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9th November 2025

West Coast Private Game Reserve – Safari Near Cape Town

6th May 2025

Places to See in Touws River

4th May 2025

4 Family Friendly Western Cape Game Lodges to Visit

12th January 2015 / Uncategorized

Food For Thought | Change is Good!

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You might have been wondering what happened to I Rock What I Got? Well, I Rock What I Got is now Tulips and Phoenixes. When I started blogging a few […] Read More

31st December 2014 / Uncategorized

Food For Thought | 30 Life Lessons Learnt

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I recently celebrated my birthday and seeing that it was a milestone birthday I thought I’d share some lessons learnt in life. Nothing overly profound or ground-breaking, just things I’ve […] Read More

13th December 2014 / Spa Treatments

Lifestyle | One & Only Spa & Reuben’s

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My husband and I celebrated our one year wedding anniversary two weeks ago and naturally making a big fuss about it was in order. I decided to surprise him with […] Read More

2nd December 2014 / Uncategorized

Food For Thought | Blogging, According to Me

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  I started blogging on the 16th May 2014 and recently reached 100 followers. I would never have thought that even 10 people would sign up to receive notifications of […] Read More

19th November 2014 / Uncategorized

Food For Thought | What Really Matters To You?

  I haven’t been doing much “Food For Thought” posts lately but I will definitely be doing more from now on because if there’s one thing I’ve realised in recent […] Read More

25th September 2014 / Day Trips

Giving Credit Where Its Due | Babylonstoren

‘Twas a beautiful sunny day in Cape Town and we decide to head out to Franschhoek to explore the much heard about gardens of Babylonstoren. But of cause Murphy does […] Read More

10th September 2014 / Getaways

Travel | Madi-Madi Karoo Safari Lodge

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It’s a cloudy, rainy Friday morning when hubby and me set off to picturesque Oudtshoorn in the Western Cape. Our destination – the beautiful Madi-Madi Karoo Safari Lodge. The ride […] Read More

30th July 2014 / Bloggers Tags, Everything In Between

Can I Get An Encore? | Another Liebster!

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Whoa! I’ve been nominated for another Liebster Award, this time by Emms of The Daily Emms – thanks Emms :-) I love the whole point of the Liebsters, it’s all […] Read More

24th July 2014 / Uncategorized

Thoughtful Thursdays | Forever Young? No Thanks!

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Plainly put, I took a lot of crap from people when I was younger. Recent events in my life have made me take stock of how far I’ve come in […] Read More

16th July 2014 / Road Trip Travels

Ceres Snowfall Road Trip!

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As I’m sure you’re sick of hearing by now, the Western Cape has experienced some beautiful snowfalls the past week. Certain parts of the Western and Northern Cape were covered […] Read More

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