Monthly Archives: March 2011

We started out the morning walking the 2B’s. We tried to get them hunting and took them near the impala but they weren’t very interested as usual. We scored painting Ngamo poles in the hot sun next and broke the … Continued

Today I spent the first 3 sessions at a local school while John stayed behind to do 2Bs walk and a bunch of animal poo shovelling jobs. We drove out to the school and were given a quick tour. The … Continued

This morning we had off. I opted to jump on a walk with the MKs as we don’t get to walk them very often. It was quite cool this morning and there was mist on the river. There were a … Continued

After yesterday’s early start we decided to skip today’s 4am trip to hear the lions roar to catch up on some much needed sleep. We started our morning with an introduction to the birds around Antelope Park. There’s quite a … Continued

This morning started at 4 am with a day encounter. We took the trucks and the 3Ks out in the morning to find some game. They were hungry as their food had been withheld for a few days. We came … Continued

We started the morning with a walk with the 2B’s. They seemed quite docile this morning and were happy to pose for photos. 2nd session we headed off to the orphanage and played with the kids for an hour or … Continued

Now that we’ve done all the fun intro activities, today we have a few more duties. We start the day with a walk with the 2B’s. They decide to head left straight out of the pen and soon we can … Continued

Today we’re on research duty with Ray. The morning session we headed out and found the pride at the release site. Milo is a massive and impressive looking lion. The lionesses get a bit upset and he comes running back … Continued

Today is horse induction day – 3 sessions with the horses. First up we did horse management which entailed grooming the horses. We were lucky to get the mares and their foals to brush. The mum’s were quite friendly and … Continued

Today we had three sessions with the elephants. First up we watched the four African elephants perform a routine including some soccer skills. This was followed by a one hour long ride on the back elephants, John and I shared, … Continued

Our first real day at Antelope Park! We started the morning with information sessions on the park, the program and then a drive around the breeding program to meet the lions. I’ve never been this close to a lion before. … Continued

Today was a long day of travel. It started with getting up at 6am to get to our plane in Johannesburg for Harare. We were a little concerned at the route the GPS was taking us, through a bunch of … Continued

Today we had a full day free in Johannesburg. In my true holiday style, I have a head cold, so I spent the day in bed trying to shake it. John ventured out with Dave from DPE Microsoft for the … Continued

We had a free morning in Johannesburg today so went on an adventure out to Monte Casino Bird Park. We arrived at the public parking to realise they don’t take credit card and we hadn’t been to an ATM yet … Continued

We have successfully made it to Johannesburg after only two slight hiccups on our planes, making the total journey a mere 24 hours door to door. Tomorrow we are presenting a session on visualising natural disasters using .net if you … Continued

So we’re taking a bit of a break on a holiday to Africa, so you’ll have to excuse the forthcoming holiday pics until we return to our regularly scheduled program of work-related blog posts. For those that are interested in … Continued

We had a few requests from people for our resources and slides from our talk on natural disasters at the QLD MSDN User group. We’ve uploaded our slides to HERE for those interested. Here’s a list of the resources we … Continued

We’re off on a bit of a holiday soon and pass through Johannesburg for a few days. Andrew Coates kindly put us in touch with some of the DPE staff at Microsoft in Johannesburg and they’ve arranged for us to … Continued

This month we’re practising some of our new presentation skills learnt at EvangelOz and presenting at the Queensland MSDN User Group to show off a bunch of tools and techniques you can use in times of natural disaster. The official … Continued