Herping the Klaarwater Water Works Yesteryear. A photograph of Gordon Setaro at the Klaarwater Water Works in Marrianhill near Durban in the early 80's. Gordon is hands down one of the very best field herpetologists I have spent time with and this was the Black Mamba spot. We got some… Read More
Herping in Namibia In 2013 I did a trip to Namibia with Paul Moler, Randy Babb and James Harvey. We turned up loads of reptiles and amphibians to photograph and travelled about 8,000 km. One lizard that I was very keen on photographing was the Desert Plated… Read More
Fly Fishing on St. Brandon’s Islands Yesteryear. Back in 2005 I went on an incredible fly-fishing trip to St. Brandon's Islands, some 500 nautical miles north of Mauritius. We were a part of 6 and it was one of the first fly-fishing trips to these remote atolls, most of them uninhabited.… Read More
Giants of African herpetology Yesteryear. My all-time favourite photograph and quite something – being photographed with the giants of African herpetology. On the left is the late Bill Branch who I met early in 1980 while working at Transvaal Snake Park. I went on several field trips to Limpopo,… Read More
On leather work Yesteryear. Back in Std. 9, as a 14 year old, Levi 501 jeans were in fashion, worn with a T-shirt that had baggy sleeves and a decent pair of Bongola boots - the light grey ankle boots with off-white rubber soles. Or even better -… Read More