Hi guys

Its this time of the year again.

Please share your knowledge on where one can go to view the flowers and get a little offroad driving as well. Even better why not make an outing of it. suggestions please

thanks

Nugget

Biedouw valley in the Cederbergses...

Great idea

How about the 13th of August for this trip guys? Long enough notice and time for everyone to plan accordingly and not too far off in the future for everyone to forget?

take a long weekend, or make one, take leave the 8th August and go to Loeriesfontein.

not for me thanks.
I lock myself up in the bathroom during flower season - hayfever and allergies

Thys can this trip be done in a day?

Nope.. this is definitely a weekend trip... A daytrip for CT to see nice blommetjies is a push anyway...

Hi Thys

You know of any day trips? Have to go to PE for wedding and don't have $$$ to go camping too!!

You can do a day trip, but the only thing you are going to do all day is drive.. Plus it is still a bit early now, you need to go late August/early Sept.

with all the road works it is 3 to 4 hours to drive up to Biedouvalley. then the time to watch the flowers, and the drive back ....


It would appear 2011 is not going to be a good year for flowers ...

HOPING the weather prooves me wrong ! So looking forward to a weekend trip !

Last year this time the West Coast was covered in flowers, this years there are hardly any flowers.
Seems like the succulents and bulbs are flowering in little bits, but the soft flowers are hardly visible. Even those bunches of Arum lilies between Darling and Malmesbury are not there this year.

I heard that closer to Kammieskroon there are some (non confirmed) and then the guys from Enjo Life in Biedou valley said the flowers will open after another rain but nothing yet.

It seems like it will be a very empty flowering season

Dit lyk of die Tankwa die jaar mooi blomme gaan uitstal. In vanoggend se Buite (bylaag tot die Burger) is daar 'n artikel op bl 2 getiteld "Die Tankwa blom" Ons het baie goeie reens gehad, ek het 57mm in Mei en 50mm in Junie gemeet.

Ek het die 2 fotos twee weke terug geneem, sal die lang naweek weer gaan kyk hoe dit nou lyk.

Hi Martin, ons moet nog op jou plaas gaan kamp
Ek het ook gehoor die karoo mag dalk meer blomme as die Weskus he die jaar.

Hi Pieter,

Jy (en al die Hiluxers) is baie welkom! Laat weet net wanneer.

Martin

Stem Pieter, ek gaan in die somer n naweek daar uitspan - Martin soos bespreek

Over the weekend the world around here changed dramatically. All of the sudden there are white flowers coming out everywhere.
The areas on your way to Saldanha and the areas around Saldanha steel are almost covered in white flowers.

The past two days Long Acres and Oliphantskop also started to get flowers and I think within a day or two Oliphantskop will be covered in white again.

So for those who want to come to the southern part of the West Coast, seems like the flowers are eventually sticking out their necks now.

is dit die moeite werd om op te ry na die SAN park naby Langebaan ?

Chris, ek was nog nie op Postberg gewees nie, maar hier van my af lyk hy maar nog groen. Gewoonlik kan mens sien hoe hy verkleur as daar baie blomme is.

Die park se blomme maak ook gewoonlik 'n week of twee later oop as die dorp se blomme.
Ek sal my oor op die grond hou en hoor of daar iemand is wat al in die Park was en sodra ek hoor of daar blomme is hier kom rapporteer.

net nou op die BMW forum gesien die Biedouw vallei is n blomme PRAG !!

Die Tankwa Karoo die afgelope naweek. Ek dink die mooiste is nog oppad....

was die naweek in Biedow vallei gewees en moet se die blomme is great en ons was nie eers waar die ouens se die meeste blomme is nie

Die Tankwa gister.....

There are plenty of flowers on the West Coast.
Seems like we will have good weather over the weekend

I attached the tourism office's flower report below so you can see where to see flowers

We went to Postberg today and it was well worth the trip.
The last time I saw so many flowers was in 2007. I think this year there are even more flowers than 2007.

Here are some pictures to wet your apatite

The picture below was sommer taken between the houses in Myburgh Park in Langebaan

The next two pictures were taken as you go down the hill on the Shark Bay side on your way to the northern entrance to the West Coast National Park


The picture below was taken in the Postberg side of the park

NO, IT IS NOT SNOW!



Plankiesbaai - you can also stop here for a picnic or braai





Some strange creatures I stumbled upon in the park.

The next two pictures illustrate the importance of taking flower pictures from the right side. I photographed the same area, just from different sides. Picture one was towards the sun and picture 2 was with the sun behind me. Sometimes you drive on a road and think there ain't any flowers, but when you look in your rear view mirror it is a total different story

nie my beste kant nie - miskien het HennieO my beter kant gekry vandag stem daar is baie blomme die jaar maar meeste is wit en geel

dankie pieter
dit is baie mooi fotos

Pieter, those photos are simply too beautiful for words! All I can send you in return are pictures of some Mine Dumps... yellow, dusty and probably cynalide-laced as well... but I call it "Home".


-F_D

net n paar om die hoeveelheid te wys

nog n paar

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