For those who want to go to Sibaya Lake today via the D1848 road please beware of a Blue bakkie which overturned after the 2mile marker going towards Sibaya. Its on the right hand side of the road… Not sure when the vehicle will be moved…
www.sodwanabayinformation.co.za Check out our Video below and while you at it – check out our YouTube channel. Please Like and Subscribe to support our channel. Boom!!! The next moment Tom tells me to keep all the dogs back and stay away. Mr Snake fell down out of the roof with poor gecko in his mouth… At this point I had no idea whats happening, and with two Jack Russel’s weird creatures are never a good combination. So panic ensued… It’s quite scary for a snake to randomly fall on your TV, especially the only snakes you see in the city are behind a glass walls. Bright colours usually means poisonous and dangerous, but Mr.snake doesn’t seem to be either of these. It doesn’t seem that the snake is poisonous cause our Gecko friend got away unharmed – lucky for him. Our visitor seems to be non aggressive cause instead attacking – it rather did its best to slither away from us. So our guess would be it’s a constrictor instead of poisonous. Anybody got an idea? Don’t get me wrong I was super scared that this snake might attack us or our dogs but every snake we have encountered on our property has never tried to harm us so far – which is great.
On Saturday 14 December 2019 Candice, the owner of Sharklife and the State vet sponsored a free Rabies vaccine and trimming event. For those of you who do not know this yet, Rabies is a real threat to society all around the world and for South Africa one of the most plagued provinces is Kwa-Zulu Natal. Not only is Kwa-Zulu Natal the largest Province in South Africa it is also one of the most rural Provinces. Meaning lots of uncontrolled wild animals and domestic animals that will come in contact with wild animals most probably at least once in their lives, which means if your lucky the animal won’t have rabies, unlucky they bite your pet and they end up with Rabies. Candice and the state vet have teamed up to help fight the battle of the ever growing threat of your pet getting rabies by encouraging pet owners to get their pets vaccinated and prevent this terrible and deadly disease from spreading. Unfortunately the vaccine only lasts 1 year. So it is important to keep your pet up to date every year on this vaccine and save more lives. Candice volunteered to give Sodwana Bay locals their pets a free vaccine and for those who needed it a free toe nail cut as well. Just wanna give a special thanks to Candice for giving up her Saturday and Volunteering to keep our pets safe and Rabies free for another year. Next time you visit Sodwana Bay, check out the Shark Museum, they have real cool and interesting things to see and learn about and don’t forget to keep up to date with your Rabies shots.
The change to our souls… Took a while to get this finished – whohooooo finally it is done! Yes, it took a whole year but we still sharing… hope you enjoy! This was our holiday trip from January 2019 @ Sodwana Bay. Honestly thinking back on it now, I would say this was the breakthrough point for us, we got engaged (unfortunately was to excited for the camera to catch anything), we missed our dog and cat a lot and hated going on vacation without them… Then there was the biggest problem of all, we were 600km away from the sea when we go back home. We were real unhappy and over worked. We knew it was time for change and it was welcomed! So, we made a pact – We were gonna work as hard as humanly possible, save up as much as we can and move to Sodwana Bay with in that year. We also promised our animals that we won’t go to Sodwana if they can’t go with – as Im writing this they are all around us – living in Sodwana Bay… Whooohoooo! Although this video took a year to create I think it was uploaded at the perfect time and in the right environment… at Sodwana Bay! So thanks for all the friends, family and Clients who have supported us in our dream coming true… Follow our Adventures?
Fun fact, did you know that dung beetles are super heroes to the animal kingdom? Yeah, its true. It sounds gross and weird that such a little beetle that rolls poop for a living could actually be a super bug. These cuties actually help save the planet by rolling and eating other animals poop. Without them animal dung will take longer to decompose and release even more toxic gas into the atmosphere polluting the earth even faster. There are plenty of varieties of Dung Beetle Species around the globe. They can live and adapt to any environment on the planet, except on the poles believe it or not. Well I guess nothing can really survive there anyway. So don’t feel bad Mr Dung Beetle, I wouldn’t wanna live there either. Here are a few fun facts about Dung Beetles and their behavior: When the male Dung Beetle has a good ball of Dung the female will latch onto the ball while the male rolls her to a safe spot. Dung Beetle Females will lay their eggs in dung Balls and the whole family can feed off the dung for weeks to come (Depending on the size of ball and family) So in the dung Beetle world you can divide individuals into 3 categories – Rollers, tunnelers and Dwellers. Dung Beetles have a great sense of smell. Most of the Dung Beetles will rather find Herbivore dung than Carnivore Dung. The Dung Beetle Species belongs to the Scarabaeoidea Family. Dung Beetles are one of the few beetles that will actually care for their young till adulthood. Dung Beetles can push up to 50 times their weight.
Living off grid is amazing, especially when living out in the middle of nowhere. You never have to worry about paying electrical or water bills but you do have to settle for less luxuries. Also you learn to be more self reliant, as it is not always possible to go to the grocery store every time you forget something. I have been doing that a lot lately. Another thing we needed to get use to is our hot water system. I know what you thinking, how hard can hot water be to get in the house, why would we need to get use to that? Well our hot water system is a little different to what we city dwellers are use too! Well our house is a little different… We use a “Donkey” – our water heating system uses fire, yes you read right fire! Most people might not know this but before electrical and gas geysers were invented our ancestors used a type of chimney or drum water heating system. Basically its a little chimney attached to your house and hot water pipes like a fireplace to heat up your water. So, instead of waiting for your geyser to warm up you have to go make a fire outside and wait for it to warm your pipes and bob’s your uncle you have a nice warm shower. The first couple of days we were here was a nightmare, the water was freezing cause we couldn’t figure out how the hot water system worked around here. All we knew was we didn’t have a geyser. But that experience at the end of the day gave us so much more appreciation for the hot water that we can enjoy now. Don’t get me wrong we LOVE this new experience!
