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- Path through some of the burnt areas of the reserve
- Chantel crossing wooden foot bridge
- Spider in the water
- Site of the 1st pool
- More views of the 1st pool
- Closer view of the waterfall
- Spiders web
- View from other side of 1st pool
- Another view of the 1st pool
- Frog at 1st pool
- Tree where we relaxed - had whole pool to ourselves unril 12pm
- Low view of small pool
- Frog in water
- Frog watching me
- Frog croaking
- Sparkling wine with lunch to celebrate New Year
- Cheers! Happy New Year!!
- Hiking lunch is normally cold chicken and coldslaw salad.... the sparkling wine is only for New Years Day
- Pool lower down in the river
- Wildlife....
- Path of stones across the river
- Foot bridge across river
- Low angle view of Steenbras River Bridge
- Lizard on the rock
- View of the Steenbras River Bridge from the hiking trail
- Sign at entrance to the reserve
- Ever upwards to the Contour Path
- On our way up to Contour Path
- On our way up to Contour Path
- Turnstile at start of Contour Path above Rhodes Memorial
- On our way along the Contour Path towards Kirstenbosch and Constantia Nek
- Macro of a silverleaf tree's leaves
- Landscape taken by Sony A100 DSLR - clearer than Panasonic
- Landscape taken with Panasonic Lumix FX-36
- Spider in its web on Contour Path
- Red Crassula flowers along the path
- Erica Flowers growing along the path
- Lilac Powderpuff Flowers with bugs
- Red flowers along the path
- Roof of the forest
- Purple Powderpuff Flower along the path
- Out on the open path
- Berry's along the path
- On the Contour Path
- Blister Bush Flower along the path
- Newlands Rugby Stadium taken with Sony A100 DSLR
- Flowers along the path
- Newlands Rugby Stadium taken with Panasonic Lumix FX-36
- Red flower along the path
- Pedestrian bridge across stream
- Path stretches onward
- Found the Newlands Forest geocache!
- Abandoned hat and leash
- Start of very steep climb of about 100m above Kirstenbosch
- Tree grown right over a rock above Kirstenbosch
- Fork in the path above Kirstenbosch
- Chantel at the waterfall
- Smuts Track leading up the mountain from the Contour Path
- Scorpion on the path
- View over Kirstenbosch Gardens
- Kirstenbosch Gardens from the Contour Path
- Path up Nursery Ravine
- Sign pointing to Nursery Ravine
- Sign at entrance to Kirstenbosch Gardens on opposite side
- Map of Kirstenbosch Gardens
- Pine trees being cleared on the mountain
- Pine trees being cleared on the mountain
- Sign by tree felling operations
- Tree felling sign
- Dr Roelof Smit's memorial plaque in the forest
- Rock with the plaque on.... and the path that we followed back up to the Contour Path
- A Protea
- Chantel taking a break up the steep path
- Abandoned machinery
- View over Constantia
- Closer view of Constantia
- View towards Hout Bay and Eagle's Nest
- Closer view of Eagle's Nest
- Lilac Powderpuff
- Sign above descent, showing our destination below