Matjiesfontein

A belated thank you to Maryke (above) for stepping in at the last minute to guide the very enjoyable trip to Sutherland on the weekend of October 20.

Maryke replaced Michelle Hopley, who went down with hay fever, and was accompanied by John Crossland.

Maryke was the official photographer on the trip so she was involved in most pictures - but she was behind the camera, not in front!

This was taken at the antique car museum in the historic small town of Matjiesfontein on the way back from visiting the Southern African Large Telescope (SALT), the single biggest telescope in our half of the planet, as part of national astronomy month in October.