South Africa

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A genuine Zebra crossing…

…definitely a Dazzle of Zebras.

A Herd of thirsty Impala

A Kettle of Vultures outside

Moholoholo Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre

A Herd…

…of elephants.

 

The official name for a group of wildebeests

is a Herd…

….however many prefer the unoffical collective noun

of an Implausability of wildebeests

 

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Mallard Duck

Balyang Sanctuary

Geelong

 

Bourke’s Luck Potholes

South Africa

Sandy track in Botswana

 

Hyundai 3 Door

Hatch Back

 

Manly Beach

 

Christmas

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Cee’s-MWMChallenge:…April24-Words-Containing-CK-or-CH

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nocturnal

being active or happening at night
rather than during the day
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African Eagle Owl

A night game drive was just about to end

when we sighted this Eagle Owl

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RagTagChallenge:…Nocturnal

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unknown

not known or familiar.
 
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Our visits to Africa have been the most interesting

trips we have been on.

 

Botswana provided us with sandy tracks,

part of the Kalahari Desert,

through…

…to flooded creek beds

of the Okavango Delta.

 

Our twice daily game drives at

Sausage Tree Safari Camp

which is part of

Greater Kruger National Park… 

…also provided countless

never seen before tracks…

 

…and dry creek bed crossings to negotiate.

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quench

satisfy (one’s thirst) by drinking.
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Quenching a thirst in

Kruger National Park

South Africa…

 

…and again at Botswana’s

Elephant Sands

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RagTagChallenge:…Quench

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My first Rock image is one taken from my

Super8 movie in April 1975.

Back in those days, we were allowed to climb

Ayers Rock (now known as Uluru).

Uluru/Ayers Rock rises 1,142 feet (348 metres) above

the surrounding desert plain and reaches a

height 2,831 feet (863 metres) above sea level.

The monolith is oval in shape, measuring

2.2 miles (3.6 km) long by 1.5 miles (2.4 km) wide,

with a circumference of 5.8 miles (9.4 km).

Source:  Google

The nearby domes of Kata Tjuta (then known as The Olgas,

the tallest of the rocks was known as Queen Olga

and is 1500 feet high).

A portion of Bourke’s Luck Potholes

in South Africa.

These rocks are known the world over I think,

and are The 12 Apostles.

Erosion is slowly getting the better of them.

The last apostle to fall fell in July 2005.

Whenever people talk of the 12 Apostles,

they refer to the Western (or postcard) view above.

The eastern view also contains at least three

rock formations which could also

conceivably be Apostles.

 

Dog Rocks Sanctuary is 12.2 km from Geelong

along the Midlands Highway

at Batesford.

 

Recently I read a story that stated The Shire,

or some other organisation that has some

management clout, had decided to plant a row

of trees around Dog Rocks that would,

given time, block out all the best

photographic points.

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Lens-Artist Photo Challenge Patti:…Rock-Your-World

Lens-Artist Photo Challenge Ann:…Rock-Your-World

Lens-Artist Photo Challenge Amy:…*******

Lens-Artist Photo Challenge Tina:…Rock-Your-World

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Lens-Artist Photo Challenge Anne:…Rock-Your-World

Lens-Artist Photo Challenge Sofia:…Rock-Your-World

Lens-Artist Photo-Challenge John:…Rock-Your-World

Lens-Artist-Photo-Challenge Donna:…Rock-Your-World

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Lens-Artist-Photo-Challenge Ritva:…Rock-Your-World

Lens-Artist Photo-Challenge Egidio:…Rock-Your-World

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tail

the hindmost part of an animal, especially when prolonged
beyond the rest of the body, such as the flexible extension
of the backbone in a vertebrate, the feathers at the 
hind end of a bird, or a terminal appendage in an insect.
 
 
 
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I think that these images…

 

…fit today’s definition…

…and for anyone who thinks the hair on an elephant’s

tail is fine,  please look closely at my last image…

 

…this hair would certainly severely damage any flies

and insects that it came into contact with.

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Fandango’s One Word Challenge:…Tail