Dung beetles and the stars …did you know? Posted on 12 March 20201 November 2025 Dance of the Dung Beetles by Marcus Byrne and Helen Lunn There is a lot that is special about this… Read more Only in Africa – zip-lining over crocodiles!! Posted on 3 March 202027 May 2024 Only in Africa would you zip-line 5 meters above the ground over huge Nile crocodiles!  Crocodile and Reptile Park, Chartwell… Read more This is the SMUGGEST post I have ever written Posted on 22 February 202027 May 2024 I think I’m just beginning to get smart when it comes to travel.   At the end of last year I… Read more Dube, Soweto with Johannesburg Heritage Posted on 2 February 202027 May 2024 Joburg Heritage Unveiling of 6 Heritage Blue Plaques in Dube Soweto 2nd Feb 2019 February is Black History Month and… Read more Those were the days: Craighall Park, then and now Posted on 22 January 202027 May 2024 Craighall Park has been my home for 47 years: I moved here when I married in early 1973;  it’s where… Read more Health and fitness near Liz at Lancaster Posted on 2 January 202030 May 2024 Liz at Lancaster is spoilt for choice as far as gyms, exercise studios and outdoor activities are concerned.  Oh dear… Read more 2019 December Newsletter Posted on 3 December 201927 May 2024 To all our wonderful guests, friends, colleagues and suppliers – another year-end rushes towards us breakneck speed. Although 2019 has… Read more Dialogue, education and memory: the Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centre Posted on 18 November 201922 May 2024 Every part of the Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centre speaks to deep discomfort and immeasurable horror but yet the building… Read more Chef in the kitchen at Dolci Cafe Posted on 1 November 201922 May 2024 I started writing about our local restaurant at the end of the block. But then, like much writing, it developed… Read more Dolci della Nonna Posted on 13 October 2019 Over the last few years or so I’ve had some scrumptious meals at Dolci Café (in the Lancaster Village half… Read more