GMAM Garratt locomotive

A picture of a GMAM Garratt steam locomotive taken near Germiston, South Africa. An earlier model of the Garratt apparently held the South African speed record for a number of years. It has cylinders both front and back, with each set of cylinders driving four sets of wheels. Thus, 16 in total.

Dragonfly

I photographed this dragonfly in the Kruger National Park. The red against the white flower created a nice picture.

15F Steam Locomotive

15F Steam Locomotive steaming into the Germiston Steam Yard. The rising sun behind the smoke and steam made me want to take the picture. 

Zebra

A picture of a zebra just seems to work in black and white. Perhaps because the subject is black and white. The background changes but the subject remains unchanged.

Flamingo

I photographed this flamingo at the Rondebult bird sanctuary near Germiston. I am for the most critical towards Government both local and national. But I have to say: Well done with Rondebult!

Visit the sites listed in my previous post. UJ's solar car has reached 100km/h on an overcast day. Well done.

Solar race

The  5000 km solar race is continuing with the teams having travelled from Pretoria to Cape Town. There are also a number of hybrid entrants. In respect of copyright I will mot re-post pictures. Follow progress at the following links: http://www.twitter.com/TheRealLoLoMe/ or www.twitter.com/UJHybridCars/ or www.Twitter.com/UJSolarcar/

I studied at the University of Johannesburg, thus my links are biased towards UJ. There are however a number of other sites on the Internet.

These cars are really "Cool". Well done UJ!

Goliath Heron

Goliath Heron with lunch photographed in the Kruger National Park. The Goliath Heron is the biggest of all the herons.