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Inclement

Located in the sunny town of Umhlanga Rocks near Durban in the KwaZulu-Natal Province, uMhlanga Sands Resort is the ideal family getaway with a pathway from the resort leading directly onto the Umhlanga main beach. Beautiful ocean views, great amenities and easy access to the beachfront promenade, ensure that guests enjoy an unforgettable South African beach holiday. Child-friendly, with bright, cheerful styling, the resort is the perfect antidote to stress, with year-round subtropical weather, kids activities and an abundance of local attractions.

28 March 2018Picture of the day, Travel

Calm

Rietvlei dam was built during the great depression (from about 1929 to early 1930’s) and was completed in 1934. Manual laborers were paid 4 shilling a month and soil was carted away by mule carts. Feeding the dam is the Sesmyl (Six Mile) Spruit, five fountains (one is located on an adjacent property) and five boreholes. Upstream from Rietvlei dam is the Marais Dam which acts as a sludge dam for Rietvlei Dam. Starting in 1988 a two year project raised the dam and made other improvements. Originally the dam was not open to the public but the city council of Pretoria did plan the reserve ecologically and introduced a number of game species to the reserve. The Nauture Reserve was proclaimed in 1948. Rietvlei dam provides Pretoria with 15% of it’s water. The reserve covers an area of 3800 hectares and can support up to 2000 head of game.

27 March 2018Landscape, Picture of the day

Junior

A baby elephant is called a calf. It weighs about 250 pounds at birth and stands about three feet tall. Calves can’t see very well at first, but they can recognize their mothers by touch, scent, and sound. At first, baby elephants don’t really know what to do with their trunks. They swing them to and fro and sometimes even step on them. They will suck their trunk just as a human baby might suck its thumb.

20 March 2018Picture of the day, Wildlife