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Category: Outdoors and wild-life

There is an abundance of outdoor experiences and wild-life in and around Johannesburg

A typical week-end morning in Delta Park

Posted on January 26, 2019July 1, 2019 by liz

If written LOTS about Delta Park so for once …. few words. Rather some pics only from a glorious walk along the Spruit this morning. I skipped the Park Run (in my case Park Walk) and decided to make my way along the Spruit banks and enjoy the water birds.    More on Craighall Park […]

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Of Golden Rhinos and Green-Eyed Monsters

Posted on December 19, 2018September 8, 2021 by liz

Javett Art Centre, University of Pretoria  I think art-loving Jozi-ites have a little of the green-eyed monster in them in the face of the latest additions to Cape Town’s cultural scene. As if  Zeitz Mocaa is not enough for one city, they now have the Norval Foundation as well.  So when I read about the […]

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Birdwatching experiences arranged by Liz at Lancaster Guesthouse

Posted on November 15, 2018August 9, 2019 by liz

Liz at Lancaster arranges birding tours for guests A recent guest from the United States who came to stay at Liz at Lancaster is an avid birder. Arriving on a Thursday evening and leaving on Sunday morning meant he only had 2 days in Joburg.   He was completely amazed at what Liz managed to arrange […]

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Hoogland Health Hydro – 10 good reasons to visit

Posted on September 19, 2018November 8, 2022 by liz

Recharging and restoring – essential for any hands-on guesthouse owner Running a guesthouse is a great business. I meet interesting people; I have no traffic issues getting to work and back; and I’m mistress of  own destiny.  But the down side is that it is relentless. While the rest of the team work 5 days […]

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Take a walk on the wild side on Feb 4th

Posted on January 28, 2018January 18, 2022 by liz

Do all great projects have such humble beginnnings?  I’m an artist, and Pablo is my dog. He’s the reason I started exploring The Wilds – I live nearby and he likes walking there. And so it came to pass that James Delaney became a champion of cleaning up the overgrown Wilds and restoring it to […]

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#FireGrazer 2017 Locust and Grasshopper

Posted on September 2, 2017November 8, 2022 by liz

Another addition to Liz at Lancaster’s art collection The Turbine Art Fair turned out to be more expensive than just a cup of coffee and meal at the outdoor cafe.  I couldn’t resist a small scale work from Hannelie Coetzee’s enigmatic African Migratory Locust series. The work comprises the trace of a real locust – […]

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Four days (five nights) in Joburg and still lots to see

Posted on August 25, 2017November 8, 2022 by liz

From Joburg CBD, to the birth of humankind to Sandton glass status symbols – they saw it all Liz at Lancaster was delighted to host a wonderful couple from San Francisco in the States recently. It was their first time to South Africa, in fact to Africa and they were up for everything.  Although they […]

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The Big Five on Liz at Lancaster’s doorstep!

Posted on January 12, 2017November 8, 2022 by liz

RAINS TRANSFORM THE PILANESBERG NATIONAL PARK Having not been to the Pilanesberg National Park for several years, I was lucky enough at the end of last year to visit twice in 3 months – in October – when it was still quite brown, dry and dusty and again in December when it was transformed into […]

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Hiking in the Cradle of Humankind with the Joburg Hiking Club

Posted on November 4, 2013November 8, 2022 by liz

What better to do on a Wednesday but escape to the outdoors for a morning’s hike?  With a 180⁰  sweep  across the open veld we could see wildebeest, zebra,  impala and red hartebeest and as if that wasn’t enough,  a black-backed jackal trotted across our path. Where was this – Kruger? Waterberg? Madikwe? .. no […]

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From Berea to Xai Xai – the Braamfontein Spruit

Posted on September 30, 2013January 18, 2021 by liz

The journey of the Braamfontein Spruit Source of the Braamfontein Spruit in what is now Barnato School I recently visited the Barnato High School in Berea to do some scoping for a possible heritage report and was fascinated to discover that the Braamfontien Spruit rises in the grounds of this school. Apparently when Barnato built […]

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