Paramotoring to the Impofu Dam and back (almost)

Here is the GoogleEarth track file.

Impofu Dam

Impofu dam, wall and water control tower. 

Impofu dam wall longitudinal view.

Impofu dam and Tsitsikama mountains.

At a friend - Cape StFrancis.

While visiting a friend in Cape StFrancis, I saw this rather magnificent sunset. Once again it proves: a average camera with you is much better then a super camera left at home :-) Thanks to my Nokia n8, the pic is geotagged  However, the height is a bit out. Instead of 37,5m it should be 12,5m. I could have waited a bit longer for the gps to get a more accurate fix but really . . . this is my cell phone after all.

New year party

The pic is geotagged, as most of my pics are. 2011 is closing off in styl. A bit warm outside but there are aircons in the house. Bye,bye everybody and see you in 2012. A new year a new story.

Last barbecue for the year.

Half of Humansdorp SAPS Court Services Unit.


For the last working day of 2011, my colleagues and I decided to take it easy work-wise. We worked a bit  more during the week and on Friday we call it a day by 11:00! After that, I quickly made a fire and we got to some serious stuff. To you all - have a prosperous new year and see u in 2012 :)

Our local Airfield is underwater.

For almost 6 months now the Paradise Beach airfield has a huge problem. During August 2011 we had good rains. At first people were happy but when flooding became a issue, the mood changed quickly. Worst of all areas was Paradise Beach. There, a huge dune of about 30-40m high and 300-500 meter wide, has cutoff the low lying inland. Therefore, every time it rains more then normal, the rain water is stuck.  Unfortunately the local airfield is regularly submerged. Depending on the amount of water, it can take up to a year before it dries out and by that time the following rainy season is here. I am fortunate though. Very fortunate I don’t need an airfield at all. A car park will do. I fly a paramotor

The pic I took hastily with my cell phone (a oldish Nokia N8) while paramotoring up and down the coast. If you are interested, there is a short youtube video. However, the quality is not that good. My helmet handy-cam is rather "skinny". Mind you, it easily fits in a standard sized match box with room to spare.

South of South Africa.

This morning a old buddy of mine ask me to come visit him at his vacation house. I know him for years but somehow forgot about that place. He fixed it nicely and from now on it will be put to 'good use'.