Another frost this morning. Now I remember why I moved from Canberra. Our booted feet crunched across the frozen lawn this morning on our way to brekky at 8am. Again we were dressed in layers, again the sky was stark blue but today the wind had dropped.
Mary made up a packed lunch and we headed for a wildlife reserve about an hour's warm drive to the NE. This small reserve is no Kruger NP, but it was conveniently located and in an area we hadn't previously visited.
Weemen Game Reserve is about 25km NE of Estcourt, a town name which receives mention frequently in Boer War accounts. An entry fee of 60 Rand, about $9 Aust, bought us day trip tickets for the two of us and our car and I believe that we were the first guests today, arriving about 1030am.
The roadside grass was up to two metres high and the animals here were noticeably more wary of cars than in Kruger NP.
We ate at the Argyle Arms again this evening. Tomorrow we start our road journey toward the Western Cape. This entails three nights in a row in single-night stays and where we'll be staying on the next two nights we can't say for sure. Hopefully we're heading for warmer overnight conditions as it has been very cold here during darkness.
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