Memories
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Nyangombe Swimming Pool – Old Photos
The popular Nyangombe swimming pool on the Nyangombe (old spelling Inyangombe) River in Zimbabwe’s mountainous Nyanga area. Continue reading
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Udu Dam Acacia Trees
Udu Dam Thorn Trees A grove of acacia thorn trees at Udu Dam in Nyanga, Zimbabwe, against the background of a granite dome. That’s a place wher I walked on a few occasions. It is beautifully cool and shady in… Continue reading
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Zimbabwe Bush Road
Zimbabwe Bush Road The dirt road, cattle grid, road sign and local residents walking. Somehow this is a picture of Zimbabwe which sticks in my mind. When I was a child, about 7 years old, my Dad was managing the… Continue reading
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Bush Sunset
Bush Sunset A tremendous sunset over open land somewhere in the bush. Actually I have no clue when or where this was taken. I believe it was around 1987 on a plot we were living on at the edge of… Continue reading
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Mana Pools Elephant Stretching for food
Mana Elephant Reaching for Food A common sight at Mana Pools is an elephant stretching into a tree for food. Mana Pools is iconic for its open forests of Acacia Albida Trees (Faidherbia albida, or Apple Ring Acacia), which the… Continue reading
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Hwange Impala Herd in Morning Light
Out for an early morning game drive. Here is a herd of Impala caught in beautiful golden morning light, highlighting their colours, but also showing their camouflage ability. Actually we didn’t want to cook breakfast so we took a drive… Continue reading
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Mana Pools Elephant and Zambezi River
It’s mid- morning at Mana. Sometime around August 1994. Hot, probably over 40C, so we’re sitting in the shade with ample supply of water and a good book. There’s always movement and sound. Small herds of impala moving and grazing.… Continue reading
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Kudu in Hwange
Kudu bulls drinking at a waterhole in Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe. from my photo archives. Continue reading
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What City is This?
What City is This? The photograph was taken on a family holiday sometime around the mid 1960s. Recently found, it has been scanned and cleaned up. Continue reading
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Dundee Sunset
An incredible sunset taken in about 1988 in Dundee, South Africa.Shot this originally on transparency film, but it was one that had to be scanned. This was one of those times when I went outside and there it was. The… Continue reading
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