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 scene and by 2004 I was attending gigs almost every weekend. When Most Precious Blood toured here in late 2005, I remember Wynberg…
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 on the day of the show I got a message from Keenan, from Wildernessking asking if I’d be willing to shoot their set….
This is my first post since the new year, so happy new year everybody. I hope that you get out there and do lots of birding! My year has started with a car that keeps failing me and leaving me unable to bird as much as I’d want. Though thankfully I’ve had some help in…
I can’t even remember when last I made a blog post, and quite frankly it’s inexcusable, as I have had many pretty good days out since my last update. However, I figured that I should make at least one post to end of the year. This year has been far from great, on almost all…
On Sunday the 10th November 2013, my girlfriend, her father and myself went for a day’s outing to the West Coast National Park. Originally we had planned to head through on the 9th, but the weather was forecast to be clearer on the Sunday, so we opted for the Sunday instead. Mike Golby, Cathryn’s father…
This is my first update in months, and I assure you it’s of no choice of my own. The weather has really limited the ability to get out in the field, granted I am a bit fussy and don’t enjoy heading out in cold winds and rain, but none the less it’s almost October and…
Well, winter is without a doubt upon us here in South Africa, especially true for the Western and Eastern Cape where we have been having rain for at least two-thirds of the week and as luck seems to always have it, the rainiest days occur on the weekends. Because of these conditions I have been…
There has been a bit of excitement around a couple of Ferruginous Ducks that were seen last week at the Paarl Bird Sanctuary. This weekend I was checking facebook constantly for updates from other birders to see one of two things: A) Whether they were in fact victims of reverse migration or B) Escapees. On…
On Friday 4 May I found myself on my regular Friday route after work, driving from Somerset West to my girlfriend’s place in Sea Point. I began noticing a bit of a potential for an interesting sunset while I was driving on the N2 towards Cape Town and did my best to ensure that I…
With the seasons well into their transitional period, I’ve been on alert for a few weeks now with regards to the weather. In Autumn there are by far the most interesting weather events for Cape Town, this is to say that our thunderstorm season, if it were to be called that, runs from March until…
I recently decided to eventually head to the West Coast National Park with my girlfriend, the West Coast is a place that I haven’t been to in many years but have continued to hear good things about by both birders and herpers alike. I decided to go on Easter Friday as I figured it would…