I think the title pretty much tells you my thoughts on the historical Hout Bay. I wasn't a fan. Another day off, another bit of sightseeing before home. Next on my list was Hout Bay. I arrived expecting an interesting old sea town, fishermen, maybe a few nice boats. Seagulls. When I got off the bus it was like walking into a shanty town - there were so many tramps or down and outs it was uncomfortable. Maybe I was just in the wrong bit, more than likely. On the...

The last few days have flown by and have been filled with penguins, bites, penguins and more bites! I've been working on Pen 3 quite a lot, this is the Pen where the penguins go when they are close to release. So they are generally a lot stronger and healthier...and more feisty. Maybe because I was getting more hands on with them my confidence had made me drop my guard a bit more, as when I picked up no.1057 to put him in for his swim and he wiggled round and b...

Bit slow on the old blogs recently, sorry about that! Trying to get all my updates ready for you today so bear with me... Sunday 8th Feb was a particularly interesting day in SANCCOB. Mainly because some lunatic had decided it would be a great idea to make me SUPERVISOR (?!) for Pen 1 (the Cape Cormorants & Gulls) plus Aviary (just Gulls). Were they having a laugh?Had a bit of a mini panic and then saw that Hennie, the old South African dude, was my assistan...

One of the stipulations of me being allowed to have the time off from work was that I took in some of the local culture and learnt about South Africa's history. After my Ibiza holidays and drunken performances at our Team Builds I'm not sure where my boss got the impression I was uncultured... Pah! The Robben Island Tour was meant to be one of the top attractions (and I have tried to memorise it word for word to astound them back in the office with my knowledg...

Today was MUCH more fun... Assigned to Pen 3 with Craig, Mark and Amy...Penguin pen! These are the little guys that are almost ready for release so can be a bit feisty. We had some of the perm staff doing some checks on their feathers and feet while we were feeding them and giving them their meds.There was this 1 poor little hunchback guy we nicknamed Granddad, only to find out he was going to be euthanised as he had scoliosis of the spine and it wasn't fair to k...