Fintastic Adventure Center
Year End Newsletter –
December 2013
Whew almost half-way through December already!
Let’s be honest 2013 zoomed by, and as I sit here at 22 Wagenaar Road compiling this brief, I realise how
many major changes Cath & I made. But as they say ‘everything happens for a reason, so in summary:
Bud & Cath’s Scuba Academy:
Shaun and Caron acquired the dive school and relocated to the Edenvale Municipal Pool. So scuba gear sales,
gear service, air fills and training all now happens at Edenvale Public Pool, Cnr 17th Avenue and 2nd Street,
with the entrance on 2nd street. Shaun & Caz have also negotiated some excellent Sodwana Dive trips, so
stay tuned! For updated course info see www.fintastic.co.za/scubaacademymain.htm or give Shaun a holler
on his mobile 082-808-3528 or email at shaun@fintastic.co.za
Fintastic Travel & Tours:
Not much change here, except that Cath & I intend to embrace ‘The Year of The Horse’ and spend more
time ‘out-there’.We aim to be able to offer, or be on, a trip every month. Trips will include international
‘fly – aways’, live-aboards, island holidays, and of course extended drive and dive trips. We will relook at
our ‘beach to bush’ trips too and hope to be able to offer more short ‘bush’ getaways. Contact Cath on 083505-9036 or by email at: cathy@fintastic.co.za
Sunset Equipment Co:
We were obliged to close our ‘little showroom’ . But,‘Die Ou Smous’ will continue to save you money on
those ‘must-have’ purchases, all now based on internet orders. To see what products we promote click on
http://www.fintastic.co.za/wesell.htm or give Bud a holler on 073-255-2108 or email your requests to
bud@fintastic.co.za
Fintastic All Wheel Drive Club:
Here we have reverted to membership fees running to year end ie 31 December. So I have sent out club
renewal notices and paid up members will receive radio renewal invoices from ORRA which must be paid
directly to ORRA. Members who have not paid club fees will be removed from the ORRA Radio License Log.
Please remember that if you dispose of a radio you must advise ICASA and let them have the name of the
new owner who then becomes liable for license fees. Give Bud a holler for all ’4x4 Club’ and radio matters.
Pub Nites:
Are now held at the Edenvale pool every Thursday evening, but will on occasion be held at 22 Wagenaar
Road.To ensure that your contact details are on our ‘pub nite list’ , drop Cath a line cathy@fintastic.co.za
Accommodation:
With all the space at 22 Wagenaar Road, we renovated the upstairs class rooms into a 3 bedroom unit, so
“Loft House” will be looking for tenants soon.
The ‘showroom’ has been renovated too, and “Reef House” will be occupied by Keith & Irene who will move in
whilst Cath & I are at Malongane.
Please refer any ‘accommodation seekers’ to Cath on 0835059036.
So good people, after a really ‘different year’ we are really looking forward to our annual migration to Hlane
and Malongane 
We wish you and your family’s safe travels, safe diving, good 4 wheeling, a Blessed Christmas and a
Prosperous New Year 
****** OK! ENOUGH ALREADY HERE WE GO! ******
CONTENTS:
Coming up:
2014:
December
January
February
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March
April/May
June
July
July
August
September
October
November + December -
Feed Back:
Tau Roara 2013
Wilderness 2013
Red Sea Safari 2013
Goodies to go:
Malongane 2013
Hlane
Oops, sorry Bud and Cath away in the Cape
Northern Parks
Wilderness Safari
Sodwana Bay
Dullstroom Winter Festival
Annual Lesotho Trip
Reunion Island
Badplaas Adventure Weekend
Flamingo Bay / Pomene Fly-in
mmmmmm – not sure yet!
Snippets – news from here and there:
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ELEPHANT KILLERS JAILED
GREAT WHITE GETS HEAD INTO TOURISTS DIVING CAGE
WILD GORILLA ENCOUNTER
HOW NOT TO TREAT AN ELEPHANT
SUSTAINABLE UTILIZATION- THIS POST FROM TIM CONDON SAYS IT ALL
A NIFTY LITTLE STOVE YOU CAN MAKE
NO MORE WINE ON SUNDAYS?
CENTRAL ESCARPEMRNT RESERVE
CANNED LION HUNTING A NECESSARY EVIL?
REMEMBER- Pg
GREAT BARRIER REEF
COELACANTHS
TEMBE ELEPHANT RESERVE
SCUBA DIVER DIES AFTER ASCENT
SUSTAINABLE UTILIZATION
PHILLIP’S DISCO BREAKDOWN IN THE KALAHARI
COMMUNICATABLE DISEASES- NOVEMBER 2013
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Ponta Malongane 2013
It’s almost time to hit the road for our festive season camp-out at Ponta so if you’re not joining us, let’s catch up
and say merry merry at pub night this tonight at the Dive Center. I am sure Caz has come up with something
scrumptious for dinner. Cath & I will be leaving on Wednesday 18th December and will be back around the 10th
January 2014 so if you need any 4x4 accessories etc, give me a holler or send me an email to bud@fintastic.co.za
and I will do my utmost to get you sorted before we leave.
Miracle Waters Weekends
You have to keep that diving up now so even though you can’t get away to the ocean, give Shaun a holler on 083808-3528 for his diving schedule.
January; Swaziland Hlane 2014
You needn’t guess where some of us are going after the sun and sand and awesome diving of Ponta Malongane…. Yip
Hlane of course! So if you’re on our Malongane trip, why not extend your holiday by 3 nights and come to Hlane
with us. Image, sitting at the water hole, having sundowners and watching the Ellies, Rhino and more, coming in to
drink, you don’t even have to drive anywhere, just take a chair and sit at the waterhole a stone’s throw from your
camp site. If you’re not wanting to camp, Cath can arrange a rondavel right by the fence overlooking the water
hole. Just give her a holler. Cath 0835059036
March: Northern Parks Womble 2014
A 14 day ramble that leaves JHB on 3rd March and trundles through, Marakele, Mapungubwe, Northern, Central and
Southern Kruger, and ends at Elanskloof (gotta catch a trout!). It’s camping all the way, but venues are chosen so
that we can have decent ablutions  No need to be totally self sufficient as we will be able to top up provisions
and buy charcoal & firewood daily. Call Bud for details & pricing; Bud 0732552108 or bud@fintastic.co.za
April: Kalahari Wilderness 2014
KAA Route 1: 13th April to 23rd April 2014- trip full
Mabua Route 2: 23rd April to 4th May 2014 - trip full
The Southern Kalahari in Botswana remains one of our favorite destinations. We limit group size to 5 vehicles and
10 participants to retain that ‘sense of place’. A totally self-sufficient guided overland trip for newbie’s and
experienced travelers - bookings are open for 2015, so please give Bud or Cath a holler.
July: Dullstroom Winter Festival 2014
4 – 6 July 2014
Something new, something totally different! Ever been to Dullstroom, ever been to Dullstroom in winter, and ever
been to The Dullstroom Winter Festival? Well, why not! Cath has booked out all the chalets on the edge of the
fly-fishing dams and is busy with the costing on the accommodation at Elanskloof. Of course, for those of us not
scared to camp in winter…… Campsites are also available. Unfortunately the 2014 Festival page is not up yet but to
give you some idea of the activities that weekend, click on Dullstroom Winter Festival 2013 for activities that will
be running again this year. Oh Cath……. Yip, call her or send her an email for more info.
July: Lesotho 2014
25 – 27th July
Our Annual Traditional Club Getaway!
We have again booked out the entire Fouriesburg country Inn and B & B’s in the area for this event. Pricing is in
the pipeline, so diarize for the weekend of the 25 – 27th July and standby for the flyer from Cath.
August: Reunion Island 2014
10 – 17 August
Another first for Fintastic Travel & Tours – Reunion Island will be our international get away in 2014. This trip will
be for divers, non-divers and kiddies as well. Cath has reserved 8 double rooms - all ground floor sea facing units.
Click here to download the e’Brochure of Hotel Le Recif. Cath will have final costing by pub night on Thursday
evening.
September: Badplaas 2014
25 – 27 September
Back by popular request……….okay by demand! We have camping, chalets...we have it booked! See the new born baby
rhino (Born in February 2013), enjoy the warm pools and indoor spa, dive Badgat, visit the Cradle of Life, we have a
busy weekend planned. Diarize and standby for pricing.
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Many thanx to our photographers and contributors, and to Tim Condon, Hennie Rautenbach
(Overland & Campfire) & Dr Allan for allowing us to share:
TAU RAORA MAR/APR 201 3
Thanx Nix
This was a weekend that will not be easily forgotten. We had good weather, wonderful people and delicious food.
To add to this, we were tucked neatly in the middle of huge, roaring lions - lots and lots of huge, roaring lions!
Along for the trip were Bud and Cath, Jeff and Lee-Ann and their boys, John Giltrow, Stevie P, Adelle and Harry,
Carol, Mervin and Gaby, Sandy and Callan, Dee, Jason, Nadine and Jaimee, Tarryn, Nix, Johan and Megs, Rita and
Deo, Ursula and her two boys. A very interesting and fun group of people indeed!!!
Saturday night was our big Easter egg hunt. Oh we had such excitement! The children’s faces as they listened to
Cath tell them the Easter Bunny’s rules – No biting, no shouting, no screaming, no fighting, no grabbing, no stealing
someone else’s eggs – something along those lines
The undeniable trust in what the Easter bunny had said had all our hearts melting away. And then the excitement
and enthusiasm that came with the actual hunt as all these children scattered frantically looking for the glow in
the dark eggs that had been strategically placed by the Easter Bunny. FUN! FUN! FUN!!!
We had a wind on Saturday and Sunday that could have blown a mountain over. We kept hiding behind buildings and
vehicles to try and stay in an upright, standing position. When one person left to go to the shop, another person
would park their car next to their tent to stop it from being blown away. Which I mean, really, should not have
been necessary. As Adelle pointed out, you should not need to protect your tent from the wind because obviously
they are built for the outdoors!
Between all of us on Sunday morning we pooled breakfast goodies, and Mervin cooked us up quite a storm –
delicious!!! Behind the ablution wall, I might add, obviously to keep out of the wind 
Sunday was a very chilled out day, relaxing in the wind, moving around for the shelter, watching the lions being fed,
taking more photographs. Adelle taught us a thing or two- how to take a picture with your phone off etc. etc.
Things that we really didn’t know before coming on this trip. Johan then later bought out his wind breaker and
erected it right in front of the lion cages, where we retreated for an afternoon of watching the male lions get
their way. Over and over and over again. We also discovered that Adelle loves teeth. Nix’s teeth to be precise, she
can’t seem to get over them. Johan taught us a thing or two as well, about fires and when to just throw the whole
bag onto the fire, wrapping and all!
Tau Roara is definitely a place worth visiting again for a good, relaxing, educational, fun weekend!
Deo chatting to one of the kids........
(Note: thanx for a most enjoyable gesels around the camp fire Deo)
Not chicken again!
All you gotta do is hold the lions jaw, then……
Say hello girls…
LOOK AT THAT SMILE – HE KNOWS WHAT’S COMING OVER THAT FENCE!!!
Cheers! See you next time!
WILDERNESS 201 3
What can I say? The Kalahari is one of our favourite places
The ‘voorspan’ left Edenvale around 9 am on 22nd April and after an uneventful border crossing and an overnight
stop at Cezars, we were really busy with heavy traffic.....
So exhausted, we just had to stop for a cup of coffee
There was Cath & I in Shrek
Hans in his Kia
And Karl (Mr Been) in his Land Cruiser
We were soon at ‘The Waypoint’ onto ‘The Main Road’ where my ‘assistant’ opened the gate...
Of course we let our tyres down to 1.5...Hans 1.5!
Of course we gave way to vehicles towing trailers – a good idea to use the blue triangle ala Moz guys..
20 k’s before the Mabua gate we collected firewood...
And we soon saw herds of springbok leaping across the road
An early night with full moon.....bliss
Bud & Karl sorting out the showers...
Hans stuck to the dry technique of showering with sand..
With camp sorted, Cath attended to ‘maintenance’ whilst we waited for the rest of ‘group 1’ to arrive.....
Here they come!
Old ‘hands’ Mervyn & Carol in the Defender with ‘Newbies’ Alex & Gail in their Suzuki..
Followed by Alfie & Lesley in their Hi Lux….yes it’s still there Alfie who had to change a wheel on route to camp….
.............Alex was ‘fluey’ so he crept into his roof top tent......
While ‘first timer’ Gail unpacked, and unpacked....and the rest of the crew got organised...
Sundowners in jamies..Gail keep away from the leopard bush!
Topping the shower bags at Mpaya....
Hansie had a rare shower...
At Mpaja without Alex & Gail (remember Alex had flu......)
Gail’s cheetah turned out to be a leopard…a regular nightly visitor in much need of shower water..
Off to Mosemane......
Smile.......all trips ‘are just people’ 
Next morning on the way to Nossob…
Shrek, just trundled along……
And then…..Alex saw some parts….
Yup! The cruisers wheel was about to fall off…with all eyes on ‘lion alert’ …and greasy hands
The ‘knowledgeable’ were able to effect temporary repairs to get to Twee Rivieren where the SAPB kindly welded
the hub on till a replacement could be sorted in Johannesburg
Not much interest from the locals………but the vultures moved closer....
The last ‘cook up’ Mervyn style……..and
Sunset at Rooiputs where Mervyn & Carol, Alfie & Lesley and Alex & Gail spent their last night before heading
home to ‘The Big Smoke’
We were joined for the second leg by:
Denis & Ann....
Newbies Geoff & Lorraine (from Cape Town nogal..)
And Bengt & Sarah.....I think they were having a nap....
Sorting out Shrek’s solar panel rattle...
Bengt & Sarah were there see 
It was dusty...and freezing... that’s ice inside Bengt & Sarah’s tent....
And we couldn’t wait to leave the road corrugated as we wombled to Polentswa to start the Gemsbok trail……
All roads lead to.....
Top pics…….
An ‘escapee’ from under Denis & Anne’s groundsheet...
Guess who won this battle!
Can’t wait for next year’s Wilderness Trip! 
RED SEA 2013
Happy to be there…but waiting for ‘them bags’
Boarding....
Our home for the next 7 nights…..
The team 
Sorting out the flags…
Refreshments….and
Birthdays….and
Some of the girls visited Shaun & Caz’s island…. And
Some of the boys did too..
We had lots of briefings..and
Paid attention to detail…..and
And dived……
And dived…and…..took photos:
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Some girls jumped off the top deck….
Some made big splashes… and
Doc sorted out bruises…..
Dolphins followed our boat….
We were glad to be away from the heat and noise shore…..
A family ‘surprise’ that we will never forget 
And then we went to Dahab by bus……
Stayed at the Coralea Hotel….
Kept cool in the pool…..
Relaxed at night…..
We will be back !!!!!
Thanx for joining Fintastic Travel and Tours 
****USED GOODIES TO GO****
Send Bud an email to get the list of old stock and used goodies to go bud@fintastic.co.za
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ELEPHANT KILLERS JAILED
http://www.news24.com/Green/News/Zimbabwe-16-years-jail-for-poisoning-elephants-20130926
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GREAT WHITE GETS HEAD INTO TOURISTS DIVING CAGE
http://www.timeslive.co.za/scitech/2013/03/24/great-white-shark-gets-head-into-tourists-diving-cage-video
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WILD GORILLA ENCOUNTER
Click here> Wild Gorilla Encounter
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HOW NOT TO TREAT AN ELEPHANT
http://www.news24.com/Travel/Multimedia/How-not-to-treat-an-elephant-20130529
http://www.looklocal.co.za/looklocal/content/en/tzaneen-and-surrounds/tzaneen-and-surrounds-newsgeneral?oid=7449660&sn=Detail&pid=4981439&VIDEO--Alleged-drunk-field-guide-charges-wild-elephant-dismissed
• AND HE GETS FINED
http://www.news24.com/Travel/South-Africa/Driver-playing-chicken-with-elephant-fined-20130531
• AND THEN WE WONDER WHY
http://www.news24.com/Travel/South-Africa/Elephant-overturns-vehicle-in-Kruger-20130415
http://www.news24.com/Multimedia/South-Africa/Kruger-elephant-smashes-car-window-20130523
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SUSTAINABLE UTILIZATION- THIS POST FROM TIM CONDON SAYS IT ALL
SU-eNews No 5 - SPECIAL REVUE FEATURE - African Indaba NovDec 2013 - 0312 CA.htm
• A NIFTY LITTLE STOVE YOU CAN MAKE
http://www.trueactivist.com/gab_gallery/how
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NO MORE WINE ON SUNDAYS?
by: Cathy Marston
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Not even a bottle of wine, in a restaurant, on a wine farm? The law explained.
Cape Town Some drinkers seem to be dimly aware that there is new liquor legislation being put into place around the country at the
moment, but there appears to be general confusion as to what is changing, when it will take place and – most importantly, how it
will affect them.
The law is complex and multi-layered, so I spoke with Danie Cronje who is a Director of Liquor Law Services at Stellenbosch
firm Cluver Markotter Inc and who has plenty to say on the subject.
Why is the law different in different areas?
Back in 2003 when the National Liquor Act was put in place, it was discovered that constitutionally, retail of liquor falls under
the Province’s remit, not central government. Once this was agreed, they then realised that ‘control of undertakings’ ie how
liquor is sold in terms of hours and days, is actually down to each individual municipality. we now have the scenario that
Overstrand Municipality says alcohol can be sold 7 days a week, for the same number of hours each day, whilst Matzikama
Municipality says that wineries cannot sell wine on Sundays fullstop – not even for consumption by customers in their own onsite
restaurant or function venue!
Theoretically, this means that a shop on one end of a street could sell at different times and days from another one –
something which is bound to confuse!
When will the changes be made?
Most of the changes have already been made, but there was a transition period during which people could choose to keep the
old conditions if they are more favourable. In the City of Cape Town, that period ends next month on the 1st April 2013.
Here are some of the changes that will come into effect then:
• No alcohol can be sold for off-consumption (ie to take home) on Sundays, except for wineries. In addition to high rents, this is
one of the reasons given by Caroline Rillema for closing her Waterfront store, which previously was able to trade on Sundays.
Green Point Ultra Liquors, Harley’s in Wale Street, Midmar in Green Point will all now close on Sundays.
• No alcohol can be sold for off-consumption after 6pm on weekdays. Anyone who previously enjoyed a tasting and shopping
session at Wine Concepts, Woolies or Vino Pronto on their way home – sorry.
• No sale of more than 150 litres of alcohol to any one person unless they have a liquor licence or special permission from the
Chairman of the Liquor Board. Buying for your daughter’s engagement party or your Mom’s 60th birthday? Better start limiting
your guests. And even if you buy it…….
• No-one may keep more than 150 litres of wine in their home without a liquor licence. That’s 200 bottles folks. And that’s it.
• No drinking alcohol in vehicles – not even if you are sitting in the back of a minibus and have a 100% sober driver. Makes a bit
of a mockery of responsible people having a designated driver doesn’t it?
• No drinking at school functions ever. This applies even if the function is held away from school grounds and on a licenced
premises - if it is the school organising the function, they are breaking the law.
From the beginning of next month, there is every chance that many of us will be breaking the law, even if we think we are doing
the ‘right thing’ - as Danie puts it 'these changes are making criminals out of ordinary people.'
Of course, some exemptions may be possible and Danie and his company are busy applying for many on behalf of their clients.
Check out the article next week for reasons why these changes are being made, what bloopers have been suggested during the
process and whether these bylaws will really make the difference for which legislators are hoping.
If you have any questions on the new law and how it may affect you or your business, Danie Cronje can be consulted at Cluver
Markotter Inc on 021 808 5642 or email him on dlc@cm.law.za
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CENTRAL ESCARPEMRNT RESERVE
ZWF ENVIRO-FOCUS FEATURE - Proposed Central Escarpment Reserve (CER) Mpumalanga South Africa 1205 FA.htm
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CANNED LION HUNTING A NECESSARY EVIL?
TimConWild Conservation Bulletin - Is Canned lion hunting a necessary evil - EyeWitnessNews Aletta Gardner 0306 - CA.htm
From: camp-fire on behalf of Peter Tiedt
REMEMBER- Pg
Traveling Rhodie style ...Who farted?
Now look. Hey. We’ve all been on car trips. Here and there, up and down, short ones to the mountains, medium-size
ones to Beira, and kuchala fukken lapaside Down South. I once drove from one coast of America to the other, and I
can tell you with certainty that there is fuck all going on in the middle bit except hillbillies, deep-fried food, bibles
and bluegrass. Mind you, I smoked maningi dagga on that trip, so I might have missed a thing or two.
But there was never any road trip as good as the ones I went on when I was a when-we. Never. Out of Salisbury
and you were in real Rhodesia, mopani scrub and vlei and yuge fukken rocks and who the fuck only knows what.
Gomos and trees and rivers, often with no water in them, but still, rivers. Also, packing light is not the Rhodesian
way at all hey? Fukkit man, let’s take everything to Beira, the dartboard, the bicycles, the paraffin freezer; we’ll
just bopa it to the back of the VeeDub with some tambo and it will be fine man; do you think we should take the
bridge table too just in case honey; what about the lounge suite? There’s murra room on the roof for the chairs
too hey? You’d go past cars with their big fat old-fashioned chromed back bumpers making sparks off the tarmac.
Most cars in Rhodesia were from Nineteen-Voetsek so they went slowly anyway, but the fully-laden ones headed on
holiday got overtaken by chameleons.
The best bit was when you came to the strip roads. The strip road is living proof of how much Rhodesians trusted
each other, because two cars would head towards each other at full speed through the shimmering heat haze in a
cloud of dust and then, at the last minute, move to their side of the road to let the other bugger past, a finger or
two raised off the steering wheel in greeting, because seeing another car out in the bundu was quite something. All
performed nonchalantly with a sunburned elbow out the window, a Lexington in the mouth and the other hand
juggling a bucking steering wheel and a cold chimboolie. In the late Seventies and Eighties, nonchalance was
further tested by hoping like buggery that you didn’t choon a landmine when you moved over to the left. Plus of
course, to keep things interesting, there were natural obstacles such as your donkey carts, ellies, mombis, suicidal
kudu, goats and picanninies chasing old bicycle wheels with sticks. The worst natural obstacle of all was if a mamba
was crossing the road, because, according to June anyway, they could wind themselves around the axle and then
sneak in through the air vents and kill everyone in the car. Fukken difficult to light another gwaai, open a beer,
control a Peugeot 404 stationwagon with two wheels in the dirt, make sure the radio was tuned to the RBC, keep
one eye out for tracer rounds and the other one out for mambas with all that going on. No-one drives like
Rhodesians, because no-one ever had to.
The best bit about any Rhodie road trip was the food. June would go all out; cheese and tomato sandwiches with
Stork margarine on Lobel’s bread, a packet of eet-sum-mor biscuits, the old tartan Thermos flask of hot coffee
for the old man – if you drop that flask and break it Steven, I will kill you, do not even look at it – packets of thinly
sliced biltong, and Mazoe orange for us kids, frozen in those screw-top plastic bottles that always smelled of
Mazoe, and maybe even some chocolate frogs. And, always, maningi hard-boiled eggs and some salt in grease-proof
paper to dip them into. June’s idea of a properly hard-boiled egg involved cooking overnight and then letting them
cool in the shell, so that the yolk had a grey ring around it. My idea of a road trip was to try and eat all the padkos
before the car was even out of the driveway. Jesus man Steven, seriously, did you not have breakfast? Ja ma, I
did, why? This food is for the trip that’s why, and it is not for your sole edification. But I’m hungry ma,
kinIjusthavasammich? No Steven, you cannot just have a sandwich. Les, I’m sure he has worms hey, worms the size
of bloody pythons. Seriously my boy, I will come into your room with a torch while you are sleeping and check your
bum for worms, do you hear me? I don’t have worms or pythons ma, I’m just hungry. Christ, is this going to go on
for the whole trip Steven, hey, non-bloody-stop until we get there? I will not stand for it do you hear me? Sit
there behind your father so you’re within arm’s reach.
The real highlight of each trip would come after I’d added a few hard-boiled eggs to a stomach full of biltong and
sandwiches. What is that smell? Hey – who did that? Was that you Steven? Was it was you? – don’t laugh my boy
that is not funny. Seriously, your poor sister stuck there in the back with you. Breathe the other way Naomi,
quickly. What did you eat to make such a stink? Hard boiled eggs and biltong ma. We all ate hard-boiled eggs and
biltong my boy and none of us smell like that, what is wrong with you man, can’t you just get bloody hiccups like
other kids do? June would strike match after match and wave them out. I don’t know why; it never worked, it just
made the car smell like someone was cooking poofie on a braai. For goodness sake man, another one? Open your
window Les, seriously man, I don’t know why you’re laughing, you’ll never get the smell out of the upholstery. What
is wrong with you Steven, can’t you hold them in? No ma, I’m trying to hey I’d answer through fits of giggles and
more farting. Well bloody try harder that’s all I can say. Where are those bloody matches? ......I’m going to faint.
And so, happily, our family would make its way through the heat haze, donkey carts and wildlife, through the
dongas, past the shambas and over the strip roads from Four Ridgelee Way, Avondale, Salisbury to Inyanga, Kariba
or Melsetter; to Bullies, Fort Vic, Beit Bridge, and beyond, accompanied by a heady mix of hard-boiled egg and
biltong fart, smell of burned-out match, the old man’s whistling, we kids giggling and June gasping for fresh air.
And let me tell you something for nothing: to this day I can’t see a picture of a strip road without looking for a box
of matches.
• GREAT BARRIER REEF-Tx PHILLIP
http://news.sky.com/story/1118492/great-barrier-reef-hit-by-four-us-jet-bombs
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COELACANTHS
ZWF ENVIRO-FOCUS SPECIAL FEATURE - iSimangaliso Wetland Parks Coelacanths 179 FA.htm
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TEMBE ELEPHANT RESERVE
ZWF ECO-FOCUS MINING ALERT re Tembe Elephant Park - DEA Permits for Fracking Mining 1609 CA.htm
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SCUBA DIVER DIES AFTER ASCENT
www.iol.co.zanewssouth-africakwazulu-nataldiver-dies-after-deadly-ascent-1#.UkVeN7oazCQ.txt
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SUSTAINABLE UTILIZATION
SU-eNEWS No. 3-Namibian SU Policy -Trophy hunting in context of community conservation - Gail Potgieter 0511 CA .htm
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PHILLIPS DISCO BREAKDOWN IN THE KALAHARI
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COMMUNICATABLE DISEASES- NOVEMBER 2013
National Institute For Communicable Diseases.pdf
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