NIROX SCULPTURE PARK 40 Minutes from Liz at Lancaster Guesthouse No better place to celebrate Valentine’s Day than at Nirox out in the Cradle of Humankind … and enjoy opera in the Park Even if you have no significant other, sexy partner or romantic Valentine date …. take a friend, a mother, a sister, […]
Read More »Joburg Tourism and Johannesburg In Your Pocket collaborate: art, shopping and neighbourhood experiences in johannesburg ‘Visit Work Play’ – this message greeted us as we entered the Women’s Jail at Constitution Hill a couple of weeks back to attend a presentation by Joburg Tourism on their new plans to market Joburg as a destination. Jozi […]
Read More »More on Nirox Sculpture Park I’m ashamed to admit this, but I’m sure I have more photos of Nirox than I do of my beloved grandchildren. Well … I don’t think that is quite true but every time I come back from a visit to this most magnificent of places, that’s how it feels. These […]
Read More »Loads on in Joburg From space travel, to wild-life photography, to outdoor sculpture to the workings of the human body – four blockbuster exhibitions are currently showing in Johannesburg. Liz at Lancaster Guesthouse currently has guests staying who are amazed by the current Joburg offerings – they are so pleased they are staying in such […]
Read More »Don’t forget it’s Mother’s Day So head out for a picnic in the sun at the Nirox Winter Sculpture Fair This is MOST definitely Liz’s Pick of the Week. Nirox is the Cradle’s hidden gem. What used to be a trout farm has been transformed into a sublime 15 […]
Read More »A week-end in Joburg packed with options We’re due for a mild week-end, from Sunday the days will be getting longer and the gas crisis might ease towards the beginning of August – some positive thinking around the load-shedding blues. So get out there this week-end as we’re spoilt for choice with really special things […]
Read More »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 […]
Read More »Nirox Sculpture Park I went out last Sunday to spend a glorious autumn day out of town at Nirox where nature, fresh air, good friends, and happy times met. Located in the Cradle on the Kromdraai Rd between the Rhino and Lion Park and Sterkfontein, the Foundation was established by the art philanthropist Benji Liebmann […]
Read More »Another opportunity to visit Nirox I have blogged before about one of Jozi’s best kept secrets – Nirox Sculpture Park out in the Cradle ..and now there is another opportunity to go out and experience this gem of a parkland. Do yourselves a favour and make a trip out there to see Eric Pladevall’s massive […]
Read More »Nirox Sculpture Foundation On Sunday 6th June I went to the opening of Andrew Lamprecht’s sculpture exhibition at the Nirox Sculpture Foundation out on the Kromdraai Rd in the Cradle. The Nirox grounds are quite beautiful – a magnificent park designed by the well-known landscape architect Patrick Watson whose most famous creation is the Sun […]
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