'SP' stands for South Peninsula High School, our partner school in the
Western Cape region of South Africa.
For pictures of local wildlife and plants in and around Great Sankey click
here
The pictures on this page were all
taken within a few kilometres of the School.
Teachers planning applications to visit SP should click
here.
For some photos of the Feb 2005 visit to SP click
here.
African Penguins
Latin name: Spheniscus demersis
This colony of African Jackass penguins lives at Boulders, on the East side
of the Cape of Good Hope peninsula, just a few kilometres from SP.
Compare them with the Falkland Penguins.
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Page on the African
Jackass penguin (found at Boulders near Cape Town)
Page
on the Penguin colony at Boulders
Sunset and Sunrise
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Flowers found in SP school grounds
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Hibiscus at a staff member's home
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A walk up Lion's Head Rock
Lion's Head Rock is a striking hill quite close to the centre of Cape Town.
Beginning at 4pm on a hot February afternoon, a walk up the hill brough the
following results, beginning with a delicious looking Pomegranate, growing as
part of someone's garden hedge! The walk also encountered guinea
fowl, eucalyptus, lichen and striking flowers.
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A walk up Table
Mountain
We walked up from the
Kirstenbosch National
Botanical Gardens on a damp morning with visibility hampered by the mist.
Red Hot Pokers, Guinea Fowl and Wild Almond trees marked the start of the walk.
The presence of the mist dramatically impacts the ecology of the mountain.
The magnificent King Proteas were seen on the descent.
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A brief visit to Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens
A staggering variety of plants are on show, far too many to even begin to
photograph!
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Cheetahs at Spier
0378. Cheetah: Acinonyx jubatus showing how the King Coat recessive gene occurs.
Shows probability of inheritance.
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Edible fruit, Rocks and Bird at Spier
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Jacaranda Tree and other Cape Town sights
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