Tag: wildlife
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The fiercest of them all
I have always found giraffe as interesting yet harmless creatures. I cannot recall ever being completely besotted or fascinated by them but I think that if inter species friendships were possible; they would be my friends no doubt. To me they have always looked like the chilled, go with the flow creature in the animal…
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‘Tis the season
“It’s not so bad, once you’re here you get used to it. There’s always a staff party” In my time in the bush I’ve used this sentence on countless occasions to try and console first timers. Being away from family during Christmas and having to work can be a trying time if you chose to…
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Letting go
The bush has a funny way of reminding you that nothing (or everything if you want to be sceptical) happens by chance. What you see, what you witness, what you experience is a product of a series of events that are meant lead you somewhere that you might miss, should you not listen. The meaning…
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Look the other way!
Warning: this is not a glamorous story. People associate me to different things, but those who really know me often associate me with cycadas: “I need to pee” is probably the most typical phrase I will every say. A phrase that much to everyone’s –and my own- despair is spoken in the worst and less…