A rainy day here on South Africa’s Garden Route today – always welcome in a dry country such as ours – so we took a short hike in the Woodville Indigenous Forest, where an 800 year old Outeniqua Yellowwood that towers above the canopy is the star attraction. There’s just something so magical about the smells in a rain-soaked forest.
Woodville Forest
Woodville Forest – Common Arum Lily
Woodville Forest
Woodville Forest
Woodville Forest’s giant Outeniqua Yellowwood (Podocarpus falcatus)
Woodville Forest’s giant Outeniqua Yellowwood (Podocarpus falcatus)
Woodville Forest’s giant Outeniqua Yellowwood (Podocarpus falcatus)
DeWetsWild 
Ai… now I long for forgotten places!
PS- please enjoy for me too!! 😁👍
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Time you come back and explore your old haunts, AJ?
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Magnificent – and you are right about the magical smells of the forest.
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Only way it could have been better is if we saw the phantom Knysna elephant!
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I love animals especially birds and… Yes, I love trees. 🙂 ( You might think I’m weird!)
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Not at all, H.J. Being attuned to nature in all its facets is pretty important to understand the ecosystem in which the birds you love so dearly thrive.
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Ahh, yes, that’s a delightful scent.
janet
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One we get to experience far too seldomly
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I agree with you whole-heartedly!
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I knew you would, Anne!
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