If you have been following along for the last couple of months, you will know the King’s Kloof Hiking Trails formed part of my Thirty before 30 to-do list, in particular the first item on the list. It has been such an honor to gradually tick off the items on the list as time goes…
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A stroll with the baboons – A day trip to Harold Porter National Botanical Gardens
We have a tradition, my mother and I. Every year on the 6th of January we go to the Harold Porter National Botanical Gardens to have a little bit of mother-daughter time before I head home after the holidays. It started as a coincidence, but I think it is a nice tradition that evolved through…
Wild and wonderful: The list explained (part 6)
If you have been following this blog over the course of the last couple of weeks, you will know that I have recently compiled a list of 30 things that I want to do before I turn 30 next year May. I have been breaking this list down every week to explain my thought process…
Stay Golden – A visit to the Golden Harvest Park
One thing that I have realized in the last few weeks, is that Gauteng has an abundance of little nooks and crannies where you can escape to after a long day of work. Yes, it took me one and a half years to come to this realization, but I think as South Africa is heading…
Big City Escape – A visit to Kloofendal Nature Reserve
This past weekend a friend and I went exploring Kloofendal Nature Reserve after a hard week of work in the big City (Yes, Joburg seems like a big city if you grew up in a series of small towns). Luckily for me, Kloofendal Nature Reserve is one of my 30 Before Thirty list items, so…
Revisiting the past: The List explained (Part 3)
It is good to go back to your roots every now and again, just to touch base and rediscover where your passion and drive came from and to reevaluate where you are going to. Today’s breakdown of the 30 Before Thirty List includes four things that I have either stopped working on or that left…
A walk in the Park
Guys, I did it! The first obstacle has been conquered! I actually got out of the house and onto the road without procrastinating… too much… It’s true what they say, the biggest step is just to get out of the house. So, after procrastinating actually getting up, taking a shower, cleaning a bit, and doing…
30 Before Thirty: The List explained (Part 2)
Looking over this list now, it seems a bit impossible to do everything in six months. I will tell you this, it may seem ambitious of me to want to squeeze it all in. However, merely making this list and working on it, has ignited a new flame within me. It has already stirred so…
The Magnetic Compass 