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Art on walls, Andriesvale. (Photo: Kassie Naidoo)
Planetarium in Sutherland. (Photo: Kassie Naidoo)
Meeting my first quiver tree, Augrabies. (Photo: Kassie Naidoo)
Tree, rain, sand. (Photo: Kassie Naidoo)
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Shongololo out to meet the rain. (Photo: Kassie Naidoo)
Augrabies Falls, low rain season. (Photo: Kassie Naidoo)
Boorgat, Sutherland otherworldly. (Photo: Kassie Naidoo)
NG Kerk in Sutherland. (Photo: Kassie Naidoo)
Sunset, Andriesvale. (Photo: Kassie Naidoo) DM