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Well, before I get through this hunt report there will be a stack of people I need to thank. This trip had it all, there was a surprise for my wife, some great hunting, �my young blokes first African kill and my daughters first trip there, a few days detour at the end and just some of the best family time ive had in years.
Without the people involved to help me none of this would have been possible, I cant say or repay you enough. :goodstuff: :goodstuff:

First of all to thank is heath kahlee and Noelene (shells mum) � between the three of them, all the planning that had been put into place to surprise Shelley who was playing cricket for Australia in Africa at the world cup. (she new I was coming but had no idea the kids were) There were doctors visits for the kids, needles, prescrption pickups and just so much [bleep] going on it was crazy�.even the kids at the ages of 6 and 7 not telling mum was a miracle. �Heath even drove a vehicle for me to victoria, helped with the reloading and just getting everything sorted. Kahlee worked with Noelene driving around picking up stuff, getting the kids ready, letting the school and everyone know the kids were away and all this and Shelley had no clue���. :toocool: :toocool:
Another person who I owe a huge thanks���.the bondy man. �I figured if I booked all the flights and Shelley was doing some of the banking she would realize there was more than just me coming from the amount of coin missing from our accounts���well �bondy helped book the flights�..then when I got over there and Shelley saw the kids I had to explain that bondy fitted part of the flight bill and I was then able to send the cash back���.that was a huge huge huge effort and one I cant thank you enough for (would of made life easier if we went cattle class I spose but imagine being trapped with me in economy�..) :roll: :roll: :shock:

Righto onto the trip����.
We flew down to Sydney on the Saturday arvo, stayed the night at the Stamford plaza and then flew out on the Sunday morning, worst of all by the time we get to the airport then check in etc etc do the flight to joberg then drive another 3 hours the kids have been up for 24hours + �they didn�t complain ��but dad did

getting ready for the plane ride



Charl from infinito safaris met Shelley at the airport�..she still had no idea I was bringing the kids and then when we arrived she just burst into tears, she was going to ask me if we could leave a day or 2 early as she had been away for a few weeks longer than me. Charl got all the rifles through, got us in the hilux, had pre organized dinner in bed for the kids and had us ready for our weeks hunting. �You will hear me thank charl and his girlfriend Erica a lot��and that�s because they have some of the best hunting lands all over the African continent, the best contacts, are great people but best of all��.they should have been aussies because they hunt talk, think and act like us, they make everything so stress free its amazing. They are simply awesome and every species in Africa you ever wish to hunt�..they can do it and are more than happy to look after the ferals members.
First day�..well we were all still pretty wrecked, we drove around saw a heap of species but just left a lot of stuff alone, we didn�t really have a plan on what to shoot, there were a few animals on the list but we were going to hunt a few areas so we didn�t need to bust ourselves to much and charl is very honest in his views�..he will say something like���Shelley, there is a nice kudu there, it would make a good trophy and I could take your money now��but we can do better, if we don�t I loose out� � I like this honesty I must say.