2005 – Northern Namibia Back in 2005, prior to the World Congress of Herpetology in Cape Town, we embarked on a field trip to northern Namibia. READ MORE
Kokerboom Biological Station About seventeen years ago we went herping in Namaqualand. It was Paul Moler, the late Gordon Setaro and Rob Deans. It was READ MORE
Herping with Gordon Setaro With the passing of my very good friend Gordon Setaro I have thought that it would be the right thing to share READ MORE
End of an era – a tribute to Gordon Setaro Back in late 1979, while working at FitzSimons Snake Park, two odd-looking guys entered the park but stopped a few paces from READ MORE
Fly Fishing in Watamu Yesteryear. In February 2001 about half a dozen of us headed for Watamu in Kenya to fly-fish for sailfish. My good friend READ MORE
Kwena Gardens Croc Farm End of an era. Back in 1985 I received a telephone call from Shlomi Ranot, an Israeli whom I had met at READ MORE
Police force days Yesteryear. Straight after school all young men had to do two years compulsory military service. I opted to do my time in READ MORE
Gabriel Back in 1976, while living at 231A Langton Road in Montclair, Durban, I acquired a baby crocodile, organised by my good buddy Clive READ MORE
Remembering Rod Patterson 21 April 2022. It is with great sadness that I have learnt of the passing of Rod Patterson, former owner of Transvaal READ MORE
Oom Johan and Tannie Susan As a kid I had no real mentors other than my father. There were a number of people that I greatly respected READ MORE