:20 pm
Woah! Those are really unique photos, leachy! No matter if it's the zebra action or the rowans or the ellies with the queleas... Looks fantastic 
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Dimwits TEBA 2016 - The Gathering
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Re: Dimwits TEBA 2016 - The Gathering
Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2016 10:39 am
Exceptional pics, leachy!
Re: Dimwits TEBA 2016 - The Gathering
Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2016 10:59 pm
WoW leachy,
love that queleas shot - Very well captured and then this dust dancer and even roan - What stunning sightings
love that queleas shot - Very well captured and then this dust dancer and even roan - What stunning sightings
Re: Dimwits TEBA 2016 - The Gathering
Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2016 9:52 am
Great roan sighting! And I love the shots of the queleas and ellies! 
And I love the shots of the queleas and ellies! Re: Dimwits TEBA 2016 - The Gathering
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2016 5:53 pm
On we went, to go and see leachy's buffalo!
The weather was sunny, chilly and breezy!
We always stop under the Cahorra Bassa powerlines ever since we noticed years ago that the strands "dance" closer and farther from each other rhythmically due to the power!
We were in full tusker mode! Ellies all over the place!
And just before Babalala somewhere...MORE tsessebe!
At Babalala we waited for about 10 seconds for leachy...we hadn't set a time, which is daft...and the Dimwits were a bit...subdued...after the previous night, for some reason?
And the weather was unpleasant during those ten seconds! 
Leachy's buffalo at Boyela, which he was to come and have been seen earlier!
We sped back to Shing, wary now as the idea was sort of to make brunch there. With every passing kilometer the realisation uncomfortably increased that leachy would be miffed that we hadn't waited for him, so the mood got more and more sombre.
('Miffed" may not sound a very serious thing, but with leachy it means the End of Days...
)
Anyway, things got worse as Shing was merciless about not letting us into the unit before 2pm, as is their right? So we lay on the verandah of the unit as the sun came out with a vicious vengeance and temperatures rocketed!
It is a special kind of torture sitting outside the sliding door gazing at the aircon inside!
And we were suffering aniseed withdrawal symptoms!
We had buns and viennas, my standard "comfort food", but the little packets of tomato sauce in my ubiquitous basket were about 6 years old, so no risk-takers...
The cleaning lady came to let us in! So a nap in the aircon!
The 3 beds are in a row, with the aircon and fan roaring over the middle bed. I was in the middle bed, so under blanket soon! 
Robert popped round, if I recall, and we sorted the evening braai! Then we ran away before leachy came, going on the S-52, as we felt like a spot of leopard, to excuse the pun!
But we were not Bushcraft....so not that much to see. But a very lonely and pleasant drive, I must say! We were gathering steam again, and got into serious school politics...intelligent conversation is a winner, always, but time flies by!
Our last sunset!
The weather was sunny, chilly and breezy!
We always stop under the Cahorra Bassa powerlines ever since we noticed years ago that the strands "dance" closer and farther from each other rhythmically due to the power!
We were in full tusker mode! Ellies all over the place!
And just before Babalala somewhere...MORE tsessebe!
At Babalala we waited for about 10 seconds for leachy...we hadn't set a time, which is daft...and the Dimwits were a bit...subdued...after the previous night, for some reason?
And the weather was unpleasant during those ten seconds! Leachy's buffalo at Boyela, which he was to come and have been seen earlier!
We sped back to Shing, wary now as the idea was sort of to make brunch there. With every passing kilometer the realisation uncomfortably increased that leachy would be miffed that we hadn't waited for him, so the mood got more and more sombre.
('Miffed" may not sound a very serious thing, but with leachy it means the End of Days...
)Anyway, things got worse as Shing was merciless about not letting us into the unit before 2pm, as is their right? So we lay on the verandah of the unit as the sun came out with a vicious vengeance and temperatures rocketed!
It is a special kind of torture sitting outside the sliding door gazing at the aircon inside!
And we were suffering aniseed withdrawal symptoms!
We had buns and viennas, my standard "comfort food", but the little packets of tomato sauce in my ubiquitous basket were about 6 years old, so no risk-takers...
The cleaning lady came to let us in! So a nap in the aircon!
The 3 beds are in a row, with the aircon and fan roaring over the middle bed. I was in the middle bed, so under blanket soon!
Robert popped round, if I recall, and we sorted the evening braai! Then we ran away before leachy came, going on the S-52, as we felt like a spot of leopard, to excuse the pun!
But we were not Bushcraft....so not that much to see. But a very lonely and pleasant drive, I must say! We were gathering steam again, and got into serious school politics...intelligent conversation is a winner, always, but time flies by!
Our last sunset!
Re: Dimwits TEBA 2016 - The Gathering
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2016 6:22 pm
not easy to ID so many Tuskers
Tsessebe, chair at Babalala, Buffs and Elies at Boyela
I was always impressed by the huge powerlines crossing almost all the park
profiting aircon... under blanket
Tsessebe, chair at Babalala, Buffs and Elies at Boyela
I was always impressed by the huge powerlines crossing almost all the park
profiting aircon... under blanket
Re: Dimwits TEBA 2016 - The Gathering
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2016 6:28 pm
In the first pic there seems to be a pair of big tusks
Why are you so scared of leachy?
Why are you so scared of leachy?
Re: Dimwits TEBA 2016 - The Gathering
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2016 8:12 pm
Not so big, and too far, Lis! 
Leachy commands fear...
Leachy commands fear...
Re: Dimwits TEBA 2016 - The Gathering
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2016 8:50 pm
Re: Dimwits TEBA 2016 - The Gathering
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2016 9:58 pm
What was that aniseed processed in? Bun? Hard candy? Liquor?
You must make use of your zoom next time. The tuskers are sooo far away
At first you can't wait to get close to an aircon and once that happens you crawl under the blankie? Tsk!
You must make use of your zoom next time. The tuskers are sooo far away
At first you can't wait to get close to an aircon and once that happens you crawl under the blankie? Tsk!