The sound of the sea is one of the most evocative natural noises – and one of the most mysterious. New research helps to explain why breaking waves sound as they do. The quality of the sound depends on the size of the air bubbles that are formed as the wave breaks. The size of these bubbles also determines the way that air is mixed into the ocean and water into the atmosphere – two processes that have a profound influence on climate.
With an almost all year round summer, along the shores of KwaZulu Natal’s East coast, uMhlanga Sands Resort is the perfect self-catering seafront accommodation in for the whole family. uMhlanga Sands Resort is perched right on the uMhlanga beachfront with breathtaking panoramic views overlooking the warm Indian Ocean. All 237 units, of this family favourite tropical lifestyle resort, are sea-facing. A Scenic promenade runs in front of the resort and is only a short walk to the delightful village of uMhlanga Rocks. uMhlanga sands is a family destination unrivalled on the KwaZulu Natal coast. Possibly the most sought after timeshare exchange destination in South Africa, it offers a huge variety of facilities and activities for the whole family.
On the 8th of November 1912 a railway line connecting the border town of Komatipoort with the gold fields at Tzaneen in the north-western Lowveld of South Africa, cutting across the Sabie Game Reserve for a distance of approximately eighty kilometres, was inaugurated. Known as the Selati Line, it played an immense part in the history of the Kruger National Park. The two metal train bridges across the Crocodile and Sabie rivers stand silent witness to a long departed era of Kruger Park’s history. In 1978 “The Railways” donated steam engine 3638, named “Skukuza”, to the then National Parks Board for permanent display at the replica station inside the camp.
