This is really cool little gizmo. Just wish I’d heard about it years ago.
The Forever Flashlight uses the Faraday Principle of Electromagnetic Energy. You’ll never need batteries!
For someone who loves vocabulary this little device is a god send. Particularly as I spend most of my time on holiday reading, where it isn’t necessarily convenient to lug around a huge Oxford Concise dictionary. The other nice feature is that it works as a bookmark too. Genius!!
Fishing on holiday is great fun for kids and adults alike and there’s always the chance you might be able to BBQ your catch too!
However, it can be a bit tricky hauling round all your rods, reels etc. If your willing to compromise on size and quality you might want to consider this excellent fishing set. Having used a telescopic rod in New Zealand I can testify to their effectiveness for amateur fisherman. Admittedly, your not going to be able to use it for big game sport fishing! But it does offer a very compact and convenient opportunity to dip your tackle in the water!
“A complete fishing kit for your little fisherman. The kit includes a Tackle Box, 130 piece Fishing Kit, Telescoping Rod, Dual Action Reel and a Fishing Vest & Cap. Comes complete in a clamshell packaging.”
Check out this ugly beast. A home from home on wheels. Pretty cool in a strange sort of way and with the hefty starting price of $265,000.
“The 2007 Beaver Contessa is not a typical RV. The intention was never overwhelming popularity. Instead, it was designed to appeal to a more discriminating audience. Those in touch with nature. People who are inspired by natural beauty. And individuals who appreciate the finer things in life.
Inspired engineering paired with mesmerizing technology. Unquestionable safety wrapped in unbelievable beauty. Luxurious comfort down to the smallest details. This is the legacy of the 2007 Contessa from Beaver. A true work of art.”
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This trip didn’t strike me as the most exciting adventure you could take. But taking a closer look, it becomes apparent that this is great opportunity to observe a real wonder of the natural world. Literally millions and millions of these remarkable little fish make an arduous journey of 1000 miles from Cape Agulhas (just south of Cape Town) due northeast to Durban.
Here’s some interesting foreword on this amazing trip from BigAnimals.com:
“Sardine Run Scuba TripNot one but millions of sardines make this trip through treacherous ocean currents along a rugged coastline while avoiding dodging flocks of birds numerous predators such as, game fish, Cape fur seals, thousands of Common and Bottlenose dolphins, sharks, fishing nets and underwater photographers as well.
Marine science does not have a clear answer to this phenomenon, nor have I any answers, despite the fact that I was “hunting” them, photographically speaking, for 23 days along the Wild Coast; the Eastern Shore of South Africa.
Sardine Run Scuba DivingEvery winter from the last week of May through early July (winter in the Southern Hemisphere), this parade of millions of sardine, named “Sardinops sagax” or Pilchards, is taking place along the KwaZulu Natal on the East Coast.
In South Africa, the main spawning grounds are on the Agulhas banks off the Southern Cape coast, where the adults gather for a prolonged breeding season through the spring and early summer. Their eggs are simply released into the water, fertilized and left to drift off in the open ocean. A benign ocean current carries most of the developing larvae westwards and northwards into the productive waters along the West Coast, Atlantic Ocean.
Sharks, such as the Bronze Whaler (copper), Dusky and Black Tip, join the game fish such as shad, garrick and geelback. Not be excluded, marine mammals like Humpback whales, Minke, the Cape fur seals, and thousands of Common and hundreds of Bottlenose dolphins are seen in hot pursuit of the reflective mass of pilchards. As the sardines are driven to the surface, Cape gannets, cormorants, terns and gulls, plummet out of the sky to pillage from above.”
If this is of interest you may want to also check out WetPixel. They seem to sell a similar trip for $4,225.
