Jo and the family in 2022

A big year for the family this year with Jo's 50th birthday and Mum's 75th. Lots of wonderful hikes and early morning beach adventures as usual.

December

Xmas

Cape Point hike

Antony's birthday

26th wedding anniversary

Zoe

Family

November

World Preemie Day

Hiking

Sam's talk on TV

Hermanus Camino

Zoe Project Graduation

October

Kalk Bay

Hike

Zoe

With Graeme

September

Silvermine

With Boting clan

Plett

Street art

Delheim

Spring

August

Kalk Bay

Early morning beach

Zoe

July

Pringle Bay

Zoe Project

Rock painting

Mike birthday

June

Zoe Project

Kalk Bay

Beach walk

Father's Day

Kalk Bay

Steve's birthday

May

Kalk Bay

Silvermine

Kalk Bay

Silvermine

Kalk Bay for 3 nights

Jo's 50th

Zoe Project graduation

Chantelle comes to stay

Mother's Day

April

Kogelberg Nature Reserve

Silvermine

Sam 22nd birthday

Easter

Two Ocean's

Beach

Wedding in Franschhoek

Whale Trail

March

Zoe Project

Beach

Full moon swim

February

Mum's 75th birthday

St James

Hike to see Disa

Camel Rock

Jan

Beach

January

Matt excels

Sam graduates

Dive at Aquarium

Hermanus

Matt's 19th birthday

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Boting Xmas in Cape Town

 

Planning our Antarctic expedition with Aurora Expeditions

We met up with Aurora at their offices in the city.  Justin and the team gave us an exciting presentation of our itinerary and what to expect at each step.  What an adventure lies ahead of us!

Here is the presentation they gave us

Everyone on Facebook is very excited for us too

Favourite music 2022: Elegy for Dunkirk

From the movie Atonement

 

Stroll at Coogee with Shushann & Lydia

 

Walk to Balmoral with Sharon, Elwin, Stewart, Lydia, Shushann

 

My new love: An Air Fryer

 

Balls Head with Xenia

 

A beautiful Buddha I bought at the local market

Annual Xmas Party at Gavin and Tanya

 

Sitting and being at the park with Mackie

I've been spending many days at Brennan Park sitting on the bench, just sitting and being. The park is a beautiful place to just be.  Mack loves it to and he gets to potter.
 

Visiting Jilly in Bowral with Xenia and Shushann

 

Berry Island and Ball's Head with Shushann and Anush

 

iPhone 14 Pro

I took this phone with its 0.5x - 3x optical zoom and 48-megapixel main sensor with me to Antarctica and Nepal. 

Music festival at Marrickville with Elna

Some wonderful music to enjoy and share with a good friend.
 

Lunch with Michael and Sue's old friends

 

Email to Michael after getting back from Cape Town

Hi there Michael

I've just got back from a wonderful month in South Africa. It was so great to spend quality time with my family. I also got to do lots of hiking with my sister and friend, Russell, including an epic hike in The Cedarberg.

One of the most exciting things for me was getting back into my bird photography in a big way. South Africa has incredible birds. I was yet again bowled over by my new camera and how easy it made it to get wonderful shots of birds in focus. I wanted to share one specific highlight which you can see it here.  It was a priceless experience for me and one that my camera allowed me to capture easily and immortalise. Once again, I'm so thankful to you for making it possible.

It would be lovely to meet up for lunch or coffee sometime if you are free and catch up. I do so enjoy our conversations.

By the way, Antarctica is happening now in March. We're doing it a bit later because we're going on a longer trip including South Georgia and the Falklands to.  A dream.

Talk soon

G

Mackie turns 18 !!

 Liza made some wonderful birthday things like cupcakes to celebrate.

Sam doing an interview on TV

So professional!