The Gardens Next Door

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Today we went for a walk among the Walter Sisulu Botanical Gardens. The gardens are next to the estate, which is handy and we don't have to pay an entrance fee as we have our own key. Firstly we went and sat in the hide which overlooks the dam. When it stopped raining, we continued our walk in the gardens. Here we saw quite a few tortoises wandering around and the Witpoortjie Waterfall.

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Photos

01 View
The view from the hide.

02 Getting Wet
A White Breasted Cormorant getting wet in the rain.

03 Red
A Red Bishop sitting on a branch.

04 Another One
Another Red Bishop sitting on a branch enjoying the rain.

05 Goose
An Egyptian Goose standing on the branch below the Red Bishop.

06 Nest
A Southern Masked Weaver's nest.

07 Tortoise
A tortoise wandering around the gardens.

08 Tortoise
Another tortoise in the gardens.

09 Big and Small
A big and small tortoise.

10 Getting Away
A tortoise trying to get away from us by climbing over the cactus!

11 Helping
Paul helped the tortoise by lifting it over the cactus.

12 Me
The tortoise and I.

13 Pair
Another pair of tortoises.

14 Bird
An Olive Thrush.

15 From a Distance
The waterfall from a distance.

16 Waterfall
A closer view of the waterfall.

17 Nests
Lots of weaver nests.

18 Big Nest
A huge nest belonging to Black Eagles.

19 Waterfall
Water falling....

20 Waterfall
More of the waterfall.

21 Waterfall
Even more of the waterfall.

22 Guinea Fowl
A flock of guinea fowl feeding on bugs in the grass.

23 Hadeda
A hadeda walking through the garden.

24 Cuckoo
A Red Chested Cuckoo up in the tree.

25 Weaver
A Cape Weaver.