Star Gazing

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Now, we don't wish to brag, but all things considered we reckon we have just about the best skies anywhere. During the winter daytime (April - September) the Karoo skies can be endlessly, painfully blue and, well, a bit boring.

But just wait till sundown and our pollution free, cold clear heaven unveils a spectacle that most city dwellers find hard to believe. And it's all for free. All you have to do is lie back and let your eyes revel in the majesty of the southern skies at their most regal: Orion, Scorpio and the heart stopping myriad stars of the Milky Way. All of the Universe, all yours, for nothing.

We still get cool clear nights during the summer but the day time skies can be pretty interesting too. Rainy days are far too few for our local farmers liking but we like to think Nature knows what she is doing. So we end up with some great cloud formations from mackerel cirrus to massive cumulus nimbus thunder heads, which incidentally, can frighten the willies out of you with their angry barks and flashes of thunder and lightning, as well as drenching the parched Karoo veld with rain that seems like the end of the world. That's all free too. And you, driving on that endless strip of tar from Jo'burg to Cape Town, thinking our little world of koppies and bossies is boring. Stop a night and see!