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Marilyn’s Diner in Storms River

When one visits a small village or town you often expect some kind of quaint little restaurant or coffee shop and not necessarily a place filled with Cadillacs, 50's & 60's memorabilia, Elvis, Marilyn Monroe and painted pink for added impact.  This is exactly what we encountered next to the Tsitsikamma Village Inn on our visit to Storms River Village.  Walking into Marilyn's Diner is like being whizzed back in time to a period of rock and roll, bold colours, chrome, neon…

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06/11/2012
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Brown bracket

Although orange bracket fungus are easily spotted in the indigenous forests of the Tsitsikamma there are a number of less brightly coloured bracket fungus that can be spotted growing on mostly dead trees as well.  In this case I found this branch full of a light brown bracket.  Its because of things like these that I should just be left to walk through the forest on my own to explore and take photos without being rushed by the rest of…

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02/11/2012
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Tsitsikamma Village Inn

If somebody had to ask me right now what my absolute favorite hotels are the first one on my list would be the three star Tsitsikamma Village Inn in Storms River Village.  "Why?" I hear you ask.  I absolutely love the hotel not just for one specific reason but because of the sum of a number of reasons.  The hotel is situated in the heart of the beautiful Tsitsikamma, its a stone's throw from the indigenous Tsitsikamma forest with the stunning…

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25/10/2012
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Slow shutter waterfall

I don't often play around with the settings on my camera, but I couldn't help slowing down the shutter speed just a little bit for this pic of one of the streams flowing through the Tsitsikamma forest.

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20/10/2012
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Lilies and cottages

Lilies growing along Oak Lane in Storms River Village in the Tsitsikamma with some of the old forestry houses (now under the control of SA National Parks) in the background.  Beyond the houses is the Tsitsikamma forest and in particular the Plaatbos section.

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17/10/2012
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Forest stream cascade

Beach or Bush? Bush or Beach? That always seem to be the choice when people do these mini surveys on where folk would like to go for their holidays.  I can think of one or two others to add but one that springs to mind immediately is Forest.  What's wrong with a forest holiday? The breeze rustling in the leaves, the birds in the trees, the smell of the damp forest floor, the isolation of a forest trail, greenery all around,…

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15/10/2012
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Fygies between the rocks

Vygies is a type of succulent and most of them are in full flower at the moment.  I found this little clump between the rocks in the Tsitsikamma National Park at the Storms River Rest camp.

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12/10/2012
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Pink ferns in the forest

If I could go for a walk in an indigenous forest every day I would.  I love the beauty and peacefulness of it and don't think I'll ever be able to get enough for it.  One of the thing that I always find very interesting are the young fern leaves that's coloured pink, something I saw quite a lot of in the Tsitsikamma last week.  I asked somebody in the area once why the young leaves are pink before turning green and…

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10/10/2012