Over Easter weekend we had the privilege of being able to take the Harvett Boys away to a real sheep farm in the middle of the Karoo somewhere between Williston and Carnavon. It was a low stress 6 hour drive to parts of our beautiful country that few people ever visit, but those who do absolutely love it. We did too. Our hosts were Kobus and Sanet van Wyk on their 12,000 hectare farm called Dagbreek (Day break).
The days were filled with quad bike riding, rubberducking, hiking through the veld, dirt bike riding and of course LOTS OF EATING. The Karoo is best known for the quality of their lamb as well as certain game. We were spoilt with Sanet's cooking 3 times per day. The night skies in the Karoo are spectacular allowing us to show Aiden and Zack some constellations that are not visible in the Northern hemisphere for the first time.
One day we drove 80km on dirt roads and through a couple of rivers (flowing due to recent heavy rain in the area) to the farm where our friend, Mandy, grew up. It was here that the boys were able to to meet some lambs close-up and explore the veld. We even encountered a few skeletons that probably belong to foxes, but we were convinced they were baby Velociraptors and T-Rex skeletons.
The Karoo people are wonderfully hospitable and we were even treated to a real Karoo house party that involved Kareoke, Snooker, a Treasure hunt and again lots and lots of food. On the last night we went porcupine hunting and succeeded in getting two fairly quickly. Porcupines are unwelcome visitors on most Karoo farms as they cause a lot of damage, so we were in fact, doing the farmer a favour.
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Looks like a really fun time!
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