Fugitives Drift

Subject: Fugitives Drift Mon Feb 24, 2014 10:09 am

Taken on a recent trip.

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Posts : 921 Join date : 2011-10-21 Location : Algoa Bay

Hi Springbok,

Another nice one.
Taken from a position very close to Black's Sangar

regards ,

barry

Subject: Re: Fugitives Drift Mon Feb 24, 2014 11:07 am

Hi Barry
Right above it, just couldn't get down the hill, there had been a lot of rain the preceeding week it was pretty treacherous going.

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Love the copyright marking! Very Happy

Subject: Re: Fugitives Drift Mon Feb 24, 2014 5:32 pm

Well done Mr G, no body has ever spotted that before.

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How much of that brush / bush would have been present in 1879 do you think?

Subject: Fugitives Drift Fri Feb 28, 2014 12:42 am

Hi 6pdr
From the pictures I've seen from the time of 1879 around Isandlwana where there is basically nothing , I'd be fairly certain it'd be similar ( Fugitives Drift ). Although along the banks of the river itself it may've been different .
Ian Knight has mentioned that the majority of the scrub, bush etc has really taken off within the last 30 years or so , when he first started going there , it was a lot less than nowadays .
Cheers 90th

Subject: Re: Fugitives Drift Fri Feb 28, 2014 6:25 am

The two early photos taken from behind the M and C memorial show there was virtually no growth on the hills. I have photos, virtually on an annual basis that shows the growth along the river, ten years ago there was nothing at all now its pretty damned thick.

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