Roaming 'round Rondevlei.

My sister arrived last week for the wedding (scroll down) and is here till next Wednesday. When she visits Abigail always has a list as long as your arm of things she wants to do and places she wants to go! Well, one of the things on my list was a visit to Rondevlei as I'd never been there.

So yesterday, despite the howling wind, we went birdwatching.

We didn't see too many and we did have a rather noisy small person with us, but we did see a large flock of pelicans, some stilts (the bird kind!), heron, sacred ibis, spoonbills, a kingfisher or two and a few other unknown thingies. Abigail loves birds or anything animal so she loved it. Others have a very short attention span (no names mentioned , of course!).

There were a few interesting bits of flora too and we got to see March Lily's - in March!!

And also convincing evidence of some 8 legged creature in the area:
We took a walk through the museum at the end, and there is also a small "aquarium" that is still under construction but shows you the different kinds of fish that are in the vlei. It is a very inexpensive outing, it cost us R24,00 for 2 adults, 2 children and a bird guide!

Oh, and there was also Pippa the porcupine - feasting on butternuts!!

We didn't see any hippo's but apparently they are there: