Aerial view of Farm Eureka, Namibia - (S21 11.9/E017 49.3) |
Champagne welcome at Eureka |
Brian, Reinhold, Anna, Christian, Ralph, Nicole, Helmut's hat, Stephanie, Johannes |
V5-JOG at Eureka |
Driving around Eurkea |
Peter climbing to fix a wind mill |
Namibian farmers must be very handy |
...we can just watch... |
Windmills like this are used to pump groundwater on the farm |
Windrad |
Cattle at Eurkea |
Farm road - Eureka, Namibia |
Windmill, Eureka, Namibia |
Windmill, Eureka |
Trees around the main house, Eureka |
Our aircraft parked near the farmhouse, Eureka |
Eureka Farm, Namibia |
Eureka - Vulture Friendly Farm, Namibia |
Termite mound and windhill, Eureka |
Termite mound and windhill, Eureka |
Termite mound, Eureka, Namibia |
Windmill with the Namibian flag, Eureka |
Farm Eureka, Namibia |
Farm Eureka, Namibia |
Cessna 182 (V5-FIS) at Eureka |
Farm Eureka, Namibia |
Ostrich at Eureka |
There used to be more but there's just one left |
Ostrich |
Kudu skull, Eureka |
Solar power, Eureka |
Solar power, Eureka |
Inside the barn, Eureka |
Pen near the house, Eureka |
Farmhouse, Eureka |
Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill (Tockus leucomelas), Namibia |
Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill (Tockus leucomelas), Namibia |
Cactus near the farmhouse, Eureka |
Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill (Tockus leucomelas), Namibia |
Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill (Tockus leucomelas), Namibia |
Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill (Tockus leucomelas), Namibia |
UNIMOG - "UNIversal-MOtor-Gerät" - the ultimate 4x4 |
Ralph driving the UNIMOG |
Track on Eureka Farm |
Peter manning the gates |
Farm Eureka, Namibia |
Farm Eureka, Namibia |
Farm Eureka, Namibia |
Farm Eureka, Namibia |
Farm Eureka, Namibia |
Ralph driving the UNIMOG |
UNIMOG - goes anywhere |
Windmill, Farm Eureka, Namibia |
Windmill, Farm Eureka, Namibia |
Python in a tree near one of the water supply pools |
Namibia has 2 species of python - Angolan Python (Python anchietae) and African Rock Python (Python sebae) |
Water source, Eureka |
Tree with a large social weaverbird nest, Eureka Farm, Namibia |
Tree with a large social weaverbird nest, Eureka Farm, Namibia |
Sunset, Eureka Farm, Namibia |
Sunset, Eureka Farm, Namibia |
Sunset, Eureka Farm, Namibia |
Sunset, Eureka Farm, Namibia |
Sunset with a windmill, Eureka Farm, Namibia |
Sunset with a windmill, Eureka Farm, Namibia |
Sunset with a windmill, Eureka |
Windmill, Eureka |
Boys starting the fire, Eureka |
Fire at Eureka |
Farm Eureka, Namibia |
Cow having difficulties giving birth, Farm Eureka |
Farm inspection in the UNIMOG, Eureka |
Farm Eureka, Namibia |
Farm Eureka, Namibia |
Big bug - Armored Ground Cricket (Acanthoplus longipes), Namibia |
Big bug - Armored Ground Cricket (Acanthoplus longipes), Namibia |
Eureka Farm |
Tree house under construction on the neighbor's farm |
Tree house under construction on the neighbor's farm |
Tree house under construction on the neighbor's farm |
Picnic table on the deck of the treehouse |
The treehouse will be used for guests |
Tree house under construction on the neighbor's farm |
Cactus on the neighbor's farm |
Cattle, Farm Eureka, Namibia |
Cattle, Farm Eureka, Namibia |
Cattle, Farm Eureka, Namibia |
Dirt track, Eureka |
Cattle, Farm Eureka, Namibia |
Cattle, Farm Eureka, Namibia |
The dog wanted to get out and run.... |
Farm Eureka, Namibia |
V5-FIS at Eureka |
UNIMOG excursion to the top of the hill near the farm |
Kudu leaking the fence, Eureka |
Termite mound, Eureka |
Our destination - Otjisondu - site of a German heliograph during the Deutsch Südwest Afrika period |
Mine at the base of the hill - UNIMOG made it across some impossible terrain |
Track leading up the hill Otjisondu |
Peter on top of the hill Otjisondu |
On top of the hill near Eureka |
Termite mound, Otjisondu |
View from the hill Otjisondu near Eureka |
View from the hill Otjisondu near Eureka |
View from the hill Otjisondu near Eureka |
View from the hill Otjisondu near Eureka |
View from the hill Otjisondu near Eureka |
Dog in the back of the UNIMOG |
Aerial view of the hill Otjisondu near Eureka |
V5-FIS after taking Helmut for a flight over the area |
Ralph with Peter, Monika and a neighbor |
Dawn of the morning of our departure |
V5-JOG at dawn, Eureka |
V5-JOG at dawn, Eureka |
Dawn at Eureka |
Windmill at dawn |
V5-FIS at dawn, Eureka |
V5-FIS at dawn, Eureka |
V5-FIS at dawn, Eureka |
V5-FIS at dawn, Eureka |
Breakfast at Eureka on the morning of our departure |
Breakfast at Eureka on the morning of our departure |
From Eureka we flew north to Tsumeb for fuel then on into the Caprivi |
V5-FIS at Eureka |
V5-JOG on the takeoff roll, Eureka |