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Yesterday we spent a lovely day in immersed in nature… We went mountain biking in a nature reserve called Suikerbosrand… It is such a beautiful place and we will definately be returning there soon. We loaded up our mountain bikes and reached our destination within about 45 minutes, really close by…  I haven’t visited for quite a few years, I used to go hiking there when I was much younger… Now they have biking trails, a meditation hut, safari drives, a bird sanctuary AND a Butterfly Reserve… Jenna, Erin and Caiden in the photo above so enjoyed this beautiful environment…

Here we are hiking across the veld (long grass) to a welcoming shady tree, where we all sat down to a picnic lunch. This beautiful tree is called a Cabbage Tree / Highveld Protea (Cussonia paniculata). They have been given this name because their leaves and texture are a similar to that of cabbage leaf. The people who lived in this area many years before used to carve drinking vessels and wooden figures from the wood from this tree.

Jenna sitting under the Cabbage tree before we set off on our bikes again…

These are the Museum houses at Suikerbosrand… This area was a Pioneer farm that was owned by Jan Gabriel Marais and his wife around the year 1845… I love history…

I had to photograph this, it was an entire flock of sparrows sitting on the power lines together, just watching us riding by…

Here is a lovely find, the yellow markings on this rock is Lichen, they are primitave plants that are flat and small. They are so beautiful…

Richard has a special seat for Kye, that our friend made that fits onto the cross bar of his bike. It is just like a bicycle seat and attached to it are footrests. This is attached firmly to Richard’s bike. Kye enjoys long rides with dad…

The view was spectacular… have a wonderful New Years Day…