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Geelkrans Baviaans/Patensie Camping & SC house (sleeps 4-6) on the Gamtoos river. All bookings and enquiries: [email protected]

What makes it distinct: the indigenous trees were cultivated from seed 16 years ago and now these 1000+ trees form a natural "wood" providing ample shade, No pets, day visitors or music allowed.

Since the Beach moved here, I am saving a lot on diesel, so I go quite often 😊...as always the two bodyguards of my knee...
17/10/2026

Since the Beach moved here, I am saving a lot on diesel, so I go quite often 😊...as always the two bodyguards of my kneecaps😁 went with. The olive woodpecker is still pecking; the white Black sparrowhawk is growing like crazy; the vivacious rock kestrels are back; the fish eagle made an appearance...so all is well in their paradise

What's happening here? Fighting the brave fight of sand whenever we can; trying to level the unlevelable; planted half ...
16/10/2026

What's happening here? Fighting the brave fight of sand whenever we can; trying to level the unlevelable; planted half the poles needed for a new fence; dog-and-man enjoying the view, picking some ... uhm ... flowers? ... and watching all the breeding birds, but that is a story for another post.

So where are we on site 11? Glad you asked 🤪No "during flood" photos as this site was unreachable, but some photos ther...
14/10/2026

So where are we on site 11? Glad you asked 🤪
No "during flood" photos as this site was unreachable, but some photos thereafter.

When a toddler believes he/she is already a teenager 😆. "Can I get a new pair? As these seem to be broken." (Our Bla...
11/10/2026

When a toddler believes he/she is already a teenager 😆. "Can I get a new pair? As these seem to be broken." (Our Black sparrowhawk growing up too fast).
(Sorry for the shaking as using a Nikon P1000 freehand in optimal zoom mode is a bit tricky, especially in winds. They are high up in a tree...so the struggle is real).

Preschool gently floating by... Terriers "not on our watch they don't".
09/10/2026

Preschool gently floating by...
Terriers "not on our watch they don't".

Na 'n klein weghol vuur so ruk gelede, het ek 'n "verwaarloosde" tipe nes gesien en aangeneem wat ookal daar gebly het, ...
08/10/2026

Na 'n klein weghol vuur so ruk gelede, het ek 'n "verwaarloosde" tipe nes gesien en aangeneem wat ookal daar gebly het, moes seker inderhaas ontruim. Ek het wel 'n paar keer 'n voël uit daardie rigting sien vlieg wat my verwar het met sy grootte, want sy vlerkspan was te groot om 'n valk te wees, maar te klein om 'n visarend te wees. Google het toe mooi verduidelik dat die Swartsperwer of Black Sparrowhawk se vlerkspan meer as 'n meter kan word! Dit is ook die grootste sperwer in Afrika asook een van die grootstes in die wêreld. Hy behoort aan dieselfde familie as arende, havikke en sperwers. EN toe sien ek gister die volwassene se lyftaal wys "do NOT come near" en daar gewaar ek sowaar wit "fluff" beweeg - ek moet raai minstens 2 kleintjies, maar dit is moeilik om hul te sien en nog moeiliker om die 1.5kg kamera stil te hou as jy tot die maksimum zoom en 'n video probeer neem, veral omdat ek uit respek nie "nader as nogal ver wil gaan nie"...but here goes:

Die water van Grootrivier stoot nou in "die vlei" op, daar was natuurlik nog heeltyd water vanaf 5 Mei, maar dit was sti...
05/10/2026

Die water van Grootrivier stoot nou in "die vlei" op, daar was natuurlik nog heeltyd water vanaf 5 Mei, maar dit was stilstaande, nou loop dit weer - die deel onder die 10km/h bordjie - en die driebandstrandkiewiet was so mooi in die laaste lig dat ek nie net een foto kon neem nie. So lief vir hierdie flinke voëltjie wat teen die spoed van witlig beweeg.

Na die reën in omliggende dele sowel as die Kougadam en Beervlei dam wat oorloop, het die rivier weer gestyg, maar glad ...
05/10/2026

Na die reën in omliggende dele sowel as die Kougadam en Beervlei dam wat oorloop, het die rivier weer gestyg, maar glad nie vloedhoogte nie. Vandag is weer "back to normal sonnig".

Let's do site 10 with the (not-so) "permanent tent". You will have to click on each collage separately as to not get o...
02/10/2026

Let's do site 10 with the (not-so) "permanent tent". You will have to click on each collage separately as to not get overwhelmed.
I will post how it used to look like, how it looked like a week after the flood; how they cleaned up the site, then cleaned it some more and then how they had to physically dig out the tent and as well as the site itself under metres of sand. How the tent end up looking like. And then a video of how the site looks like currently.

01/10/2026

The male fish eagle is not happy with the current state of the nest and decided to move some furniture around before taking off.

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Willomore Road
Kouga
6335

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