Scientist in Limbo
Established during my time between projects, this website aims to encompass a wide range of topics underpinned by my fascination of Mother Nature and all her weird and wonderful elements. Articles, grounded in scientific fact but with a smidge of the mystical, cover adventure, exploration and discovery. Read more about Cabo Talhado, Nomadic Conservation, Terra Australis Incognita, the Vomit Comet, Visitors from the Deep and the Kingdom in the Clouds by checking out the Articles page.
About Me
I am a BSc graduate, with a double major in Zoology and Botany, from the Nelson Mandela University in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. I also spent a year in Scotland studying Marine Science at the Scottish Association for Marine Science and three years working through the Game Ranging and Wildlife Management course while volunteering at a local private game reserve. My key focus is on conservation biology, animal behaviour and rehabilitation while my other interests include exploring, writing and photography. I am a Cape Town-based writer of natural science with the aim of making accessible the findings usually trapped within the language of scientific journals and subsequently bridging the gap between the scientific and global communities. To find out more, head to the About Me page.
Guardians of the Deep
Founded in June 2019, Guardians of the Deep is a local community-driven organisation, and now an NPC, that is dedicated to education, connection to nature, and collective action. Blending art, science and storytelling to empower students to combine local knowledge and practical experience with research and conservation to enhance their skill set, discover opportunities and broaden their future horizons. Marine Science and Nature Conservation is explored through holiday programmes, school camps, outings, after-school clubs and public talks to foster a stronger bond between Cape Town communities and the incredible natural spaces surrounding the city. Sharing essential knowledge, we aim to create a restorative conservation network to safeguard Cape Town’s numerous marine and terrestrial habitats.
We live on a marine rich coastline. And with ecological wealth, comes individual and collective responsibility.
More information can be found on the Guardians of the Deep website
Ocean Journey Book Series
This book series starts with A Journey of Hope, a book about a little girl’s journey and relationship with the sea. A story laced with tales of mystical creatures and intertwined with the wonder of South Africa’s rugged landscape. A chance encounter with an entangled bottlenose dolphin sets Hope on a path of magical awakening as she discovers the beauty and abundance of the ocean. The power held within our everyday choices inspires Hope to instigate change as she begins her mission to protect the environment through the founding of an eco-club at her school. Her dream of becoming a marine biologist is realised as she continues to explore the natural environment, decrypting the ocean’s many mysteries.
While Hope introduces the concept of how our everyday choices hold the power for environmental change, the other books in the Ocean Journey Book Series consider this from various animals’ perspectives as they undergo their own oceanic journey. Other than A Journey of Hope, there are currently 8 more planned books in the series. The entangled bottlenose dolphin in A Journey of Hope, is a wild dolphin that was first recorded in Plettenberg Bay on 19 May 1997 and was not seen in the bay again until he was photographed 18 years later on 19 May 2015 as part of the Garden Route Dolphin Research and Acoustic Monitoring Project. He became the inspiration for this story and also has a planned book of his own. The books will be available on the Ocean Journey Book Series page.
Explore. Dream. Discover.