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Re: Flavour of the Month - March 2020: S58 Dzundwini Loop & Viewpoint

Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2020 11:00 am
by Richprins
-O-

Re: Flavour of the Month - March 2020: S58 Dzundwini Loop & Viewpoint

Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2020 11:56 am
by Dzombo
Good choice

It has been many years since I was this far north, but can't recall having driven this road. -O-

Re: Flavour of the Month - March 2020: S58 Dzundwini Loop & Viewpoint

Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2020 8:22 pm
by Klipspringer
Klipspringer wrote: Thu Mar 05, 2020 7:01 pm Dzundwini is a Tsonga word meaning “at the land belonging to the chief and cultivated by his people”.
In 1836, when the voortrekker Louis Trichardt passed through the area, the area was densely settled and under the control of chief Matibee. Louis Trichardt named the hill Matibeetuijn, Dutch for Matibee's garden.

Re: Flavour of the Month - March 2020: S58 Dzundwini Loop & Viewpoint

Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2020 11:17 am
by Lisbeth
\O

Re: Flavour of the Month - March 2020: S58 Dzundwini Loop & Viewpoint

Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2020 8:49 am
by Richprins
Here is the mountain in the background behind the nearby defunct Magamba windmill:


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Re: Flavour of the Month - March 2020: S58 Dzundwini Loop & Viewpoint

Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2020 1:05 pm
by Klipspringer
At the site of the spring, there is almost a guarantuee about seeing Nyala in the dry season.

And some other animals come to drink there.

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Sharpe's Grysbok
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Re: Flavour of the Month - March 2020: S58 Dzundwini Loop & Viewpoint

Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2020 5:44 pm
by Richprins
^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^ Klippies!

Re: Flavour of the Month - March 2020: S58 Dzundwini Loop & Viewpoint

Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2020 7:00 pm
by Lisbeth
Four-in-one and a lovely variety. Nyalas are so pretty \O

Re: Flavour of the Month - March 2020: S58 Dzundwini Loop & Viewpoint

Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2020 9:56 pm
by Mel
Lisbeth wrote: Sun Mar 15, 2020 7:00 pm Four-in-one and a lovely variety. Nyalas are so pretty \O
Can you see the animal? :o0ps: What is species number 4 after ellie, nyala and buff -
and where 0*\ :o0ps:

Re: Flavour of the Month - March 2020: S58 Dzundwini Loop & Viewpoint

Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2020 12:53 pm
by Lisbeth
Sorry :o0ps: I did not have the calculator by hand 0*\ lol lol I probably counted nyalas as two, really don't know =O: =O: