BINNEKRING BLOG
Adventure Flying – TO AFRIKABURN – The hard way
– words: David Levy / Photo: Sean Furlong It is called the Panorama Airfield Departure Lounge because it is the place where, now and then, trike pilots take leave of their senses. On a frigid Friday morning in …More »
MOOP Map 2017
words: Sonica Kirsten, Cara Morris, Papa Deadly It’s here! Yep – once again our crack team* of Moop hunters, Leave No Trace lovers and map-makers have compiled this year’s comprehensive guide to what traces were left where, after …More »
‘BURN’ book – published!
With an event as photogenic as our gathering in the Tankwa Karoo is, it’s no surprise that many hundreds of photographers pro and amateur have taken countless numbers of shots over the years. The only surprise is that it’s taken …More »
Road Safety Meeting
It would be true to say that the most dangerous thing about AfrikaBurn is travelling to & from it, on the R355. It’s the longest road in South Africa without cellphone signal or roadside assistance. And in the last …More »
Clan 2018 Callout
So there you were, staring up at it, going ‘Wow, this Clan is…amazing…” But did you know that you can build it? That you can submit a concept? (or, that even if you can’t actually build it, your concept …More »
Survey 2017
As our humble town in the dust has grown into a city, so numbers and data have become an important means of understanding who our people are, where they come from and how they experience the thing we all do …More »
It’s Decompression Time!
Step up, roll up & dress up – it’s Decompression time again! This year’s event is a pageant, a carnival, a fiesta and a variety show – and it’s one at which you MAKE IT HAPPEN, just like you did …More »
Spark Grants Available!
Beyond the Binnekring in both space and time is where you’ll find our Outreach team doing its thing with and for the community. But which community? And what is community? Like all things AfrikaBurn, these notions are ever debated …More »
Medical Report: GI incidents at AfrikaBurn 2017
Medical Team Feedback Initial Presentation and illness course Initially gastroenteritis was not suspected (when the first few cases were seen in the clinic). Most people were treated for heat exhaustion/heat stroke. Temperatures were greater than 40 degrees during the day …More »
R355 Collision: Support for Victims
On the afternoon of Monday May 1st, a fatal car accident on the R355 claimed the life of Tinarwo Chakurira while he and his passenger, Ainord Mwanakwayae, were heading back to the Tankwa Karoo farm they work on. They were …More »
