Finding Owls and Other Things
This previous weekend saw some local birding which started on Saturday morning. On Friday night I sent local photography and bird enthusiast Etienne Beneke a message to find out if he was…
Bryn De Kocks
Bryn is a passionate and opinionated antinatalist and naturalist with a love for nature, the ocean, photography, severe weather and music. He spends most of his time looking for new birds within the Western Cape, taking landscape photographs or behind his computer being a nerd.
Camping Trip – Day 2 & 3 (Grootvadersbosch)
The second day of our camping trip saw me waking up just before sunrise, the temperatures were surprisingly comfortable during the night, but the fresh morning air required some extra padding before…
Camping Trip – Day 1 (Klondyke Farm)
With the recent long weekend, I made plans with my friend Andrew to go on a bit of a camping trip. I was given the challenge of planning the route and finding…
Cape Town to Johannesburg (2011 ROAD TRIP!)
This post is going to be a challenge… I like to think that I have quite a good memory, and for the most part I do – but trying to remember details…
One Last Wave – A Memorial to a Lost One
Where to start… To understand why I did this, I guess it’s important to explain a bit of my past. My parents divorced when I was about 7 and my father moved…
Birding Cape Farms Area – 27 February 2014
This day was set to be far more memorable than I had imagined it would be. I woke up, and had to put in for a day’s leave urgently as I had…
Birding Paardevlei & Macassar (22 February 2014)
It was an early Saturday morning, and it actually started at the beach. I originally woke up early for a surf session, heading in at around 07:00, and leaving the glassy waters…
A Raptor Watch Weekend
Saturday (15 February 2014) – Newlands Raptor Watch This past weekend saw the annual Somerset West Bird Club raptor watch take place at Newlands Forest. Last year was my first time attending…
Chaos in the Water – Strand Beach
A bit of a delayed post on this, but still fresh in my mind – so why the hell not. During the first week of January I had my eyes steadily focused…
Comeback Kid Ignites Cape Town Hardcore Scene
I’m no stranger to hardcore shows, and I remember attending my first in Mossel Bay in 2001 with Neshama playing. After that I had a slow but steady interest in the hardcore…
Metal4Africa’s Summerfest 2014
It was that time of the year again, and to be honest I didn’t even know that it was. I was planning on spending my Saturday lazing about, but at about 10am…
Breaking Big – A Koeelbay Adventure
In December last year I decided I was going to take up a hobby that was a lifestyle for me when I was younger, namely bodyboarding. I have a lot of memories…