Verskoning: Ons is tans besig om die hele web bladsy in Afrikaans te vertaal.

Geagte Leser, Vriend en Nuuskierige Siel,
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In hierdie maand se Afro-Australiese Storieboek: iets anders.
Namaqualand, langs Suid-Afrika se noordwestelike grens, is 'n uitgestrekte landskap van kwartsiet-heuwels, vetplante in silwer geëts, en half-edelgesteentes wat oor die dorre land gestrooi lê. Vir die grootste deel van die jaar sluimer die land in die genadelose son. Maar in Augustus, wanneer die skaars reëns lewe uit die stof toor, dan bars die vlaktes oop in 'n kaleidoskoop van kleur: miljoene madeliefies, vygies en alwyne verf die woestyn in goud, wit en rooi, 'n simfonie van kleur wat toeriste van oor die hele wêreld lok.

Hierdie land leer ons om skoonheid in kortstondigheid te sien, deursettingsvermoë in beproewings waardeer.

Interessant is die spieëlbeeld in die Australiese kontinent op omtrent dieselfde breedtegraad in die Graanbelt en verder na die weste en die kus.

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Comparative map showing South Africa's Namaqualand region in the northwest and Western Australia's Wheatbelt region, both highlighted as wildflower show areas at similar latitudes on their respective continents.


Terwyl die Graanbelt uitgestrekte tapytte van immergroen plante ontplooi—daardie pienk en wit see wat Namaqualand se madeliefies weerspieël—lê die eintlike hoogtepunt wes, langs die Mid West en Geraldton Sandvlaktes, wat uitloop in die Noordelike Landboustreek na die Indiese Oseaan. Hier, van Kalbarri se rooi klowe tot Eneabba se duine, ontplof meer as 12 000 spesies in Augustus-September: banksias soos vurige fakkels, kangaroe-pote in bloedrooi fluweel, en leschenaultia-hemelte van blou, alles gevoed deur die kusreëns in die laat winter en lente.

Foto's van goway.com en broomebeyond.com.au

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Golden carpet of yellow daisies covering the ground before distinctive rounded orange-brown rock formations, with a 4x4 vehicle and two visitors exploring the spectacular Namaqualand flower display. Expansive wildflower meadow displaying a colourful mix of violet, yellow, and green blooms stretching across the landscape with scattered trees and hills in the background. Vibrant red tubular flowers of a desert succulent plant growing among orange rocks and sand in Namaqualand's arid landscape.

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Terug na Suid Afrika.
Ons het onlangs Namaqualand besoek en gereis van die sandvlaktes teen die see tot in die ruwe berglandskappe in die ooste.

So, ek het vir jou 'n gedig geskryf, en Hannelie en ek het foto's geneem.
Ek hoop jy geniet dit.

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Namaqualand Gallery:
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Volgende Keer
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Oil painting portrait of an elderly man wearing a blue head wrap and blue-striped shirt against a warm golden-yellow background, painted in an impressionistic style.

En volgende keer bly ons nog

op die agter-paaie.

Ek wil jou graag aan Klaas

voorstel…

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