2009/10/25
2009/08/30
2009/08/16
Indian Night
The Indian night was held at our house. Divine Indian curry aromas mingled with incense & a Bollywood movie / music.
Greek Night
We started off our International Dinner evenings with a greek nite at the Holm's. Great food, booze & company!!!
2009/06/02
2009/05/21
Floods again!!!
Having just recovered from the November cyclonic storm, I spent the whole weekend in the garden, sorting out the beds and planting bulbs!!!! Well, I'm sure they are in Morten Bay by now. At least we did not suffer too much damage inside, this time, but the garden is totally stuffed now and it can bloody well stay that way!!!
2009/02/03
2008/12/21
2008/12/20
2008/11/21
GAPOCALYPSE
As you know, by now, we were hit by a cyclonic storm, The Gap been the hardest hit, on Sunday, 16 Nov. and again on Wed, 19th. The 1st one flooded our house with mud and mulch, from the farmer's land and the 2nd one flooded it again with whatever was left!!! We had just got the house and the patio cleaned up, when the 2nd one hit!!!! To crown it all, a serious storm-warning has been sent out for Saturday. All I can say is: "Hats off to the Council, Red Cross, the S.E.S.(State Emergency Services) and Energex. You guys have done a fantastic job looking after all of us, working flat-out 24hrs p/day cleaning up the fallen trees, debris and getting the power supply back up in record time, considering 250km of cable were downed in the storm. Today S.E.S. came and sandbagged the perrimeter of our house, in preperation for Saturdays storm. Well done guys"!!The State and Federal Goverment gave us pay-outs, amounting to nearly $7000.00, for storm relief and expenses incurred due to the disaster. On Tueday, the S.E.S. came around to offer assistance with structural damage, the Police came to check if we were ok & that there were no looters, the council came door-to-door delivering bottled water, etc. Absolutely unreal. Many countries can come and learn "how it's done" or "how it should be done"!!!!!!!! So glad we live in Australia!!!
Today, when we went to the emergency offices set up at the Ashgrove Baptist Church, to claim the relief money. We were amazed at all the support offered to us....from tea/coffee & biscuits; councilling, boerie rolls, doughnuts, bottled water, special treatment for woman with babies, the elderly or injured, rooms with carers & entertainment for kids,plus, plus, plus!!
Today, when we went to the emergency offices set up at the Ashgrove Baptist Church, to claim the relief money. We were amazed at all the support offered to us....from tea/coffee & biscuits; councilling, boerie rolls, doughnuts, bottled water, special treatment for woman with babies, the elderly or injured, rooms with carers & entertainment for kids,plus, plus, plus!!
2008/11/19
2008/10/25
2008/09/11
Komatsu 830 Electric Drive Dump Truck
Working inside the tub(rear axle housing)
Tyres cost about $25000.00(R175000.00) each!!!
Tyres cost about $25000.00(R175000.00) each!!!
2008/09/10
2008/09/09
2008/08/28
ANC vindicated as CIA admits to controlling Scorpions, inventing Aids
DURBAN. The U.S.'s Central Intelligence Agency has admitted to allegations levelled against it by ANC supporters in KwaZulu-Natal, conceding that it is controlling the Scorpions crime-busting unit and that it invented Aids. It added that it had been "totally outwitted" by the ANC cadres who made the allegations at public hearings over the fate of the Scorpions.
The hearings, currently being held nationwide to give South African citizens a say in whether or not the Scorpions should be disbanded, are called 'Why We Are Disbanding The Scorpions', and the ANC says the Durban sessions have been exceptionally well attended.
It denied that the turnout was directly proportional to the quantity of free finger snacks available at each venue.
The controversy erupted this week when delegates were widely quoted in the national media as calling for the dismantling of the Scorpions on the grounds that the elite investigative unit was being controlled by the CIA, and that the American spy agency had also invented Aids to decimate Africa.
They said that the accusations were based on "extensive evidence" gleaned from pamphlets ordered off the Internet, as well as the testimony of local teenager Tampax Balindlela who had been visited in a dream by a talking frog who had told her of the CIA's involvement.
Experts had expected the CIA to rubbish the claims, but this morning the Washington-based agency conceded that both allegations were true.
"We don't know how these simple people uncovered the truth, but they did," CIA director Theodore Machiavelli told journalists this morning.
He grudgingly praised the KwaZulu-Natal ANC's members for their "incredible ability to join dots, even when those dots weren't on the same page, or weren't even dots to start with."
"Many people would stop and think: why would the CIA want to control the Scorpions? Surely we've got more pressing issues to address than a grubby power struggle between two grubby factions struggling for control of a grubby little country that has no strategic interest to the United States?
"Likewise many would ask why, if we wanted to decimate Africa, we would invent a disease like Aids, which is difficult to transmit and takes years to kill its victims.
"Why wouldn't we just put contraceptives in the water supply, or release an airborne strain of Ebola into the air-conditioners at OR Tambo International?"
But, he added, the ANC's supporters had "looked beyond logic, probed beyond facts, searched beyond common-sense, and used organs other than their brains" to unearth the truth.
Asked why the CIA had invested so much time and effort in destroying South Africa's institutions, Machiavelli said that it was because the agency was "just plain evil".
Meanwhile the ANC in KwaZulu-Natal has welcomed the admission, and has called for Tampax Balindlela to be given an honorary degree in the Humanities and a lifetime supply of ANC-themed peak caps.
DURBAN. The U.S.'s Central Intelligence Agency has admitted to allegations levelled against it by ANC supporters in KwaZulu-Natal, conceding that it is controlling the Scorpions crime-busting unit and that it invented Aids. It added that it had been "totally outwitted" by the ANC cadres who made the allegations at public hearings over the fate of the Scorpions.
The hearings, currently being held nationwide to give South African citizens a say in whether or not the Scorpions should be disbanded, are called 'Why We Are Disbanding The Scorpions', and the ANC says the Durban sessions have been exceptionally well attended.
It denied that the turnout was directly proportional to the quantity of free finger snacks available at each venue.
The controversy erupted this week when delegates were widely quoted in the national media as calling for the dismantling of the Scorpions on the grounds that the elite investigative unit was being controlled by the CIA, and that the American spy agency had also invented Aids to decimate Africa.
They said that the accusations were based on "extensive evidence" gleaned from pamphlets ordered off the Internet, as well as the testimony of local teenager Tampax Balindlela who had been visited in a dream by a talking frog who had told her of the CIA's involvement.
Experts had expected the CIA to rubbish the claims, but this morning the Washington-based agency conceded that both allegations were true.
"We don't know how these simple people uncovered the truth, but they did," CIA director Theodore Machiavelli told journalists this morning.
He grudgingly praised the KwaZulu-Natal ANC's members for their "incredible ability to join dots, even when those dots weren't on the same page, or weren't even dots to start with."
"Many people would stop and think: why would the CIA want to control the Scorpions? Surely we've got more pressing issues to address than a grubby power struggle between two grubby factions struggling for control of a grubby little country that has no strategic interest to the United States?
"Likewise many would ask why, if we wanted to decimate Africa, we would invent a disease like Aids, which is difficult to transmit and takes years to kill its victims.
"Why wouldn't we just put contraceptives in the water supply, or release an airborne strain of Ebola into the air-conditioners at OR Tambo International?"
But, he added, the ANC's supporters had "looked beyond logic, probed beyond facts, searched beyond common-sense, and used organs other than their brains" to unearth the truth.
Asked why the CIA had invested so much time and effort in destroying South Africa's institutions, Machiavelli said that it was because the agency was "just plain evil".
Meanwhile the ANC in KwaZulu-Natal has welcomed the admission, and has called for Tampax Balindlela to be given an honorary degree in the Humanities and a lifetime supply of ANC-themed peak caps.
2008/08/26
Sorted and re-planted
All sorted and planted. Now to keep that damned scrub turkey from scratching it all up!!!!!!!!!!
Trying to get organised
After hiring a rotary hoe and ploughing the beds(the ground was too hard to turn it with a fork)
2008/08/24
2008/07/20
On the 15th July 2008 we finally became Permanent Residents!! So a celebration was in order & we had a potjie & rugby evening! Unfortunately, the Sprinboks lost but a good time was had by all!
2008/05/23
2008/05/10
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