The Sentinel 2

James Cooke Memorial, Canberra

 

A bit of nostalgia I remember seeing these guys live before they were famous and it was just as impressive then

The State Presidents Office, Union Buildings at night

 

My friend "killer"

 

An African Tale

In 1986, Mkele Mbembe was on holiday in Kenya after graduating from Northwestern University .
On a hike through the bush, he came across a young bull elephant standing with one leg raised in the air. The elephant seemed distressed, so Mbembe approached it very carefully.
He got down on one knee and inspected the elephant's foot and found a large piece of wood deeply embedded in it.
As carefully and as gently as he could, Mbembe worked the wood out with his hunting knife, after which the elephant gingerly put down its foot.
The elephant turned to face the man, and with a rather curious look on its face, stared at him for several tense moments.
Mbembe stood frozen, thinking of nothing else but being trampled. Eventually the elephant trumpeted loudly, turned, and walked away.
Mbembe never forgot that elephant or the events of that day.
Twenty years later, Mbembe was walking through the Chicago Zoo with his teenaged son.
As they approached the elephant enclosure, one of the creatures turned and walked over to near where Mbembe and his son Tapu were standing.
The large bull elephant stared at Mbembe, lifted its front foot off the ground, then put it down. The elephant did that several times then trumpeted loudly, all the while staring at the man.
Remembering the encounter in 1986, Mbembe couldn't help wondering if this was the same elephant.
Mbembe summoned up his courage, climbed over the railing and made his way into the enclosure. He walked right up to the elephant and stared back in wonder. The elephant trumpeted again, wrapped its trunk around one of Mbembe' s legs and slammed him against the railing, killing him instantly.
Probably wasn't the same elephant.

Chamu, Susan, Thadi and Ishe

The waiting game

One from the archives. Killer in pensive mood. He had this uncanny knack of being playful one moment and very serious the next, almost whimsically. Here he practices his thousand yard stare

A young Lion, just on sunrise, Pretoriuskop. Note the spotted colouration that decreases in prominence with age 

Rod Stewart and Tina Turner finally get together for a duet (and to compare hair stylists) 

Brandwag Mountain in the Eastern Free State, South Africa, the sandstone here is about two hundred meters high and shows clear layering
 

Lions For Breakfast 

An anywhere sunset in Africa 

Clarens Sandstone Lesotho Border Wynforfd Guest Farm 

Elephant mum with Baby for Tania 

African Darter, Sunset Dam, Lower Sabie 

Actually, Andy I thought it was this Baobab pic 

The Magical Boabab Tree - When you start to see these, you know you are in the middle of Nowhere 

Ammi's rendition of the Anglican Church in Ladybrand, near Lesotho