This post is for the #wednesdaywalk challenge and the #makemesmile challenge collaboration. This collaboration initially took place once a month, but due to its popularity, @tattoodjay (of the #wednesdaywalk) and @elizacheng (of #makemesmile) decided to make it a weekly thing.
If you want to know more about the rules, visit this week's post by @tattoodjay where you will find all the rules at the bottom of his post after you've enjoyed his beautiful photos from his walk.
This week's #wednesdaywalk started for us with a quick trip down memory lane, then a short walk on a hiking trail close to Monteseel, and ended by admiring wildlife in the Alverstone Wildlife Park.
It all started when I took a turn-off in Botha's Hill where we haven't gone in before...
We found a spot with a beautiful view of the Camelot Golf Estate below us.
It is a whole estate with residential property built around a golf course. All those white houses with black roofs with a similar design are all part of the estate.
As you can see in the photo below, I zoomed in a little more. To the right in the photo, you will see a castle. That is where our oldest daughter got married back in 2014...in that castle.
That was our quick trip down memory lane. When we got home, I did some digging and found this close-up photo of the castle that I took on the day of the wedding.
We turned back to the main road and as we passed a little coffee shop in the country side, we saw some cattle who strayed away from the rest of the herd, deciding the grass on the lawn of the coffee shop is more tasteful...lol.
I thought this one was a real beauty...
I then just crossed the road to get a glimpse of the view of the Inanda Dam.
I took the next two photos, enjoying looking down on some beautiful clouds, with the dam visible in a hazy distance...
We then left for our actual destination...a short little hiking trail just outside Monteseel.
The next photo was taken from the trail, looking out towards Cato Ridge and Camperdown.
I took this photo slightly higher up, looking more towards the north...over Inchanga.
From here, we could look down onto some residential property in Monteseel.
And will I ever get close to Monteseel and not take a photo of their water tower...lol?
After the walk, I felt like taking a drive to Alverstone Wildlife Park to see if we would be lucky enough to see some wildlife from the road, seeing that it was basically on our way home.
Reaching Alverstone, you head up Alverstone road. It is quite a steep uphill all the way until you find the Alverstone Wildlife Park on the left-hand side, running alongside the road for quite a distance.
On the way to the wildlife park, we are always fascinated by this little church found on Alverstone Road.
It was all locked, so this was the best shot I could get through the closed gate.
We then continued to the wildlife park.
The park does not allow free access. It is open to the public, but you need to make a booking. They make bookings for either families or groups.
They do not have overnight facilities, but they do have a nice lapa and various hiking trails through the park.
They can facilitate more than one group at a time, but then specific areas get allocated to each group. The park is managed by the community of the area.
We didn't make a booking as it was a spur-of-the-moment decision.
So, to get any photos, I would have to be very careful as I would have to take the photos through the fence and the whole park is fenced off with electric fencing...and I didn't feel like getting any shocks as part of the outing...lol.
As we reached the park, we slowly moved along until we found these guys who were quite curious about what I was busy doing...
A few moments later I also got this photo.
Later, we turned around to head back home, but on the way down, I saw this amazing view.
I was amazed by how the clouds covered the scene in front of us and I just had to take this photo. On a clear day, you can actually see the ocean from this spot.
My focus was more on the distance in the scene. I didn't want to get the fence in the foreground anyway, while my focus was more on the distance in the scene and the clouds covering it.
And that was it for the day, folks!
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