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Post Category → South Africa

17 Photos of and Around the Elgin, South Africa Train Station

posted in Pic du Jour, South Africa on July 22, 2026 by Bob Ramsak 3 Comments

Sometimes you trip into the perfect still life composition. Like this couch at the train station in Elgin, South Africa.

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A Hyrax Family Portrait – Boulders Beach, South Africa

posted in Field Guides, South Africa on August 12, 2025 by Bob Ramsak 0 Comments

Meet a clan of Hyraxes, smallish and thick rodent-like animals I spent about 20 minutes observing as they lurked among shrubs and climbed over rocks at Boulders Beach, a public beach area and nature preserve near Cape Town.

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On and around Table Mountain

posted in South Africa on June 12, 2025 by Bob Ramsak 1 Comment

Eighteen images snapped on and near Table Mountain, the iconic flat-topped landmark that towers over Cape Town, not far from the Africa’s southernmost tip.

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This is BobRamsak.com, a public notebook by Bob Ramsak.

I’m a long-time journalist, photographer and researcher driven by passions for environmental, social and refugee justice. I’ve visited 62 countries and write something and make pictures (almost) every day. This site is a notebook and photolog where I track and (sometimes) comment on those interests, journal my travels and log my current obsessions. At the moment the most dominant ones are the global response to the climate crisis and a renewed passion for birding and bird photography.

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