Agriculture, Cape Nature, Community, Ecology, El Nino, Flora, Forest, Garden Route, Global Warming, Nature, Outdoors, Safety, SANParks, Science, Sedgefield, South Africa

Knysna Fires : Five factors that produced the Perfect Inferno

June 2017 will be remembered by South Africans for decades to come. A historical moment when Mother Nature showed her true power and the only option was to get out of her path and watch in awe. For a week preceding the fire, extreme weather warnings had been issued with predictions of flooding in drought stricken Cape Town and surrounds and rain and strong winds … Continue reading Knysna Fires : Five factors that produced the Perfect Inferno

Mark DixonJune 23, 2017July 23, 202033 Comments

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5 extreme activities in the Garden Route.

If you are looking for an adventurous activity that takes you out of your comfort zone, these five options in the Garden Route definitely tick all the boxes. Continue reading 5 extreme activities in the Garden Route.

Mark DixonMarch 10, 2017September 12, 20173 Comments

Cape Nature, Day walk, Ecology, Flora, Flowers, Forest, Garden Route, GoPro, Hiking, Marine, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Recipe, SANParks, Science, Seafood, Sedgefield, South Africa, Wilderness, Wilderness Trail

Natural wonders of the Garden Route – some recent discoveries along a five day Wilderness Trail.

Each time we hike the Garden Route Trail, a five day coastal hike between Wilderness and Brenton on Sea, we discover a host of natural wonders. Continue reading Natural wonders of the Garden Route – some recent discoveries along a five day Wilderness Trail.

Mark DixonMarch 16, 2016March 17, 2016Leave a comment

Cape Nature, Ecology, Garden Route, GoPro, Hiking, Knysna, Marine, Outdoors, Photography, SANParks, South Africa

Shifting coastline – a geological constant

The coastline is constantly moving as tide rise and fall and while sea levels rise. Yet the marine life in the intertidal zone are adapted for the only constant that they know, namely change. Continue reading Shifting coastline – a geological constant

Mark DixonFebruary 3, 20151 Comment

Botony, Cape Nature, Ecology, Flora, Flowers, Forest, Garden Route, Global Warming, Hiking, Knysna, Nature, Off road, Outdoors, Photography, SANParks, Science, South Africa, Sustainability

Magnificent Trees of the Garden Route

While touring through the Knysna Forest it is important to see both the wood and the trees. Within the forests are singular marvels which may assist in our endeavour for a sustainable future and our understanding of the essence of biomimicry. Continue reading Magnificent Trees of the Garden Route

Mark DixonNovember 26, 2014December 4, 20142 Comments

Garden Route Trail

Seeking adventure in nature in southern Africa

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