I decided to do something different yesterday, to photograph a building rather than birds or animals.. so a visit to the Voortrekker Monument (Voortrekker is Afrikaans for Pioneer or trailblazer) was on the cards. I last visit this site in the late 1970’s so why not… a massive monument 40 x 40 x 40 metres or 125 x 125 x 125 feet, should test my imagination, to attempt to copy some of you brilliant photographers… I found the place so different to my last visit that I took 100s of photos and am now trying to put together in as short a post (posts) as possible, what I hope will interest you all..
But the gardens were magnificent so I’m starting today with a few photos of the flowers…
The Monument…
The flowers or actually just some of the flowers in the gardens surrounding the monument….
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Corvus albus (Pied crow) is what the bird is…
Oh my, what an amazing garden. I’m curious as to what season it is there… winter?
Winter heading now to spring…I was amazed at the condition of the garden… could not believe the growth they have…
The flowers are beautiful 🙂
These are beautiful. I want to go there.
Thank you it is beautiful there and you would enjoy all the flowers… so diverse.. and all indigenous…
They have a flowering garden? Then again, last time I was there they were renovating and stuff. Great pics though.
I was last there so many ears ago I couldn’t remember the gardens… but the whole area is now so different with so many more memorials and such. I’m going to do a whole series on it… the place is now a pride for RSA, and the foreigners seem to be pouring in..
really? that’s good to know! can’t wait to see them.
Wow, these flowers just explode off the screen! Wonderful series!
Thank you.. I was so surprised to see the gardens in such beauty for this time of the year, the staff are obviously very dedicated…
Awesome shades of gorgeous flowers – especially love the deep coral shades… the monument looks pretty amazing – will look forward to more on that in your series! ~ Sending good thoughts your way ~R x
Thanks Robyn, hope all is going well on your medical week, and that things are improving… sending deep concentrated thoughts your way, hoping to help…
So appreciate bd — yesterday was my big day at the medical center — so now test results to wait for and then surgical consultations… all not as fun as blogging !! Keeping up with everyone best I can though ~ Sending Love ~ RL
You’re in our prayers…
Very beautiful!
Thank you…
Absolutely stunning photos!!! I sure enjoy your blog!
Thanks Cee, the impending posts on the monument itself I hope you find interesting..
Lovely. So many familiar flowers!! 😀 Especially the flame tree flowers. Ours are just about finished now.
Another month and this area breaks out with the jacarandas, flowers everywhere… I’m sure you know all the names for these…
yep – jacarandas figure in many of my photos. Ours are just starting to lose their leaves. Not due to flower till November, but this year? Who knows!
They start here normally October but with this heat and the way the trees are shooting, I think it will be earlier…
Very nice captures indeed!
Got a whole series coming up about the Monument.. things like a tapestry that took 9 women 8 years to complete with 3.3 million stitches… very interesting monument..
Oh now who’s the tease, huh? That tapestry has got to be amazing.
Got to get you back somehow…
I was also last there in the 1970’s. Newsferret visited the monument a few weeks ago when he went up to Pretoria, and said that he was so disappointed to see all the security that was in place now. Your flower pics are really gorgeous. 🙂
Wow apart from the entrance I found no other security anywhere… I wonder if there was not something on when Newsferret was there… you know what the blue brigade is like…
I’m going back on Sunday to attend the unveiling of the monument in remembrance of the Rhodesian civilians that lost their lives when the two civilian planes, Viscounts, that were shot down by terrorist. I’m from Rhodesia and had a few female and male friends that were on the planes. I’ll look out for the security and report back…
I’m sure that unveiling will be well attended, and a very moving ceremony, especially for those who have lost loved ones.
Wow this is a spectacular series Rob!!! And that is some monument!!!
Thank you I have a whole series coming up with photos and details about the monument…